The Eloy appreciation thread

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I don't care fot typos, it's the message that counts.
I grew up liking Eloy with the Winfried-covers. He also design Colours and Silent Cries, so it sorta fits the Eloy music.

Later on, I discovered the Matthews-covers, but I never actually owned any of these lp's.
I did own the Winfried-covers, so they kinda stuck with music. Especially when reading the backstory and the lyrics.

I never knew the screwed up the order and replaced songs. That's new news to me.

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Kingsnake Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 03 2006 Location: Rockpommelland Status: Offline Points: 1578	Posted: December 15 2016 at 05:03
	I don't care fot typos, it's the message that counts. I grew up liking Eloy with the Winfried-covers. He also design Colours and Silent Cries, so it sorta fits the Eloy music. Later on, I discovered the Matthews-covers, but I never actually owned any of these lp's. I did own the Winfried-covers, so they kinda stuck with music. Especially when reading the backstory and the lyrics. I never knew the screwed up the order and replaced songs. That's new news to me.

Tom Ozric Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: September 03 2005 Location: Olympus Mons Status: Offline Points: 15926	Posted: December 15 2016 at 04:55
	^ Typos suck............especially with a 'bung' eye infection, and whatever.....

Tom Ozric Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: September 03 2005 Location: Olympus Mons Status: Offline Points: 15926	Posted: December 15 2016 at 04:52
	The cover art win me over in both camps....... But, the Rodney Matthews arts - Time To Turn is clear vinyl. They replaced a Magic Mirrors with a track from. Colours. Order notwithstanding........ Planets was fine. Covers always determined the 'trip' factor of an album. Or course, that goes back a bit, but it's undeniable, and it still brushes over to this day and age.............

Kingsnake Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 03 2006 Location: Rockpommelland Status: Offline Points: 1578	Posted: December 15 2016 at 04:26
	For the Eloy-albums Planets and Time to Turn, the recordlabels used different artworks. EMI/Harvest used the Winfried Reinbacher-pictures, while Heavy Metal Worldwide used Rodney Matthews-pictures for the UK-release. HM used a lot of stock-pictures for their releases, and for Eloy it worked well. For Metromania they used a Matthews-cover worldwide. As for Planets/Time to Turn both versions (Matthews and Reinbacher) are great, so I cannot really decide, wich one I like best. Here they are: Planets Time to Turn: The LP's were divided in halfs; one half as frontsleeve and one half as backsleeve. Edited by Kingsnake - December 15 2016 at 04:34

Tom Ozric Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: September 03 2005 Location: Olympus Mons Status: Offline Points: 15926	Posted: December 15 2016 at 04:17
	ask me 25 years ago - Eloy were the perfect accompaniment for any stoner session.........yes, Floating, Ocean, Silent Cries, Planets, Time To Turn..............just perfect.............. .......and to this day, Eloy are amongst my fave Psych/Space band........

Kingsnake Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 03 2006 Location: Rockpommelland Status: Offline Points: 1578	Posted: December 15 2016 at 04:12
	I've always rated Silent Cries and Dawn higher than Ocean. But that's my personal taste. Of course Ocean is a very special album; almost a blueprint of progressive spacerock.

Watchmaker Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 02 2016 Location: Greece Status: Offline Points: 170	Posted: December 12 2016 at 10:10
	Can somebody explain to me why Ocean is considered better than Silent Cries... ? Is it the lyrics perhaps? After two listens I still don't get this album. Silent Cries... on the other hand is great. Also, I've heard there's a new album coming out next year.

Kingsnake Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 03 2006 Location: Rockpommelland Status: Offline Points: 1578	Posted: December 12 2016 at 04:38
	For all things Eloy. Let's dicuss this great band and its offshoots: Detlev Schmidtgen (solo) Ego on the Rocks (Jürgen Rosenthal and Detlef Schmidtchen) Echo Park (Jürgen Rosenthal, Jan Nemec, Klaus Peter Matziol, Hannes Folberth) KPM (Klaus Peter Matziol with Hannes Arkona and Hannes Folberth) Matze (Klaus Peter Matizol with Jan Nemec and Jürgen Rosenthal) Wacholder (krautrock featuring Michael Gerlach) Shade - Faust the Rockballett (Jim McGillivray, Klaus Peter Matziol, Hannes Arkona, Hannes Folberth, Jürgen Rosenthal and Jan Nemec) Let's have some fun!