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The Day After The Sabbath Vol 87: Do I Look High Posted On Line
Posted on Thursday, May 9th, 2013
The Day After The Sabbath is a blog specialising in regular compilations of obscure heavy 60s and 70s rock. It’s Rich’ aim to reveal the secret world of bands that were inspired by the early psychedelic, doom and hard rock greats but were too short-lived, un-commercial or just plain unlucky to the gain the recognition that they probably deserved at the time. Download Vol 87: Do I Look High (Space Rock Special) HERE.
“What is ‘Space Rock’? Well, for a start it’s a ubiquitous and incautiously-used genre tag. Some people say it’s a meaningless term and I can see their point. It’s been said that some of Pink Floyd’s earliest explorations were space rock, though Floyd themselves don’t agree, but there’s been experimentalists making eerie electronic outer space and science-influenced music since the 50′s and even earlier. Is ‘space rock’ music with lyrics about space travel? Is it music with cheesy sci-fi outer-space sound effects? (‘Outer-space sound effects’ being something of an oxymoron considering there is no sound in space). Is it just 60s/70s rock that uses a lot of the early electronic synth effects, which nicely complement ‘altered’ mind states?”
“If Hawkwind were the epitome of the sound then it’s all about drug-fueled science fiction-themed proto punk. More interestingly, did it originate from imaginative minds of musicians in response to the optimism of the new space age in the 50s and 60s; the soundtrack to the moon landings? Conversely, maybe it’s the reaction to the same period’s development of weapons powerful enough to wipe out life on our home planet. Well, I guess the beauty of it is it can be all or any of these things. Roger Waters said that Syd Baret’s vaguely spacey lyrics are really just a metaphor for our inner space, but I like to think it comes from yearning notions that there’s something great, hopefully better, out there.”
“Volume 87 of TDATS is another departure from the norm. I had some help way back on the previous Spanish comp #39 from a fellow blogger called Mara Bunta, who lives in Spain and helped out with some very cool picks for that one. Other than her own blog, she specialises in collaborative mixes created with other bloggers / music fans, and makes them available on Mixcloud.”
“Mara suggested making a collaboration with TDATS, so I offered a few tracks I had been saving up for a Space Rock comp I was planning, and Mara completed it with a few of her own picks. TDATS 87 is the result, and what makes it really special is the amazing job she has done on mixing it together, with a few wise words from the Scientific Sage & Sentinal of Space himself, Carl Sagan. Carl of course being the famous cosmologist, author and science popularizer.”
“So we kick off with track 1….Before UFO became a huge stadium rock act of the mid 70s and 80s, they started out with a different sound. Our first track is an edit of the closer from their second album, 1971’s ‘UFO 2: Flying (One Hour Space Rock)’, which is 27 minutes long on record. Back then the band had guitarist Mick Bolton, who would soon be replaced by Michael Schenker, fresh out of The Scorpions. At this time they were aiming for the stars with their own interpretation of Space Rock, which took the form of (often long) bluesy hard rock songs with some spacey sound effects and fantastical lyrics about princes from other planets.” Continue reading
“All my previous compilations from can be found at my BLOG and I’m sure any of you who are intrigued by the more obscure history of heavy rock will find a lot of great surprises” –Rich / The Day After The Sabbath
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The Day After The Sabbath Vol 84: Liberdade Espacial (Brazil) Posted Online
Posted on Sunday, March 3rd, 2013
The Day After The Sabbath is a blog specialising in regular compilations of obscure heavy 60s and 70s rock. It’s Rich’ aim to reveal the secret world of bands that were inspired by the early psychedelic, doom and hard rock greats but were too short-lived, un-commercial or just plain unlucky ...read more
The Day After The Sabbath Vol 83: Midnight Garden (Switzerland) Posted Online
Posted on Monday, January 28th, 2013
The Day After The Sabbath is a blog specialising in regular compilations of obscure heavy 60s and 70s rock. It’s Rich’ aim to reveal the secret world of bands that were inspired by the early psychedelic, doom and hard rock greats but were too short-lived, un-commercial or just plain unlucky ...read more
Monday Song: Toad – Pig’s Walk
Posted on Monday, January 14th, 2013
Every Monday morning we’ll post a kick-ass song to get your week going.
OM’s Advaitic Songs: Album of 2012 According To Roadburn Readers, Friends and Associates!
Posted on Wednesday, January 9th, 2013
In the beginning of December 2012 we asked you, our beloved Roadburn readers, friends and associates, to list your top 10 Roadburn-worthy albums of 2012. By January 2nd we had received 270 lists. Thanks to everyone who took the time to send us their list! This is how we compiled ...read more
The Day After The Sabbath Vol.82: Neurotic Reaction (Germany) Posted Online
Posted on Monday, January 7th, 2013
The Day After The Sabbath is a blog specialising in regular compilations of obscure heavy 60s and 70s rock. It’s Rich’ aim to reveal the secret world of bands that were inspired by the early psychedelic, doom and hard rock greats but were too short-lived, un-commercial or just plain unlucky ...read more
The Day After The Sabbath Vol.81: Mild Grey Fog (Norway) Posted Online
Posted on Monday, December 10th, 2012
The Day After The Sabbath is a blog specialising in regular compilations of obscure heavy 60s and 70s rock. It’s Rich’ aim to reveal the secret world of bands that were inspired by the early psychedelic, doom and hard rock greats but were too short-lived, un-commercial or just plain unlucky ...read more
The Day After The Sabbath Vol.80: Goodbye Jane (Aussie Rock Special) Posted Online
Posted on Monday, November 26th, 2012
The Day After The Sabbath is a blog specialising in regular compilations of obscure heavy 60s and 70s rock. It’s Rich’ aim to reveal the secret world of bands that were inspired by the early psychedelic, doom and hard rock greats but were too short-lived, un-commercial or just plain unlucky ...read more
The Day After The Sabbath Vol 79: Dusty Track Posted Online
Posted on Monday, November 5th, 2012
The Day After The Sabbath is a blog specialising in regular compilations of obscure heavy 60s and 70s rock. It’s Rich’ aim to reveal the secret world of bands that were inspired by the early psychedelic, doom and hard rock greats but were too short-lived, un-commercial or just plain unlucky ...read more
The Day After The Sabbath Vol 78: I Was Only Dreaming Posted Online
Posted on Thursday, October 25th, 2012
The Day After The Sabbath is a blog specialising in regular compilations of obscure heavy 60s and 70s rock. It’s Rich’ aim to reveal the secret world of bands that were inspired by the early psychedelic, doom and hard rock greats but were too short-lived, un-commercial or just plain unlucky ...read more
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