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Eela Craig-Eela Craig-'71 Austrian Prog Jazz Rock-NEW LP
EELA CRAIG: same (1971); Garden of Delights LP 019; + 2 bonus; gatefold cover; with 20-page booklet
Eela Craig – Eela Craig
Label:
Garden Of Delights – LP 019
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Stereo
Country:
Germany
Released:
2015
Genre:
Rock
Style:
Prog Rock
Eela Craig was an Austrian rock band of the 1970s and 80s that combined progressive rock with Jazz and classical music influences as well as Christian lyrics. The band's name is without known meaning.
The band was founded in Linz in 1970 and recorded its first album entitled Eela Craig in 1971 with a circulation of 1500. Critics compared this album with established bands such as Emerson, Lake & Palmer, King Crimson, Gentle Giant and Colosseum. The band had a few onstage performances with the Zürich Chamber Orchestra in 1972, which led to more performances in well known opera houses of Italy, Germany and Austria, very uncommon venues for a rock band at the time.
The band signed a contract with Virgin Records in 1975 to release a number of singles and albums, including the Christian concept album Missa Universalis and a signature ethereal style cover version of Chris de Burgh's A Spaceman Came Travelling, both released in 1978.
Missa Universalis was a musical translation of a (Catholic) high mass, which embraced lyrics in Latin, German, English and French languages. The compositions resembled the works of Anton Bruckner, mixed with elements of rock and electronic music. The premiere was performed at the Brucknerfest of the city of Linz and received positive acceptance.
The band was largely inactive between 1982 and 1986, but the two founding members produced solo music under the Bognermayr/Zuschrader name with Bognermayr's own New Age label Erdenklang. 1987 saw the release of three singles, which were targeted to match the contemporary Pop Music style. Eela Craig released their last album Hit or Miss in 1987.
On 17 November, 1995, the band reunited for a one-time live performance in Linz. At the same time, Hubert Bognermayr published a compilation of the band's music entitled Symphonic Rock.
Tracklist
A1 New Born Child - Part 1
A2 New Born Child - Part 2
A3 Self Made Trip
A4 Stories
B1 A New Way
Indra Elegy
B2a 1st Movement: From Nowhere
B2b 2nd Movement: Burning
B2c 3rd Movement: Elegy
B2d 4th Movement: To Nowhere
B3 Cheese
Companies, etc.
Recorded At – Pro-Disc Farm Studios
Credits
Acoustic Guitar [Fingerstyle], Organ, Flute, Saxophone – Harald Zuschrader
Drums, Percussion, Cover [Design] – Horst Waber
Electric Bass [Fender] – Gerhard Englisch
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Organ – Heinz Gerstmair
Electric Piano – Hubert Bognermayr
Engineer – Dick Swerof, Jeffrey Fuller
Music By – Heinz Gerstmair, Heinz Gerstmair
Producer – Claude Swieger
Vocals, Saxophone – Wil Orthofer*
Words By – Hubert Bognermayr, Hubert Bognermayr
Notes
Tracks A4 and B3 are bonus tracks.
Limited Edition of 2000 hand-numbered copies.
Gatefold cover with 20-page deluxe LP sized insert.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: 4 016342 700191