Easter Island - Easter Island vinyl lp (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed)
SKU
18-PQR 038/039
"Quite exceptional U.S. progressive rock with plenty of technical instrumentation and a soaring but soulful vocalist. The Yes comparisons are spot on and this has vintage synths galore. Great sound as well.”
"Oh wow, this album needs a lot more love… Easter Island is practically the definition of the USA Midwest / Ontario Progressive Rock (1970's/early 80s) list… Tons of time changes, counterpoint, multiple harmony layers, mellotron, 70's analog production, and sundry razzle-dazzle will keep the most ADD among you tuned in. Funny to read the term "commercial" in reference to this album. Hardly. Unless one thinks 'Gates of Delirium', Mirthrandir, Cathedral, or Yezda Urfa are commercial of course…” -rate your music reviews
“Easter Island's self-titled 1979 masterpiece rightfully stands as one of the top ten US Prog classics. It offers an emotionally captivating experience, marked by the melodic ebb and flow that is definitive of dexterously multilayered symphonic prog, interwoven with outbursts of heavy riffs.
From the lush Mellotron textures and melodic bass lines of Genius of the Dance to the heavy progression of Face-to-Face, this is an album that grows within its listeners like a benevolent virus. The highlight of the album is the 17-minutes long Alchemist’s Suite, including the oneiric sequence of Telesterion, an evocative tribal piece of percussion and electronics that radiates with spacey keys and adds an almost cinematic twist to the album’s lavish tapestry.
This is a strictly limited to 300 copies reissue, a true testament to Easter Island’s oeuvre, featuring the original covers artwork, and including a Bonus CD with rare and unreleased live tracks and a 12-page booklet with the official band’s biography and previously unseen photographic material.
File nearby: Mirthrandir, Cathedral, Lift, Genesis, ELP. Vinyl 180 gr., strictly limited pressing of 300 numbered copies, with bonus CD + 12-page booklet.”