Astral Navigations Full Album - Holyground Very Rare Psych 1971 Private Pressing
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- Опубліковано 7 жов 2024
- Astral Navigations is really a recording of two different bands, Lightyears Away and Thundermother. Lightyears Away is folk/psych and features Bill Nelson who was later to join with Be-Bop Deluxe. Thundermother are more straight-ahead rock with heavy guitars. Relatively obscure uk psychedelia/acid folk from 1971. Only 250 copies of this release were originally pressed. Great and rare stuff! See photos for rare pictures of LP, See my other rare LP`S/Tracks on You Tube
1. Lightyears Away: Fourth Coming
2. Lightyears Away: Path of Stone
3. Lightyears Away: Windows of Limited Time
4. Lightyears Away: Yesterday
5. Lightyears Away: Today
6. Lightyears Away: Tomorrow
7. Thundermother: Someday Newbould
8. Thundermother: Country Lines
9. Thundermother: Boogie Music
How to tell if you have one of the original releases from 1971:
The original cover has a thin black-and-white paper print which wraps around a plain white (unnumbered) card sleeve. The paper is rather rough (and white) on the inside.
If the cover image has a specific section missing it will be original. In the image on the back cover there are several tall 'stones' on the left hand side. The second one from the left should have had the letters "SM" and below that "PO" visible.
If your 'stone' has a jagged cut out instead of the letters you have an original cover. The inside card sleeve should have stickers back and front - but they did sell a handful of albums they had left in the late 1980's - and you may have one of these without stickers or numbering.
The actual disc has photographic images of a woman on both sides of the b&w label, and the matrix number and other info in the plastic round the label will say: "NSR 172 1A" and "NSR 173 1A" on the other side.
There is also a (blue and black covered) booklet which, on the first page, gives a review of the work of the two groups included on the LP. That was in the first release too - the card is a darker blue than the reissued vinyl in 1990, and the booklet is actually larger. On the booklet you can see the "SM" and the "PO" I referred to - on all versions including originals.
My uncle was in lightyears away and he told me they were real friends and that a lot of marijuana been smoked during those days so everytime he sees a jont he look back at those days and his old adventure' s friends. And a tears fall out from his eyes😢
Wow! Which one was he? Brian Calvert, Brian Wilson, Chris Coombs, Mike Levon orTed Hepworth?
This is real cool. The flipping through the sleeves and images and labels and such is a real cool touch. Great job with these uploads. Thanks for sharing these things what would have been lost without people like you uploading stuff like this. very cool
Thank you Taylor! Cheers!
I bought the Magic Mixture reissue of this album back in the 90's without even knowing what it was. However, I had heard of the Holyground label and was aware just how collectable those releases are. Mine doesn't have the wrap around outer sleeve or the booklet but it was only £3.00 so what was there to lose. I've always thought how great it is that we get two bands on this one record and to this day it has remained a firm favorite of mine. Both bands are really good...
Can't get enough of this, been playing it over for years.
ABSOLUTELY HEAVENLY MUSIC. Unfortunately very difficult to find the reissue, but truly worthwhile. Forget to locate an original, unless you're prepared to pay a fortune.....
Well said!
Sounds awesome , mellow and heavy , nice music and upbeat as well . Thanks for the chance to hear this band .
Truly one of the best albums I've heard in a long, long time.
Just came across a 1990s pressing and they wanted well over $200 for it, Can't imagine what the original 250 would go for. Don't think I could count that high.
I had an original copy at work that sold for £1300 last year, though when you think about what some other 'fabled' LPs sell for (big one in the UK are the Complex LPs) I thought that was a bargain - just wish I could've bought it myself! ... It's annoying that the reissues are hard to find as you alluded to! ..Here's hoping for a proper repress soon!
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Thank you
Absolutely perfect music to me! thanks for the upload:)
Som aural, acabei de receber a minha cópia em CD da Holyground, fantástico. Uma ambientação, uma sensação de elevação. As edições da Background Holyground de Mike Levon são outro nível espiritual de música. Também tenho GYGAFO que tem um sabor característico único.
Música boa e relaxante. 🌹🌹
Parabéns pelo gosto musical primordioso! É bem raro brasileiros q curtem psychedelic rock, obscure garage 60s rock.
