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Morgen – Morgen (1969) (@256)
08 May 2010
(Review from allmusic, forcedexposure.com)
From New York, this short lived band evolved around the namesake guitarist Steve Morgen.
A foreboding bass riff and staccato drumming introduce ‘Welcome To The Void’, and for the next thirty-eight minutes one is hurled headlong into a vortex of dual-guitar overload, lyrically woven with romantic and Victorian imagery residing on a tab of microdot.
There are some cool passages here, like the sudden rush of Jimi Hendrix/the Who-hybrid notes in “Love” as a jungle beat throbs in the background, and the lasciviously fey vocal and sweetly fuzzy guitar sustains in “Of Dreams.” “Eternity in Between” does make it clear Morgen was a big Who fan, with its lifts of the chord sequence from “Underture” and the stuttering distortion of “My Generation”.
Line-up:
- Steve Morgen / vocals, guitar
- Rennie Genossa / bass
- Bob Maiman / drums
- Barry Stock / rhythm guitar
Track List:
01. Welcome To The Void – 4:47
02. Of Dreams – 5:37
03. Beggin Your Pardon (Miss Joan) – 4:49
04. Eternity In Between – 5:06
05. Purple – 4:11
06. She’s The Nitetime – 3:30
07. Love – 10:53
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about 5 years ago
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about 1 year ago
Hi there! I just recently found you again after a while. Cheers for the taste of a few titles that have caught my interest recently.
I seem to recall this Morgen LP as being groovy. I got a vinyl copy of it just to my left, but I haven’t played it yet……..
Long may you rock!
Peace and love,
~C.A.~
about 1 year ago
This is super. I bought myself a copy…
about 1 year ago
- bought this from a old hippie neighbor for 20 bucks 10 years ago, pulled the vinyl out, and a scrap of blotting paper was in there from god knows when
all I’ll say … listen to the track “purple”, imagine you just ate a ticket, and watch your mind running down the walls in purple and green rivulets, mirroring the music … truly a groove in every sense