quarta-feira, 29 de julho de 2009

GALAXY - Day Without The Sun (1976 US Psych Prog Hard Space Rock)

BANDA VINDA DA FLORIDA COM UM SOM QUE MISTURA SPACE HARD ROCK, WEST COAST, PSICODELIA E PROGRESSIVO E UM VOCAL FEMININO BEM LEGAL!! OS CARAS FORAM DESCOBERTOS EM 1975 NUM CONCERTO DE ROCK PROMOVIDO PELA CÂMARA DO COMÉRCIO DA CIDADE DE JACKSONVILLE, E APESAR DE APENAS TRÊS MESES JUNTOS, TOCARAM COM MAESTRIA PARA UM PÚBLICO DE CERCA DE 30 MIL PESSOAS!! NESTE CURTO PERÍODO JUNTOS, INCRIVELMENTE JÁ TINHAM 42 CANÇÕES PRONTAS!! GALAXY GANHOU A FAMOSA BATALHA DAS BANDAS EM ATLANTA, E COMO PRÊMIO, UM CONTRATO PARA A GRAVAÇÃO DO DISCO!! BOM VENENO DE EFEITO BEM LEGAL!! 

Band Description: Galaxy is a space rock band that played their largest performances in Jacksonville, Florida. The first was in 1975 at the 4th of July street concert sponsored by the Jacksonville Beach chamber of commerce. Galaxy was the only band performing that night, playing to a crowd the newspapers said was over 30 thousand strong. Galaxy performed 42 of their original rock songs that they had learned after being together only 3 months. They performed at the same venue the following year. Galaxy won WAPE radio's first "battle-of-the-bands" in 1976, winning the prize of a recording contract with Bang Records in Atlanta, Ga. that turned out only to be a midnight recording session. Their winning year brought them to the concert stages to large audiences that included : Annhauser Busch Natural Light Beer debuton Jax. Beach to a crowd of over 250 thousand rock fans as thefinal feature act following a country rock band called "Road Dust" and during Galaxy's concert Leif Garrette made a guest appearance. Galaxy also performed to a Daytona Beach crowd of more that 20 thousand fans at the city's famous band shell on the beach. They recorded only one album called Day Without The Sun which is still available to on line collectors and Space Rock enthusiasts. 

1. Space mountain 
2. Green stuff 
3. Look what you done 
4. Galaxy 
5. Sky queen 
6. Day without the sun 
7. Everybody Down 
8. Woman Of Love 

3 comentários:

Jollyherb Greenthumb disse...

Oh man, you really dug this shit UP brother, you dug DEEP! This is a true "time & place" album, lots of Quaaludes and LSD, and Coke too, Florida is a good and nasty place, all at the same time...much love brother, keep it alive!!!!

Menegon disse...

Thanks Brother!!! This very good album!! Poison pure, crazy, psychedelic trip and certainly with much LSD!! The Florida is very crazy!!

Keep it alive foy you!!

zelig disse...

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