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Originally posted by Mirror Image Mirror Image wrote:

I'm just getting into Eloy. I plan to go through this thread more thoroughly, but, right now, I'm just enjoying the sound-worlds of Ocean and Silent Cries And Mighty Echoes (these are the only albums I have right now).

I have the following on order:

Inside
Floating
Passion and the Power
Dawn
Colours
Planets
Time To Turn
Tides Return Forever
Ocean 2: The Answer

Spot on choice. The others are 3 stars are worse so you will have the essential stuff.

This is good to hear. I listened to some of these albums on Spotify and YouTube before I bought them and really enjoyed what I heard. I suppose I should get the 70s Live album as well or should I wait on that one?
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Their self-titled debut is essential, and an awesome album, and wrongly overlooked. Produced by the late, great Conny Plank. 
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Originally posted by presdoug presdoug wrote:

Their self-titled debut is essential, and an awesome album, and wrongly overlooked. Produced by the late, great Conny Plank. 

Well, it's hard to track down for one thing and quite expensive. I believe I read that you're favorite albums are their s/t and Inside, is this correct? It appears you're a fan of their really early period but hardly anything else.


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Originally posted by presdoug presdoug wrote:

Their self-titled debut is essential, and an awesome album, and wrongly overlooked. Produced by the late, great Conny Plank. 

 
Never heard it to be honest Doug, and I'll have to ckeck it out for sure, given what you said about it.


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Originally posted by presdoug presdoug wrote:

Their self-titled debut is essential, and an awesome album, and wrongly overlooked. Produced by the late, great Conny Plank. 


Well, it's hard to track down for one thing and quite expensive. I believe I read that you're favorite albums are their s/t and Inside, is this correct? It appears you're a fan of their really early period but hardly anything else.

Yeah, that's correct. My favorites are the debut and Inside.I do also have and like Ocean and The Power And The Passion. But Ocean is as far as I have traversed with their music.

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Originally posted by presdoug presdoug wrote:

Their self-titled debut is essential, and an awesome album, and wrongly overlooked. Produced by the late, great Conny Plank. 

 Never heard it to be honest Doug, and I'll have to ckeck it out for sure, given what you said about it.
In all fairness, it's an album that is not indicative of their later music, but stands on it's own as an individual entity, I feel.
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Originally posted by Mirror Image Mirror Image wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by Mirror Image Mirror Image wrote:

I'm just getting into Eloy. I plan to go through this thread more thoroughly, but, right now, I'm just enjoying the sound-worlds of Ocean and Silent Cries And Mighty Echoes (these are the only albums I have right now).

I have the following on order:

Inside
Floating
Passion and the Power
Dawn
Colours
Planets
Time To Turn
Tides Return Forever
Ocean 2: The Answer

Spot on choice. The others are 3 stars are worse so you will have the essential stuff.

This is good to hear. I listened to some of these albums on Spotify and YouTube before I bought them and really enjoyed what I heard. I suppose I should get the 70s Live album as well or should I wait on that one?

Eloy live - yep almost mentioned it. Jurgen Rosenthal is a beast on that. If you like powerful unabounded prog drumming go for itApprove
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I had a quick look up on Wikipedia:

Jürgen Rosenthal is a German rock drummer. He was a member of Uli Jon Roth's band Dawn Road, but became a member of theScorpions, along with Roth and Francis Buchholz, when Dawn Road was annexed into a lineup with Klaus Meine and Rudolf Schenker. He appeared on one album, Fly to the Rainbow, before having to leave to do his compulsory service with the Army. He later appeared in Eloy,[1] and wrote the lyrics for their successful 1977 album Ocean. He also wrote the lyrics to another successful album Dawn.

Jurgen Rosenthal style as a drummer is very unique and it would appear to be a major contributor to Eloy's most successful years (1976-1979) during which they produced Ocean, Dawn, Eloy Live, and Silent Cries Mighty Echoes. The music that Eloy put out during 1976 to 1979 has a lot of fans all around the world for its unique and enchanting character..... Some would say: "Progressive Rock at its best".


so Neil Peart wasn't the only drummer who wrote lyrics..Cool
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by Mirror Image Mirror Image wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by Mirror Image Mirror Image wrote:

I'm just getting into Eloy. I plan to go through this thread more thoroughly, but, right now, I'm just enjoying the sound-worlds of Ocean and Silent Cries And Mighty Echoes (these are the only albums I have right now).

I have the following on order:

Inside
Floating
Passion and the Power
Dawn
Colours
Planets
Time To Turn
Tides Return Forever
Ocean 2: The Answer

Spot on choice. The others are 3 stars are worse so you will have the essential stuff.

This is good to hear. I listened to some of these albums on Spotify and YouTube before I bought them and really enjoyed what I heard. I suppose I should get the 70s Live album as well or should I wait on that one?

