Browse by Artist: DRAGONWYCK

Artist:	DRAGONWYCK
Title:	II
Label:	WORLD IN SOUND (GERMANY)
Format:	LP + 7"
Price:	$43.00
Catalog #:	RFR 028LP

"This release is the second of World In Sound's Dragonwyck trilogy. The group from Cleveland was one of the most promising bands from the early '70s in that area. After their first legendary 1970 heavy-psych album, the keyboardist changed, and the band left their garage-y Doors influences to create their own sound. The music on these well produced stereo-recordings exists only on acetate (5 copies), and drifted more into the British vein of progressive rock, like King Crimson, Pink Floyd or Yes, but also reflects US-Westcoast feeling like 'It's a Beautiful Day.' By 1972 Dragonwyck was performing Moody Blues' complete Days of Future Passed live onstage, which turned out extremely well, so this is for sure the strongest note you'll recognize. The 10 original cuts are intense and very unique with strong melodies/vocals, heavy guitar solos and an extreme variety of keyboard and vocal sounds -- an awesome mix of heavy underground rock with classical chamber-music style/elements. Included you'll find a bonus 45 record (with pic. sleeve) which was released in 1974, also a poster with a bio, authentic press-releases and cool photos, remastered from the original mastertapes -- one of the finest unreleased American progressive-psychedelic hippie-art rock-albums -- truly a masterpiece in originality, creativity and musicianship!"

Artist:	DRAGONWYCK
Title:	Dragonwyck
Label:	WORLD IN SOUND (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	WIS 1023CD

2008 jewel case reissue. "This CD release is the first of a WIS -- Dragonwyck trilogy. The group from Cleveland (OH) was one of the most promising bands in that area, opened shows for bands such as Foghat, Golden Earring, Edgar Winter Group, etc. The mood of the music is dark, mystic and strongly-influenced by the times' spirit, the hippie age -- anything goes. Shortly after highschool in 1970, the 5 guys recorded 7 tracks, and released a test pressing on Pama Records in an edition of only 85 copies. It was reissued in the 1990s by Rockadelic Records in a limited edition on LP and CD -- since then, this band is a milestone for all heavy/psychedelic music collectors. Jim Morrison and The Doors brought main inspiration to Dragonwyck's music, with a small difference; the songs are heavier and more progressive; the sound is not just dominated by great vocals, there are lots of freaked-out heavy guitar solos and swirling Hammond B3 organ, which brings the individual note to the music. The core of musicians started as Sunrise in 1968 and they released one 45 record. This CD is from the mastertape which seemed to be lost, and contains 5 bonus tracks (3 unreleased), a bio, cool original artwork and photos."

Artist:	DRAGONWYCK
Title:	Chapter 2
Label:	WORLD IN SOUND (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	WIS 1030CD

"Available on CD for the first time, the second of World In Sound's Dragonwyck trilogy. The group from Cleveland was one of the most promising bands from the early '70s in that area. After their first legendary 1970 heavy-psych album, the keyboardist changed, and the band left their garagey Doors influences to create their own sound. The music on these well-produced stereo recordings exists only on acetate (10 copies), and drifted more into the British vein of progressive rock, like King Crimson, Pink Floyd or Yes, but also reflects US-West coast feeling like It's a Beautiful Day. The 10 original cuts are intense and very unique with strong melodies/vocals, heavy guitar solos and an extreme variety of keyboard and vocal sounds -- an awesome mix of heavy underground rock with classical chamber-music style/elements. There are 2 bonus tracks from a 45 record which was released in 1974, a bio, authentic press-releases and cool photos. Comes in a digipak-fold cover and was remastered from the original master tapes. One of the finest unreleased American progressive-psychedelic hippie-art rock-albums -- truly a masterpiece in originality, creativity and musicianship."

Artist:	DRAGONWYCK
Title:	Fun
Label:	WORLD IN SOUND (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	WIS 1039CD

"This 'previously unreleased' album from 1974 rounds off the World In Sound trilogy of Cleveland's most celebrated '70s 'art-psychedelic' rock groups. It's Dragonwyck's most professional piece of music and truly decent, pioneering in combining '60s psych compositions with tape looping (comparable to Dark Side Of The Moon) and symphonic elements: 'Fun is what the name implies; hard work, a lot of sweat...orchestrated rock that is orchestrated without an orchestra'...sure they were inspired by the conceptions of giants like Genesis, '70s Pink Floyd, Gentle Giant or Yes, and express a few Doors/Bowie-flashes, to sound finally as a unique collage of detailed studio work. Compared to the time when it was recorded, it's innovatively produced and became a great artistic statement with finally 10 original cuts (plus two bonus tracks & 8-page color booklet). You'll hear prog-psych flashes and crazy symphonic perversions with weird vocals/voices, powerful guitars, violin and lots of keyboards. While the first album was minimalistic dark/heavy and had a strong Doors influence, the second created more 'British Invasion' flashes a la Moody Blues or King Crimson, to make this third album the most varied and unexpected one -- perhaps this can be seen as a futuristic Doors album. Guitarist Tom Brehm today performs with the space-Krautrock group, Obskuria. The garage-psych-freak should get his satisfaction by album no. 1, but this here is a must-have album for open minded '70s music fans who love to get excited by surprisingly different moods in rock music!"

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