Mercator Projected

Mercator Projected Artist: East of Eden
Label: Repertoire
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 4009910704028
ASIN: B0000088ZV


Release Date: 2002-11-25

Mercator Projected


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Tracks:

  1. Norhtern Hemisphere
  2. Isadora
  3. Waterways
  4. Centaur Woman
  5. Bathers
  6. Communion
  7. Moth
  8. In The Stable Of The Sphinx

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Album Description

1998 Repertoire reissue of the debut album by this prog act featuring Geoff Britton, Andy Sneddon & Ron Gaines. First released on Deram in 1969, it contains all eight original tracks, including 'Northern Hemisphere' and 'Isadora'.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars A Lost Classic!.......2004-06-04

This is an early progressive rock masterpiece that was released during the end of the psychedelic era (1969). Psychedelic influences such as raga guitar solos, phasing, vocal distortion, and mellotron are all over Mercator Projected. East Of Eden can certainly hold their own instrumentally next to a band such as King Crimson. Nothern Hemisphere is a great piece of hard rock with echoed vocals and fat guitar riffs. The band plays hard and heavy throughout making this album one of progressive rocks loudest moments. Waterways is an atmospheric composition devoted to distorted vocals and violin playing. Towards the middle of this standout composition the band explodes into a raga rock solo. Absolutely Brilliant!!!!! Centuar Women is an excellent, powerful blues-rock track that eventually delves into some free form playing. This album certainly deserves it's lost classic status. For fans of early progressive rock or psychedelia, this album is a no-brainer!!

5 out of 5 stars Excellent prog/psych.......2002-09-06

East of Eden released a several albums, 1969's Mercator Projected being their very first album, and it's also said to be their best. The album was originally released on Deram, the same label that gave us the Moody Blues. Mercator Projected is an excellent example of prog rock at its beginnings. You get psych, jazz rock, and Middle Eastern styles. A couple of rockers, some jams, some atmospheric numbers, phased vocals à la The Beatles' "I Am the Walrus", strange electronic effects. The band featured violinst Dave Arbus, who was also the same guy who played on The Who's classic "Baba O'Reily" (known as "Teenage Wasteland" for those who don't remember the actual title). The rest of East of Eden at that time also consisted of bassist Steve York, saxist Ron Caines, guitarist and vocalist Geoff Nicholson, and drummer Dave Dufont. Apparently the band wasn't exactly known for keeping steady lineup, and within a couple of years, they switched over to Harvest Records and went for a more country-influenced sound. Some of the best songs on Mercator Projected includes "Northern Hemisphere", "Isadora", "Bathers", "Moth", and the instrumental "In the Stable of the Sphinx". The only weak spot on this album is part of "Centaur Woman" which shows that Steve York is going just a little too far on his bass guitar. But the vocal parts of the song is more bluesy than the rest of the album, and the vocals were provided by Ron Caines, who isn't normally the band's vocalist. And if the Middle Eastern influences of the album isn't enough, the back of the album shows the band members all dressed in Egyptian garb and makeup. So if the thought of early prog with jazz rock, psych, and Middle Eastern styles sounds interesting to you, you're bound to enjoy Mercator Projected.

4 out of 5 stars in the upper stratosphere.......2000-03-03

I'm amazed this is catalogued on Amazon. There is one passage in which the Moody's influenced them or vice versa, since they were both on Deram. What if the East had been the star band?

5 out of 5 stars great release only never to be heard of again. It.......1999-06-25

Cannot remember how many times a day i used to play this record. It was in a class of its own and I cant forget the Northern hemispehre change of tempo. The groove was really deep just there.

2 out of 5 stars

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