Haack, Bruce - The Electric Lucifer
SKU
05-OMNI110
First-ever legit release of this electronic music (Moog) album released in 1970 on Columbia. I've known about it for years and had seen copies here and there in collections and for sale for large sums of money, but this is the first time I ever got a chance to hear the thing! As a sidenote, early in Wayside or Cuneiform's career, I received a cassette demo from Bruce Haack of Christmas music. It was unbelievably bad and as a joke, I gave it to the parents of my friend Ernie, who had a Christmas party every year and there it remains. I could probably steal it back from them for a high enough offer....
"Bruce Haack's "The Electric Lucifer" is rightly considered one of the masterworks of 20th century electronic music. Originally recorded in 1968 and 1969 (and released in 1970) it is an album both unique in conception and superb in realization. An eminently listenable work where Pop-psychedelia and Moog/musique-concrete sounds coalesce around Haack's central metaphysical concept of "Powerlove", a force so powerful that it could end war and unify humankind. Acclaimed upon its original release (one of Rolling Stone's favourite albums of 1970 amongst many citations) yet unavailable for over three decades, "The Electric Lucifer" is presented here for the first time on CD! Remastered and restored from the original master tapes recently discovered in the Columbia vault (and featuring two previously unreleased bonus tracks), with hitherto unpublished photos from the original recording sessions and exclusive liner notes and recollections. "The Electric Lucifer" is your gateway to the profound yet playful universe of Bruce Haack, a "far-out" place where flower-power and inner-space electronics collide! Deluxe packaging, 28 page full colour booklet with exclusive notes, rare photos, interviews etc. resented with one previously unreleased track and a 25 minute radio interview with Bruce Haack from 1970!"