Eloy live - yep almost mentioned it. Jurgen Rosenthal is a beast on that. If you like powerful unabounded prog drumming go for itApprove

Cool, thanks. I might pick this one up tonight.
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Originally posted by presdoug presdoug wrote:

Originally posted by Mirror Image Mirror Image wrote:



Originally posted by presdoug presdoug wrote:

Their self-titled debut is essential, and an awesome album, and wrongly overlooked. Produced by the late, great Conny Plank. 


Well, it's hard to track down for one thing and quite expensive. I believe I read that you're favorite albums are their s/t and Inside, is this correct? It appears you're a fan of their really early period but hardly anything else.

But Ocean is as far as I have traversed with their music.

Why stop at Ocean?
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Originally posted by Mirror Image Mirror Image wrote:

Originally posted by presdoug presdoug wrote:

Originally posted by Mirror Image Mirror Image wrote:



Originally posted by presdoug presdoug wrote:

Their self-titled debut is essential, and an awesome album, and wrongly overlooked. Produced by the late, great Conny Plank. 


Well, it's hard to track down for one thing and quite expensive. I believe I read that you're favorite albums are their s/t and Inside, is this correct? It appears you're a fan of their really early period but hardly anything else.

But Ocean is as far as I have traversed with their music.

Why stop at Ocean?
Good question. I am going to Montreal to CD shop next week, I will keep my eye out for some later Eloy.
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Originally posted by presdoug presdoug wrote:

Originally posted by Mirror Image Mirror Image wrote:

Originally posted by presdoug presdoug wrote:

Originally posted by Mirror Image Mirror Image wrote:



Originally posted by presdoug presdoug wrote:

Their self-titled debut is essential, and an awesome album, and wrongly overlooked. Produced by the late, great Conny Plank. 


Well, it's hard to track down for one thing and quite expensive. I believe I read that you're favorite albums are their s/t and Inside, is this correct? It appears you're a fan of their really early period but hardly anything else.

But Ocean is as far as I have traversed with their music.

Why stop at Ocean?
Good question. I am going to Montreal to CD shop next week, I will keep my eye out for some later Eloy.

So I take it you live in Canada? What part do you live in?


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This band is just damn good! So far I've listened to Ocean, Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes, Floating, and Colours. I LOVED each of them. Next up will be Power and the Passion.
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Also, Frank Bornemann's voice isn't bad at all and I think he gets some unnecessary dirt flung at him for no good reason. His English isn't 100% perfect, but, for a non-English speaker, I think he does a fine job, plus, I can't imagine Eloy without Bornemann's voice. No other vocalist would be right. It also helps that he's an excellent guitarist and gives Eloy a lot of their edge. And now a question: who writes most of Eloy's material? Bornemann?

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^ I believe so as its his band with Klaus-Peter Matziol being the only other ever present since about 1976. There have been several different line ups of Eloy but the sound and approach has generally remained the same.
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Originally posted by Mirror Image Mirror Image wrote:

Also, Frank Bornemann's voice isn't bad at all and I think he gets some unnecessary dirt flung at him for no good reason. His English isn't 100% perfect, but, for a non-English speaker, I think he does a fine job, plus, I can't imagine Eloy without Bornemann's voice.


Same here. Accent or not, his voice has a pleasant timbre, and it's unique in (I hate to use this particular comparison, but it's apt) the same way Waters' vocals were for Floyd. I don't think Frank sounds like Roger, his singing just fits the songs.
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Another band that I have yet to try out - I can remember listening to them a bit in the early eighties - I think I have one CD - Inside - another I have bought and never spun....I really should make an effort to listen to the 100+ CD's that I have bought and never listened to!!!
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

^ I believe so as its his band with Klaus-Peter Matziol being the only other ever present since about 1976. There have been several different line ups of Eloy but the sound and approach has generally remained the same.

Yep, but I'm sure there have been some songs that were group efforts.
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Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

Originally posted by Mirror Image Mirror Image wrote:

Also, Frank Bornemann's voice isn't bad at all and I think he gets some unnecessary dirt flung at him for no good reason. His English isn't 100% perfect, but, for a non-English speaker, I think he does a fine job, plus, I can't imagine Eloy without Bornemann's voice.


Same here. Accent or not, his voice has a pleasant timbre, and it's unique in (I hate to use this particular comparison, but it's apt) the same way Waters' vocals were for Floyd. I don't think Frank sounds like Roger, his singing just fits the songs.

Yes, the timbre of his voice is easy on the ears. The Waters comparison is a good one as I couldn't imagine anyone else singing Pigs (Three Different Ones) for example. Bornemann simply fits the music.
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Another band that I have yet to try out - I can remember listening to them a bit in the early eighties - I think I have one CD - Inside - another I have bought and never spun....I really should make an effort to listen to the 100+ CD's that I have bought and never listened to!!!

You should try Ocean at some point.
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