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    Posted: July 12 2021 at 13:07
An interesting blip that I happened to be involved in unearthing:

https://lesliemedford.bandcamp.com/album/orison

A single extended piece recorded by a bunch of American teens in 1975, very primitively recorded, and rather derivative of the popular groups at the time, this is still an interesting listen. Certainly, given a proper studio, this group could have probably gone to great things, but as it was, they splintered shortly after this recording.

The vocalist, Leslie Medford, later went on to front the (occasionally proggish) neo-psych band The Ophelias from 1984-1989.
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Not bad indeed. Never heard of them, so thank you.

Edited by Manuel - July 12 2021 at 16:49
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I would never have heard of them, except that I got hired to do the digital tranfer/cleanup of the 40+ year-old tape!
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I thoroughly enjoyed that. I like the way teenagers cram in every musical idea they come up with. More is more in prog. Those guys should get back together and finish the job. If nothing else, they'd have the record for the longest time to finish an album.
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Excellent keyboard-focused piece; and much better sounding than I would have thought.  Thank you for bringing this to our attention!  
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