Thursday, March 22, 2007

PROBE 10-THERE IS A UNIVERSE, LP, I975, USA



Godhead alert! This masterpiece landed in my lap a few days back, crawled up my spine like a kundalini snake and proceeded to take the top of my head off. Despite the rather late date for this sort of sound, Probe 10 are unquestionably linked to a very specifically American form of proto-prog-into-jazz-rock synthesis of the precise sort Elektra Records (under Jac Holzamn) used to specialize in, from Tim Buckley's Starsailor to David Stoughton's Transformer. Toss in trumpet fanfare laden acid psych straight out of the C.A. Quintet songbook, the riotously melodic and dense brassy arrangements of McLuhan and the ecstatic trilling songbird-isms of Sonja Kristina's work in Curved Air (specifically Phantasmagoria) and...well...hold on to your hookahs!

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9 comments:

  1. UnknownMarch 22, 2007 at 7:50 PM

    wow...that's pretty bizarre. i've been trying to remember the name of this album for the longest time, but could never think of it. today i dusted off a stack of old catalogs & opened right to it. then i come here, and there it is! thanks!
    Jeremy

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  2. steveMarch 22, 2007 at 9:58 PM

    hey eric....this rules

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  3. AnonymousMarch 22, 2007 at 11:11 PM

    AWESOME!! Thank you so much!

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  4. AnonymousMarch 23, 2007 at 2:19 AM

    Thanx!but could you show the tracks title....

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  5. vdoandsoundMarch 23, 2007 at 2:43 AM

    Anonymous-I should have mentioned something about that. I don't have them. If anyone else does and wants to supply them, it'd be much appreciated...

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  6. AnonymousMarch 23, 2007 at 3:37 AM

    Thanks.

    I found a track listing here: http://cgi.ebay.com/Probe-10-There-is-a-universe-Allentown-Record-Co_W0QQitemZ290065427193QQihZ019QQcategoryZ306QQcmdZViewItem

    But there are only 6 tracks listed. Anyone know the correct track list for the eight tracks?

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  7. acbleachMarch 23, 2007 at 4:34 AM

    Thanks for this share!

    Side One:

    1. There is a Universe
    2. Invasion of the Malladroids:
    (a) Invasions
    (b) Fields of Malladroy
    (c) A Battle
    (d) Dirge
    (e) Will There Never Be An End?

    Side Two:

    1. Intergalactic Crossfire
    2. Solar Winds
    3. To Improvise a Dream
    4. Galaxy Fire

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  8. spectrasoundMay 9, 2008 at 11:56 AM

    Greetings from 1975. I'm Jim McGee, the composer/arranger & producer of this LP. have a couple left if anyone is interested.

    spectrasound@rcn.com

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  9. dedalosFebruary 22, 2010 at 9:35 AM

    Hello Jim!
    Congratulations for this amazing work full of powerful inspiration!!
    I'm very interested to buy a copy if there's any left.
    Can you give me total price for this?
    Thanx in advance,
    Spiros
    (www.dedalospsych.blogspot.com)

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