Sunday, July 1, 2012

Abacus, Germany ***REISSUED***

Abacus. 1971 Polydor
Just A Day's Journey Away. 1972 Polydor 
Everything You Need. 1972 Polydor 
Midway. 1973 Zebra 

***All reissued by Green Tree in 2012


Until the last couple of years, I'd only heard the band's last 1970s work Midway (1973) and it was pretty horrendous save the long title track.. Recently I heard their 3rd effort Everything You Need, which is quite a drop off from the great first album. All of Side 1 is rural/country rock and is downright terrible. But all is not lost, as the second side is one long suite. Though based again on a rural rock theme, there are plenty of quirky progressive rock moves, that recall the first album. The dramatic difference between the first and later albums reminded me, again, of Nine Days Wonder. 

Priority: 2 (for the debut)

5/3/10; 2012 (complete)

3 comments:

Ken Golden said...

Everything You Need did see a legit reissue on the Spectrum label which is a part of Karussel Musik. It might even be owned by Universal (or Polygram at the time). Doesn't make the album any better but it did see the light of day on CD.

Bill said...

I bought a legit copy about 2-3 years ago of their debut. Looking at it now its on Walhalla with cat. # WH 90337. Cost me a bit over $20.

Purple Peak Records said...

Sorry to tell you Bill, but Walhalla is a known bootleg label. I wish I had better news for you :(

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