z.a.r.p.e.k. (O-Z) XVII

Some more good picks. I'm probably going with Zao here.

I'd like to stop voting for Floyd... but c'mon Piper is a masterpiece, easily gets my vote.

Heresieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.  I can imagine them whispering that out sinisterly just as typed there...not my favorite UZ album (those are earlier and later albums) but still just chock full, dripping and oozing some sort of dark atmosphere which I totally love in my prog a lot of the time. I'd love to hear that Present before voting, but that's not likely to happen, as I've already voted.  Time manipulation is tricky.  Meditation Mass and Samla could have gotten it as well, good choices here.

HolyMoly wrote: Stereo was still pretty clumsy in '67,

I have a version of The Doors debut from the same year, and clumsy is probably a very apt word for the production. It's still a smoking album though...

bytor2112 wrote: I'd like to stop voting for Floyd... but c'mon Piper is a masterpiece, easily gets my vote.

You and Sumdeus have good taste. Not in my top five of favourite FLOYD albums but it's still cool to hear the beginnings of this band. Love Astronomy Domine and Intersteller Overdrive though. Killer tunes. I laughed at Producer Norman Smith's thoughts on working with Syd on the debut. "Working with Syd was pure hell and there are no pleasant memories". Norman had worked with The Beatles before being assigned to FLOYD and the fact Syd refused to play anything twice no matter how small the piece drove him crazy.

Guldbamsen wrote: Out of the bottom six, disregarding TD(I was never Stratosfear's biggest fan), there's not an album I wouldn't vote for. Love Meditation Mass, the serene hippie like feel of the thing with sheepheard flute and the works. Piper is piper, y know? Coma Divine is my fave from Porcupine, and then there's the chamber rocking weltschmerz of Heresie and the looney circus rock of Samla.... Yeah right, this is even harder than your last poll John

I hope you didn't get a brain cramp but yeah i know what you mean. Love that trippy and meditative album by Yatha Sidhra. In the liner notes of my copy there is this picture of the Indian Wheel Of Life and on the page next to it some writing in German with Achim Reichel's name underneath. Wish i knew what he said. Achim of course is from A.R. & Machines.

Piper is a very good album, one of my favorite Floyd's. Similarly I could easily vote for TD, Samla, Present & Zao.

But I gotta go with Heresie, it's not my favorite UZ (that would be Ceux Du Dehors), but it's a gloomy dark atmospheric monster. In fact I think I'll play it at work tomorrow.

Damn...another close one it seems.

Univers Zero, UTO, and Present are at the top of my list. I'm tempted to give it to UTO but I'll give 'em all another listen before I vote.

presdoug wrote: Like others, i went with Piper. Syd Barrett's work in Floyd is sheer genius. Too bad he suffered from Schizophrenia-it ended up shattering his life. (and the LDS didn't help things, either)

Thanks Doug. This was being recorded at Abbey Road Studios at the same time that the Beatles were recording Sgt. Peppers. I think it was Nick Mason who said that when they met The Beatles there it was like meeting royalty. They had met McCartnney at the UFO Club before this as he walked backstage smoking a joint. Waters who wasn't much into drugs took a toke i guess because of his respect for the Beatle.

Man With Hat wrote: Damn...another close one it seems. Univers Zero, UTO, and Present are at the top of my list. I'm tempted to give it to UTO but I'll give 'em all another listen before I vote.

Man that is an awesome top three Phil. Listening to that Present album right now and heard UTO earlier. I'll re-acquaint myself with Heresie tomorrow. Again that UTO album is so good with the female soprano vocals mixed with the male vocals. The first track is pure beauty. Very classical this allbum but dark and zeuhlish for sure.