Perry Leopold ► Vespers [HQ Audio] Christian Lucifer 1973

Recorded at Veritable Recording Studios, Lansdowne, PA, June - October 1973. Perry Leopold - Acoustic Guitars, Vocals Jon Gillaspie - Clavinet, Bassoon, Recorders Jefferson Caine - Electric Guitar Mike McCarthy - Electric Bass, String Bass Stephanie McCarthy - French Horn Rich Amoroso - Cello David Goldblatt - Cello Bill Zino - String Bass Stan Slotter - Flute John Bartlett - Oboe Charles Cohen - MiniMoog Lenny Tabla - Tabla Rick Kivinick - Tympani, Percussion Sam Rudin - Tof, Bongos, Percussion © 1999 Gear Fab Records This enchanting album is some kind of mystery and miracle - a mystery because it's master tapes, except for some mixdown copies, were erased for reuse soon after the recordings had been finished, because the studio went bankrupt and the material was sold. Perry Leopold was an ambitious musician from the Philadelphia area who played in rock bands in the '60s and released his solo debut the acid folk masterpiece Experiment In Metaphysics in 1970. From 1971 to 1973 Perry worked on his magnum opus, Christian Lucifer, an even more sophisticated and melodic album than his debut, still drenched colors that humans should not see and executed with a sense of progressiveness that was mainly associated with the European rock scene of the time. Perry Leopold created the album almost entirely alone, with melodies of an unearthly, mythical beauty that he connected with cantilevered instrumental passages of acoustic guitars, cellos, bells, strings, flutes, and a few analog keyboards and organs layered upon each other in harmonic structures of utter complexity. The whole piece of sound art, despite the overall accessible approach, bears a deeply spiritual atmosphere and sets your soul in a quiet and peaceful mood https://rateyourmusic.com/release/alb... https://www.discogs.com/Perry-Leopold... https://www.amazon.com/Christian-Luci... http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp... https://www.allmusic.com/album/christ...