Sunday 4 July 2021

Black Page's Open the Next Page one-off from 1986 in temp flac






Databased here.

Pretty much, perfect progressive rock and I'm sure most have heard this already who are reading this blog.  It's an amazing mix of fusion, symphonic, King Crimson-like dissonant progressive, and gentle sung tracks, the kind of brilliance we know and expect from the Japanese sphere, e.g. Mr. Sirius my all-time favourites.  Note that a cd release came out some time ago and this comprises the flac, with scanned booklets, many thanks to the ripper.

Every time I hear the closing lullaby-like song it give me chills, musically very simple with a handful of chords but incredibly effective in its gentleness and repetitive melodic pattern, and I love too how the band plays with the bridge and turns it into an extended improvisatory instrumental passage (like Neil Chotem's band did in their Live au El Casino album), as if you're drifting off into a dream before returning to the lullaby:



"We will say goodnight..."

Their elegy to S.I. is as good as any Euro-progressive fusion ever written, ever:




And the artwork!  the 1920s art deco guy holding a moon in his arms!



4 comments:


  1. flacs (limited time only)
    https://we.tl/t-bkx5mkfba0

    mp3s
    https://www43.zippyshare.com/v/D7fqw91Y/file.html
    https://www.sendspace.com/file/9xrh4a

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  2. i dont know why but somehow this post reminded me of a italian prog rock band i once hunted after in the late 2000s because of some obscure Hip Hop sample or something
    Their name is "Quella Vecchia Locanda". I searched and couldnt find a post on here so just a little heads up

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  3. I had to pay a good chunk of money for the cd, but it was well worth it... love this album...

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