Morpheus - For A Second (2002)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks & cue & log) | 388 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 155 MB | Scans | 60:30
Genre: Jazz Rock / Progressive Rock / Krautrock | Country: Germany | Label: Garden Of Delights | CD 068
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks & cue & log) | 388 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 155 MB | Scans | 60:30
Genre: Jazz Rock / Progressive Rock / Krautrock | Country: Germany | Label: Garden Of Delights | CD 068
The band started out in 1971 as OPOSSUM, a six-member jazz-rock outfit. With time, dissention set in as two of the members wanted to tie the band down to free jazz while the other four wanted to rock. So in 1975, the foursome walked out, regrouped as MORPHEUS* and released a self-produced album titled “Rabenteuer” – a name which combines the German words for “raven” and “adventure”, as in “Raventure”. Unfortunately, the music had been recorded too slowly, resulting in the whole album being a semitone too low. Despite this, the LP (of which a mere 500 copies had been printed) became a collectors’ item. Luckily for us, Garden of Delights has re-released it in CD format, using the original master tapes and making it a point to correct the sound problem. Incredible as it may seem, some 22 years later the whole band has reunited around their guitarist and released a brand new CD titled “For a Second”.The band consists of guitarist Gerold Adler, alto sax player Heinrich Holtgreve, bassist Peter Blomeke and drummer Alvaro Tarquino.
“Rabenteuer” is an all-instrumental jazz-rock album with lots of saxophone and bits of flute, similar in style to early KRAAN with perhaps a nod or two to MISSUS BEASTLY. Being partly improvised, the music has an almost ‘live’ feel to it; it is warm and features great guitar riffing as well as strong melodies. The CD version comprises a bonus track, a terrific 20-minute jam session salvaged from the master tapes. The band’s more recent album “For a Second”, released in 2002, may sound a bit laid-back in comparison but is still redolent of the old MORPHEUS charm, with plenty of trippy sax and catchy hooks.
Recommended to fans of early KRAAN and GONG as well as to jazz-rock fans who enjoy improvisation.
Tracklist:
1. Spanish Water (13:50)
2. Minimal Hip (3:02)
3. Go To Stop (1:32)
4. Funkturm (3:17)
5. Ever The Clever (4:12)
6. May Day Bay (8:03)
7. Spleep (2:35)
8. Cuzzle Puzzle Suite (21:46)
9. A Dose Is A Dose (1:08)
10. The Last Nandu (2:25)
EAC extraction logfile from 25. December 2007, 14:07 for CD
Morpheus / For a Second
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Track 1
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Morpheus / For a Second
Used drive : HL-DT-STDVDRAM GSA-H10N Adapter: 1 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure with NO C2, accurate stream, disable cache
Read offset correction : 91
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Used output format : C:\AplyRAF\Audio\EAC\flac.exe (User Defined Encoder)
320 kBit/s
Additional command line options : -5 -V -T "ARTIST=%a" -T "TITLE=%t" -T "ALBUM=%g" -T "DATE=%y" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%n" -T "GENRE=%m" -T "COMMENT=EAC Flac 1.1.2 -5" %s
Other options :
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Track 1
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Track 2
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Personnel
- Gerold Adler / guitar
- Heinrich Holtgreve / Alto saxophone
- Alvaro "Chevere" Tarquino / drums
- Peter Blomeke / bass
All thanks to original releaser