Group 1850 - Paradise Now (1969) [Reissue 1991]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 222 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 86 MB | Covers - 9 MB
Genre: Psychedelic Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Free (Free 9105016-2)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 222 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 86 MB | Covers - 9 MB
Genre: Psychedelic Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Free (Free 9105016-2)
Recorded, edited and mixed over one long Red Lebanon hash-fueled weekend in October 1969, Group 1850s second album, Paradise Now, remains one of the high-water marks of European psychedelia. A wide-eyed, wide-open, synapse-electrifying set of songs, it sounds like the transmissions of a burnt-out satellite spinning through the galaxies of inner space. Group 1850 leader Peter Sjardin skillfully edited the groups free-flowing improvisations into eight cohesive yet distinctly different tracks, part Saucerful Of Secrets, part Electric Ladyland, part Guru Guru, part Can circa Monster Movie. Bypassing the established network of record labels, distributors and stores, the album was released on Discofoon, the label owned by the Dutch department store chain V & D, and carried exclusively in their shops nationwide. It has since become a highly sought-after collectors item.
Tracklist:
01. Paradise Now
02. Friday I'm Free
03. Hunger
04. Circle
05. Lonelyness
06. Martin EN Peter
07. ?!
08. Purple Sky
Total time: 36:37
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Group 1850 / Paradise Now
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EAC extraction logfile from 19. January 2009, 5:51
Group 1850 / Paradise Now
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Read mode : Secure
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Gap handling : Appended to previous track
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 128 kBit/s
Quality : High
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Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
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1 | 0:00.00 | 5:22.40 | 0 | 24189
2 | 5:22.40 | 2:54.65 | 24190 | 37304
3 | 8:17.30 | 4:54.35 | 37305 | 59389
4 | 13:11.65 | 1:08.65 | 59390 | 64554
5 | 14:20.55 | 2:22.37 | 64555 | 75241
6 | 16:43.17 | 1:55.40 | 75242 | 83906
7 | 18:38.57 | 7:05.55 | 83907 | 115836
8 | 25:44.37 | 10:52.68 | 115837 | 164804
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