Contrepoint (1971)-- limited time only

It seems a Parisian record store put out a series of so far 17 mostly psychedelic unheard and unheard-of albums with the name Monster Melodies Records.  There are some well-known prog titles in there like Ame Son which came in as the first release, Fille qui Mousse, the brilliant Belgians Moving Gelatine Plates (a point of reference to which all prog should be compared to), vibraphonist Robert Wood (who appeared on this blog in the past), Dies Irae, a Vangelis work, the LP of Xalph which I believe I put on this blog too (that one was unbelievably good), Areski plus Brigitte Fontaine (hated those albums)-- in fact most of these artists are well known to us already.  This leaves a handful of interesting other releases including Eclosium, Calcium, and the remarkable PLVG which is by far the standout among these unknowns, I recommend you seek those out.  Satan is also highly worth hearing, being in the Ange-like Symphonic Prog style, and there's so little left to discover in that bin.

I guess that covers just about all their releases, I think.  This one I hadn't heard and was curious about, being styled as fusion / free jazz.

The (brief) band description:

French jazz band founded by Jean-Pierre Carolfi and Jean-Pierre Weiller in 1970. They never managed to record an album, their main recording legacy being some live tapes they did while on tour with Hugh Hopper and released on his 'Monster Band' album.

I should've read the reviews below the info however, since they do cover it quite honestly:

paradiso July 27, 2017

I agree. Not nearly as interesting as it was billed, and a horrendous recording and dismal pressing. Plus, Track 5 doesn't seem to be on the album.

swil_wilson July 26, 2017

Fairly unexceptional improv blend of jazz and rock. The recording quality is horrendous! To my ears, it's unlistenable. This wasn't released for a reason: it's a poor recording of music that isn't very compelling. I like avant-garde jazz, and I'm also a fan of experimental rock, but man, the music isn't good enough to justify the poor recording quality. If someone can explain what they like about this album, please leave me a response. I'm genuinely curious.

On the other hand the first one seems way off base to me:

Sounding somewhere between Soft Machine and Art Ensemble Of Chicago, this LP contains previously unreleased recordings of this French jazz band founded by Jean-Pierre Carolfi and Jean-Pierre Weiller in 1970. Never managing to release an album (til' now that is), their main recording legacy consists of live tapes that were taped while on tour with Hugh Hopper. Carolfi and Weiller also played on Hopper's 'Monster Band' album. Limited to 1.000 copies on clear vinyl.

The most annoying thing to me other than the bad live recording which I've always detested and the simple chord changes, with often just one chord plus a lot of psych or sax noodling sounding in principle like Soft Machine but without its ingenuity, is the fact the track lengths and songs as listed are completely wrong, totally. There is no way to attach a song name with any given track length, and as the reviewer stated, it seems like track A5 was completely left off the pressing!!! 

Despite this, looking at the verso it does state tracks and lengths exactly what was written up here on the database page--all of which is completely wrong.  Can you believe it?

Possibly, one of the tracks called Unfathomable of the Seventh Time (great title though) is this: