Supernatural Fairy Tales (Progressive Rock 5CD Box Set) - eBay (item 290366202880 end time Nov-09-09 19:25:07 PST)


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Artist:	Various Artists	Release Date:	Aug 20, 1996
Format:	CD	Record Label:	Rhino Records (USA)
Number of Discs:	5 Discs	UPC:	081227245122
Genre:	Rock	Duration:	Box Set
Sub-Genre:	Progressive & Art Rock	Condition:	Very Good
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Track listing
DISC 1: 1. America - The Nice 2. Paper Sun - Traffic - (featuring Stevie Winwood) 3. Repent Walpurgis - Procol Harum 4. Private Sorrow / Balloon Burning - The Pretty Things 5. Legend of a Mind - The Moody Blues 6. Kings & Queens - Renaissance 7. Sympathy - Rare Bird 8. Under the Sky - Pete Sinfield 9. Searching - Klaus Schulze 10. Sunrise - Kingdom Come DISC 2: 1. The System / Babylon - Aphrodite's Child 2. Death Walks Behind You - Atomic Rooster 3. Der Vierte Kuss - Ash Ra Tempel 4. Killer - Van Der Graaf Generator 5. Oh Yeah - Can 6. Knife-Edge - Emerson, Lake & Palmer 7. In the Land of Grey and Pink - Caravan 8. It Happened Today - Curved Air 9. Hocus Pocus - Focus 10. Prophet / Marvelry Skimmer - Wigwam DISC 3: 1. Perpetual Change - Yes 2. Lothlorien - Argent 3. Ladytron - Roxy Music 4. Radio - Supersister 5. Dear Little Mother - Savage Rose 6. Musical Box, The - Genesis 7. Roll Over Beethoven - Electric Light Orchestra 8. New World - Strawbs 9. Celebration - Premiata Forneria Marconi 10. Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Parts 1 & 2 - Emerson, Lake & Palmer DISC 4: 1. Dancing With the Moonlit Knight - Genesis 2. Siberian Khatru - Yes 3. Virginia Plain - Roxy Music 4. Warrior - Wishbone Ash 5. Warinobaril - Lard Free 6. Mozambique - Amon Duul II 7. Round and Round - Strawbs 8. Questions and Answers - Nektar 9. Fils de Lumiere - Ange 10. Ritorno Al Nulla - Le Orme 11. Without Words - Clearlight DISC 5: 1. Star Palace of the Sombre Warrior - Seventh Wave 2. Perfect Mystery - Gong 3. Free Hand - Gentle Giant 4. War - Henry Cow/Slapp Happy 5. Andra Satsen - Samla Mammas Manna 6. Let's Eat (Real Soon) - Hatfield & The North 7. Traccia II - Banco 8. Troller Tanz (Ghost Dance) - Magma 9. It's a Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl - Faust 10. Mummy Was an Asteroid, Daddy Was a Small Non-Stick Kitchen Utensil - Quiet Sun 11. Radar Love - Golden Earring 12. Inca Roads - The Mothers Of Invention
Details
Contributing artists:	Stevie Winwood
Distributor:	WEA (Distributor)
Recording type:	Studio
Recording mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album notes
SUPERNATURAL FAIRY TALES is a box set of five CDs covering progressive rock from from 1967 to 1976. Includes a 64-page booklet with track-by-track annotations by Gary Peterson and Michael Johnson and liner notes by Steve Hochman, Thomas Koppel, Klaus Schulze, Manuel Gottsching, Gilbert Artman, Chris Karrer and Peter Leopold. It was only a matter of time, in these retro-crazy days, before the prog-rock revival reared its bearded head. What's striking about this collection is how little most of the material has to do with the common conception of twinkle-toed, fairy-booted pretension frequently applied to the genre. The German band Faust's "It's A Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl" could be the Velvet Underground on holiday in Berlin. Lard Free's discordantly jazzy "Warinobaril" could be an outtake from the first Lounge Lizards album. While many well-known proggers like Yes, Genesis and ELP are represented on these 5 discs, much of SUPERNATURAL FAIRY TALES is taken up with the work of more obscure European bands (Frank Zappa is the lone Yank here). And bands like Supersister, Clearlight, Quiet Sun and Rare Bird all carry the art-rock banner with pride. Overall, this impressively-annotated box set is representative of a time when musicians were willing to go to great lengths to realize ambitious visions.
Editorial reviews
4 Stars (out of 5) - ...a wonderful, eccentric collection of weird, hairy music from the obvious--ELP, Genesis, Gentle Giant--to the more obscure--Magma, Seventh Wave and France's delightfully named Lard Free--that will keep you amused for hours... Q (11/01/1996) 6 (out of 10) - ...the proggers were less foolish than foolhardy....Though prog is often condemned as bringing a stuffy formalism to rock, in the wasteland of the '70s it was, for teenagers, the only sort of audaciousness around until punk and rap came along... Spin (11/01/1996) 3.5 Stars (out of 5) - ...Geared for hash pipes, headphones and quadraphonic speakers, progressive rock was impressionist painting on wax....daring to wrap up entire alternate universes within a 10-minute song... Rolling Stone (11/28/1996) 3.5 Stars (out of 5) - ...Geared for hash pipes, headphones and quadraphonic speakers, progressive rock was impressionist painting on wax....daring to wrap up entire alternate universes within a 10-minute song...Spin (11/96, pp.123-124) - 6 (out of 10) - ...the proggers were less foolish than foolhardy....Though prog is often condemned as bringing a stuffy formalism to rock, in the wasteland of the '70s it was, for teenagers, the only sort of audaciousness around until punk and rap came along...Q (11/96, p.140) - 4 Stars (out of 5) - ...a wonderful, eccentric collection of weird, hairy music from the obvious--ELP, Genesis, Gentle Giant--to the more obscure--Magma, Seventh Wave and France's delightfully named Lard Free--that will keep you amused for hours... Rolling Stone (11/28/1996)

You are bidding on a used copy of Rhino's extensive 5-CD box set of progressive rock entitled Supernatural Fairy Tales: The Progressive Rock Era. This one-of-a-kind box set covers the rise and golden age of progressive rock from 1968 to 1975. The CDs are in "like new" condition, and the detailed 60-page booklet is in very good condition. The box is also in very good condition (a few minor scuffs on the back).

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