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This remastered version of the 1976 album features 12 tracks from the prog outfit Eloy.
Before recording this album, Eloy's fifth, Frank Bornemann had to rebuild his group. With Klaus Peter Matziol (bass), Detlev Schmidtchen (keyboards), and Jürgen Rosenthal (drums), he had the lineup that would become known as the "classic" Eloy. Furthermore, this version of the band crowned him producer, giving him a wild card to do what he had in mind. Thus the transformation of the group from a blues-rock-influenced avatar of Jethro Tull (circa Benefit and Aqualung) to a symphonic progressive rock group leaning toward Dark Side of the Moon-era Pink Floyd was completed with the release of Dawn. A concept album co-written by Bornemann and Rosenthal, it tells the tale of a man who after a sudden death comes back as a ghost. He tries to pass on his newly acquired knowledge to his loved one (Jeanne, also the name of the girl in Power and the Passion). The album ends with his dissolving into light, closing on the quote, "Nous sommes du soleil" ("We are of the sun") from Yes' Tales From Topographic Oceans, released two years before. The hard rock edge featured on earlier LPs has been purged (including most of Bornemann's guitar solos) to make way for multi-layered keyboards. A string orchestra complements the group on many pieces, most notably "Glinding Into Light and Knowledge," the end of "Lost!?? (Introduction)," and the opener, "Awakening." Together with Ocean, Dawn remains one of Eloy's finest albums, at least musically. The new lineup is able to ornament and refine Bornemann's generally simple songs. As for the lyrics, it's a question of taste. ~ François Couture
Remastered reissue of the prog-rock act's fifth album, originally released in 1976. 9 tracks. EMI. 2004. Dawn Music Review Average Rating: (3.7 out of 5 stars)   magnus opus...
Eloy was one of the many underestimated rock bands of the 70's which gave us so many beautifoul lp's full of gorgeous rock melodies always under a psychedelic way of thinking.The are ranked among Pink Floyd as one of the forefathers of psychedelic rock.As for the "Dawn" it is full of mesmerizing and touching melody combined with pure rock power..A progressive wonder...years ahead of it's time....Only for dreamers..
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 I'm an eloyist since 1977
This album is the Eloy's masterpiece. No other words, just listen to it.
Submitted by Farhad (Tehran, IR) 
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Dawn Indeed
A friend introduced me to Eloy in 1981,and Iv'e
been a loyal fan ever since.However if youv'e never
heard them before,I would start with Planets, and
maybe Ocean. Their definatley German, and a little
spacey. So if you like prog. rock, and your'e
bored with those same old albums, give them a try.
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Purchase Dawn CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Eloy Floating CD (1974) Remastered
Dawn album
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Issued in 1974, Eloy's third album, FLOATING, is widely considered to be one of the ...
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| | Eloy Ocean CD (1977) Import; Remastered; Reissued
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As good as Dawn was, the weight of the orchestra prevented it from being truly compelling, while its story seemed a bit thin. Eloy fixed both flaws for Ocean, creating their most striking album, a true classic of progressive rock history in Germany and abroad. Written by drummer Jurgen Rosenthal, the lyrics relate to Greek mythology, combining ...
| | Eloy Silent Cries And Mighty Echoes CD (1978) Import; Remastered
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| | Cat Stevens Foreigner CD (1973) Remastered
Dawn music CDs
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Digitally remastered by Ted Jensen (December 1999, Sterling Sound, New York, New York).
Between 1970 and 1972, Cat Stevens recorded four albums in the same manner, using the same producer and many of the same musicians, painting the album covers, and assigning the records ponderous titles. Things changed with his next album, Foreigner. The recording itself had been produced by Stevens, and while a couple of Stevens' usual backup musicians had been retained, New York session musicians appeared, and second guitarist Alun Davies was gone. With him went the acoustic guitar interplay that had been the core of Stevens' sound, replaced by more elaborate keyboard-based arrangements complete with strings, brass, and a female vocal trio featuring Patti Austin. It's easy to look at the 18-plus minute "Foreigner Suite" that took up the first side and accuse Stevens of excess and indulgence. What should be kept in mind, however, is that his peers in 1973 were acts like Jethro Tull and Yes, who in turn were taking their cue from the Beatles' Abbey Road and the Who's Tommy. Call Foreigner ambitious, then, rather than indulgent. Actually, the suite is full of compelling melodic sections and typically emotive singing that could have made for an album side's worth of terrific four-minute Cat Stevens songs, if only he had composed them that way. As it is, the suite is a collection of tantalizing fragments. But the album's second side, featuring the Top 40 hit "The Hurt," demonstrates that, even in the four-minute range, his songwriting and arranging were becoming overly busy. On the whole, Foreigner marked a slight fall-off in quality from ...
| | Jono El Grande Fevergreens CD (2003) (Import) Norway
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What is most surprising about Fevergreens is that it came out on Rune Grammofon, a Norwegian label mostly known for experimental electronica and free improvisation by the likes of Arne Nordheim and Supersilent. The music of Jono El Grande is neither electronic nor improvised. It is in fact extremely well composed and arranged for an expanded rock band, the instrumentation of which is highly similar to Frank Zappa's "Small Wazoo" band. And the music itself is strongly reminiscent of Zappa's "big-band" writing on The Grand Wazoo and Waka/Jawaka. Those are pretty strong comparisons to make, and the fact that Fevergreens holds up to them is the best compliment anyone can make. But El Grande (whose real name, Jon Andreas Håtun, sounds a bit more Norwegian) is no Zappa copycat. Yes, the music is quirky, leaning toward progressive rock and mostly led by soprano saxophone and mallet percussion (maybe the biggest Zappa influence here, since the role played by xylophone and vibraphone is very similar to the kind of "fast passages underlining" Ruth Underwood used to do in Zappa's '70s bands). But El Grande also adds a delightful touch of cheesy Tropicalismo lifted in part from genuine Cuban and South American music, but also from the easy listening renditions of Latin music styles. After the first four fast-paced and exciting numbers, "Cuban Serum" comes as a shock. The listener is not ready. But by "Chá!," one understands how El Grande balances satire ...
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Dawn music CDs
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