Kostas Tournas - Aperanta Chorafia - Greece 1973

What is intersting about this album is how it effervesces upon repeated listens with the intent of paying attention. In passing it may gloss over as a bit of some sort of conceptual piece being supported by progressive rock. As for what it is actually about, I couldn’t tell you, because it is literally all Greek to me (and you and everyone else, for that matter, lol). Now, there is a building up that happens over and over as the themes undulate over the duration. The playing is precise and specifically unfolding the movements, sometimes within the span of a few bars, even. That being said, this is in no way some herky-jerky schtick… everything is calculated, seemingly down to each cymbal crash. There are pockets of wooly jammage amidst a rolling development. His voice is nice enough and it is one of the important vehicles in this piece; makes me want to understand the words, he has something to say which takes an entire album to unfold upon the listener. There are occasional short small orchestral string sections and horn balustrades as accents on the traditional guitar, hammond organ, drums, and bass rock format. It flows well throughout, and well it should, this is one of the main movers and shakers from Poll (the other main man of which went on to do Akritas, one of the best progressive albums, ever!). I’ll probably be getting that other Kostas Tournas album at some point, another deluxe reissue from the same label that has done marvelous vinyl reissues with all of the bands named herein. “Astronira” is also billed as a yet another classic prog-rock album from Greece.

Aha.. I now note that this deluxe Anazitisi LP reissue also has translated lyrics:
The Endless Fields
“When I was young, I thought of this world to be different than it is [...]
As for you, you smoke your cigarette with pleasure, this is how you have spent an entire life and you think it’s going to change if you compromise…”

Ahh.. an idealistic piece, I can dig it, I think (reading on and signing off..)

Outcome:

Certifiably worth thine time for investigation, recommendation is to spin a few times.. getting into it.

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::11/15 - Excellent::