Lightyears Away / Thundermother - Astral Navigations
Country: UK
Released: 15 May 1971
Genre: Rock
Style: Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Experimental
A1 Lightyears Away- Fourth Coming
Drums - Ted Hepworth
Organ - Chris Carrodus Coombs*
Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Bass - Mike Levon
Vocals, Recorder - Dot (7)
Written-By - Brian Calvert, Mike Levon
A2 Lightyears Away- Path Of Stone
Vocals, Guitar - Chris Carrodus Coombs*
Vocals, Piano - Brian Calvert
Written-By - Brian Calvert, Mike Levon
A3.a Lightyears Away- Windows Of Limited Time
Vocals, Guitar, Organ - Brian Calvert
Written-By - Brian Calvert, Mike Levon
A3.b Lightyears Away- The Astral Navigator
Vocals, Guitar, Organ - Brian Calvert
Written-By - Brian Calvert, Mike Levon
A4 Lightyears Away- Yesterday
Bass - Brian Wilson (6)
Drums - Ted Hepworth
Guitar - Bill Nelson
Vocals, Keyboards [Stylophone] - Chris Carrodus Coombs*
Written-By - C. Coombs*
A5 Lightyears Away- Today (North Country Cinderella)
Lead Guitar - Bill Nelson
Vocals, Organ, Steel Guitar - Chris Carrodus Coombs*
Written-By - C. Coombs*
A6 Lightyears Away- Tomorrow (Buffalo)
Bass - Ron (15)
Piano - Martin Snell
Vocals - Chris Carrodus Coombs*
Vocals, Guitar - Bill Nelson
Written-By - C. Coombs*
B1 Thundermother- Someday
Drums - Fred Kelly (2)
Guitar - Dave Millen
Guitar, Bass - Frank Newbould*
Vocals - David John
Written-By - Newbould*
B2 Thundermother- Country Line
Drums - Fred Kelly (2)
Guitar - Dave Millen
Piano - Dave Wilkinson (5)
Vocals - David John
Written-By - Wilkinson*, Smith*
B3 Thundermother- Boogie Music
Bass - Dave Smith*
Drums - Fred Kelly (2)
Vocals, Guitar - Dave Millen
Written-By - L. T. Tatman III
Transported to a time a little before me but I understand the feeling. Love it
Super upload - I'm especially enjoying Thundermother's guitar wig outs.
+skidco1 Thanks for your nice comment! There`s some wonderful Guitar workouts still being discovered from that era, it`s like digging for treasure, glad you enjoyed it!
Добре музыки дякую вам
I love split albums, not many of them though. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for listening
Amazing album.
The best I've heard in a long time a very long 😮
Outstanding ! Beautiful music !
Great album great find
From Canada , thumbs up :P
great upload indeed!
very good...............................................
Great album TY
this is awesome !!
Wow guitar rocks!
impressive sound
If only......Had this album had the chance to be distributed better,it could have made a big impact on the charts.Not only that,but helped launch careers for some of these marvelous musicians.Timeless album from very early 70's
Not high energy enough for the Glam era, Powderpuff.
This is why the late 60s and the very early 70s had the best rock music of all time.Of course the drugs were a problem…..
Several famous and revered musicians have admitted that without drugs, the music they created back then would not exist.
Totally agree!!!
very very good
great download. mate
fine pshychedelic
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Welcome Juan!
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Have I got this right, the only musician in both bands was Mike Levon who drums with Lightyears Away and plays a pipe in Thundermother? Do we know why the bands decided to do an album together in this particular way? Was it part of a larger concept or did neither act feel like they had enough material to justify putting an album out so they combined their efforts? Terrific channel by the way, just subscribed !
2020 Brasil🇧🇷
Post up info about this band, where were they from, who all was in the band etc?
danke ! 05.2018
Good collectors
Some nice guitar after 21 mins
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8:57
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13:54
16:36
Приват прессинг . Интересно какой тираж оригинала?
11:37 20:56 30:03 30:26
Dear Rarest: What is favorite of your posts? Thanks.
Hi Mike thats a difficult one to answer, from a collecting point of view I probably like the ones that most collectors tend to miss such as `Universe` plus more recent rarities like `Heronimus Fin` as they are less well known but are growing in value, musically I like the heavy psych & acid folk stuff
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47:18
Thunder mother start 20.45 mins
Please could someone tell me which tracks Bill Nelson plays on? Many thanks.
2:00 mean fuzz
Sick
24:30
x*x
Is Bill Nelson on this.?
Yes, on the Lightyear;s Away tracks/
Time stamps please
Im sorry but this is woefull
Did you stick around to 35:50 ?
I’m loving it, give it another go