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Zior - Before My Eyes Go Blind: The Complete Recordings [WEB] (1971-73/2019) 4CD
Artist: Zior Title Of Album: The Complete Recordings Year Of Release: 1971-73/2019 Label (Catalog#) : Grapefruit Country: UK Genre: Hard Rock, Prog Rock, Psych Blues Rock Quality: FLAC (*tracks) Total Time: 03:08:01 Total Size: 1.09GB
Emerging from the ashes of Southend-based late Sixties psych-pop crew Cardboard Orchestra, heavy rock band Zior were one of the first acts to attach themselves at the turn of the decade to the occult-themed heavy rock element of the British underground scene. Although Zior never really threatened to replicate the commercial success of brand leaders Black Sabbath, their live shows were hugely theatrical events involving mock-sacrifices, staged fights and diabolic costumes and masks that terrified their young audiences and apparently freaked out other bands as well! They also left behind three albums that have been wildly collectable for many years. Featuring such essential tracks as ‘Your Life Will Burn’ and ‘Before My Eyes Go Blind’, their self-titled debut set “Zior” was issued in 1971 by the Nepentha label in a highly atmospheric gatefold sleeve design by the legendary Keef. A year or so later, Nepentha boss Larry Page put out the German-only release “Every Inch A Man”, an equally thrilling collection that contained such archetypically demonic Zior creations as ‘Have You Heard The Wind Speak’ and ‘Entrance Of The Devil’, the latter an integral part of the band’s stage show. Sandwiched between those two albums, Zior also pseudonymously recorded the LP “The First Monument”, which was promoted as the work of members of a witches’ coven in downtown Essex. Titles like ‘Dog Man’, ‘Stale Flesh’ and ‘First Taste Of Love’ ensured that the band had no difficulty in living down to the record company’s lurid, sensationalist claims. All three albums, plus Zior’s 2018 reunion album ‘Spirit Of The Gods’, are now collected for the first time on Before My Eyes Go Blind, a 4-CD set that’s presented in a clamshell box with replica album sleeve wallets, a lengthy new essay on the band and a number of evocative, previously unpublished photos.
Tracks: ------- CD1 Zior (44:11) 01. Zior - I Really Do [03:00] 02. Zior - Za Za Za Zilda [02:38] 03. Zior - Love's Desire [04:02] 04. Zior - New Land [04:08] 05. Zior - Now I'm Sad [04:07] 06. Zior - Give Me Love [02:47] 07. Zior - Quabala [03:20] 08. Zior - Oh Mariya [03:22] 09. Zior - Your Love Will Burn [03:16] 10. Zior - I Was Fooling [03:08] 11. Zior - Before My Eyes Go Blind [03:28] 12. Zior - Rolling Thunder [03:10] 13. Zior - She's a Bad, Bad Woman [03:43]
CD2 Every Inch A Man (45:48) 01. Zior - Entrance of the Devil [02:12] 02. Zior - The Chicago Spine [04:05] 03. Zior - Have You Heard the Wind Speak [03:35] 04. Zior - Time Is the Reason [02:50] 05. Zior - She'll Take You Down [03:47] 06. Zior - Dudi Judy [02:53] 07. Zior - Strange Kind of Magic [03:04] 08. Zior - Ride Me Baby [02:20] 09. Zior - Evolution [03:37] 10. Zior - Every Inch a Man [04:38] 11. Zior - Cat's Eyes [02:59] 12. Zior - Suspended Animation [03:21] 13. Zior - Angel of the Highway [06:26]
CD3 The First Monument (33:57) 01. Monument - Dog Man [03:17] 02. Monument - Stale Flesh [03:47] 03. Monument - Don't Run Me Down [02:25] 04. Monument - Give Me Life [03:51] 05. Monument - The Metamorphosis Tango [03:55] 06. Monument - Boneyard Bumne [04:25] 07. Monument - First Taste of Love [03:23] 08. Monument - And She Goes [02:34] 09. Monument - Overture for Limp Piano in C [03:28] 10. Monument - I'm Coming Back [02:52]
CD4 Spirit Of The Gods (1:01:54) 01. Zior - Welcome to My World of Darkness [03:20] 02. Zior - The Wicca Maker [03:24] 03. Zior - Crowman Rises [04:48] 04. Zior - Demon Woman [05:17] 05. Zior - Vampire Night [03:34] 06. Zior - Earth Hell & Fire [04:12] 07. Zior - The Spirit of India [03:44] 08. Zior - Release the Dogs [04:13] 09. Zior - Eastwood Bugsy [04:04] 10. Zior - Sabbat 8 [05:03] 11. Zior - Scorpion [01:47] 12. Zior - Storm Chaser [03:39] 13. Zior - Entry of the Devil Voices [02:36] 14. Zior - Rue Chanoinesse [02:04] 15. Zior - Data Bizzare [02:03] 16. Zior - Inner Mind Vision [08:08]
Personnel: --------- Peter Brewer - Drums, Percussion, Piano, Harp Keith Bonsor - Vocals, Organ, Bass, Flute Barry Skeels - Bass, Vocals John Truba - Guitar, Vocals ------------------------------- Vocals [Vocalist], Keyboards [Keyboard Man] – Steven Lowe(tracks: 3-1 to 3-10) Drums [Drummer] – Jake Brewster (tracks: 3-1 to 3-10) Flute, Piano, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Alan 'Bugsy' Eastwood (tracks: 1-1 to 1-13) Guitar [Guitarist] – Wes Truvor (tracks: 3-1 to 3-10)
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