Brainticket - Celestial Ocean (1973 SUI)

Brainticket
1973 Celestial Ocean

(2010 Lilith Records LR307 LP+CD)

Side A
1a Egyptian Kings
1b Jardins
1c Rainbow
1d Era of Technology
1e To Another Universe

Side B
2a The Space Between
2b Cosmic Wind
2c Visions

Este es el tercer LP de la banda suiza Brainticket, para este LP reconvertidos en un trío, donde Joel Vandroogenbroeck (keyboards, vocals, and flute) es el unico componente de la banda que queda de la formación original que realizó el CottonWoodHill, Carol Muriel (vocals and zither) se incorporo al grupo con el disco anterior (Psychonaut) aunque no era la cantante principal (solo realiza "narraciones" en dos canciones) y Barney Palm (percussion) que también se incorporo en el disco anterior. Este disco suena diferente a los dos anteriores, siendo mucho mas progresivo y espacial, aunque manteniendo el estilo de Brainticket.

El disco es una obra conceptual basada en el "Libro de los Muertos" del antiguo Egipto, cada una de las caras es una canción completa, con diversas partes pero sin cortes entre ellas, vamos, un disco para disfrutarlo de un tirón.

Os dejo la información del disco extraída de Discogs:

Credits
Artwork By - Joël Vandroogenbroeck
Engineer - Rodolfo Grappa
Engineer [Technical] - B. Bolle , G. Mariani
Performer - Barney Palm , Carole Muriel , Joël Vandroogenbroeck
Producer - Gianni Grandi
Technician [Musical Assistant] - Rodolfo Bianchi
Written-By - Palm (tracks: LP-A1d, LP-A1e, LP-B2a, CD-1d, CD-1e, CD-2a) , Camuriel (tracks: LP-A1a, LP-A1b, LP-A1d, LP-A1e, LP-B2a, CD-1a, CD-1b, CD-1d, CD-1e) , Vandroogenbroeck (tracks: LP-A1a to LP-A1e, LP-B2a to LP-B2c, CD-1a to CD-2c)
Notes
Originally released in 1973.
Recorded and mixed at RCA Studio "C", Rome, Aug - Sept. 1972.

Story inspired from the "Book of the Dead of the Ancient Egyptians"

180 gram reissue of the original vinyl release with gatefold cover.
CD contains the same material on 2 tracks.

"This BONUS CD is not for sale separately"


Info from the Obi-strip which holds the CD:

DIG-A-LOG with Lilith!

180 gram HQ vinyl albums featuring a bonus CD of the same album, so that you can have the "analog" and the "digital" for the price of one.
BEAT THAT!

CELESTIAL OCEAN
by Brainticket

1973's brilliant Celestial Ocean, by the legendary Swiss krautrock band Brainticket, is a concept album that details an ancient pharoah's journey into the afterlife (substitute the word "journey" for "trip" and you'll get what they were driving at). However, Brainticket were not mere products of their time, they explored some truly compelling musical territory and produced a superlative blanket of sound — featuring a pioneering mix of early synthesizers, flute, zither, sitar, and male / female stream-of-consciousness spoken word vocals — that ebbs and flows in the same general cosmos as classic Gong, going on to influence bands like Sonic Youth, Stereolab, Skinny Puppy, The Legendary Pink Dots, and more!. This reissue is fully remastered from the original master tapes.

Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: 8 89397 70307 3
Matrix Number (LP Side I): 86646E1/A
Matrix Number (LP Side II): 86646E2/A
Matrix Number (CD): LR307LP/F/H/CD - W40605

NOTA DE LA F.: En 2015 aparece una edición con un Bonus CD que incluye un concierto de 1973 en Roma. Esa edición no la tenemos, pero sí las canciones (solo a 192 Kbps, sorry). La incluimos en el archivo mp3 (de la edición de 2010).

NOTA 2: La edición de 1995 tiene distinta portada:

CD (ed. 2010) en mp3 (320 Kbps) + archivo Live in Rome 1973 (192 Kbps), CD (ed. 1995) en FLAC

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