Praise for Elonkorjuu’s Harvest Time from San Francisco’s aQuarius Records: Yeah! Here’s another rad reissue of early ’70s proto-metal. Of special interest to us, Elonkorjuu are Finnish, in fact hailing from the same town, Pori, that later gave us AQ faves Circle!
Their ultra-collectable 1972 album Harvest Time is a heavy progressive gem, full of ripping guitar and wild organ… wailing English-language vocals, melodic moody parts, many mathy changes, and galloping riffage are also all elements of the sometimes complex Elonkorjuu equation. Although fairly heavy for the time, they also have a generally “happy” sound, one that’s often hectic too, these guys obviously reveling in their music making prowess. Their fervor is infectious, this is great stuff for anyone who loves other early ’70s prog-psych acts of this ilk like Trettioariga Kriget, Wishbone Ash, Cargo, Culpeper’s Orchard, Murphy Blend, Steamhammer, Wind, Irish Coffee, Osage Tribe, Odmenn, Blues Addicts, Stonewall, Toad, Road, etc.
While they only recorded one more album in the late ’70s, the talent and exuberance displayed on Harvest Time earned ‘em (and Finland) a spot in early, obscure hard rock history, for sure. Forever underground, they even title a song here ‘Praise To Our Basement’, wherein these young long haired hippies first had first begun jamming back in ’69…
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Tags: Album of the day, Aquaurius Records, Elonkorjuu, heavy 70's, Shadoks Records
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