Gets false at places, but it doesn't spoil the experience, and the voice of Adrian Hawkins resemblesīlack Widow's Kip Trevor a bit. Since these cover a different branch of occultism (hence the band's name, for instance). The lyrics are indeed occult-themed, but don't expect the satanic stuff heard on Sacrifice, Similar to Volunteers-era JEFFERSON AIRPLANE with some folky bits here and there (best heard in I was more or less proven wrong, as Saturnalia's sound is more cheerful and more But let's get to the music.Īnd what I've read about these guys, I expected something like a heavier, more guitar-dominated earlyīLACK WIDOW. Nevertheless, it's still the first ever issued 3D pictureĭisc, making it quite an attractive collector's item. Information this reviewer believes to be false). To Wikipedia, 'Magical Love', their sole effort, wasn't released in 1969, but four years later (a piece of I came across this band through Progarchives, later finding out that they were sort of a successor to theīand HORSE, whose self-titled album I had heard before and liked enough to trace this one. Certainly a nice and recommendable obscurity for the album collecttors for the fans of mentioned themes. The definite versions of "Magical Love" album has a 28-page booklet about the astrology, which was a strong element to the players doing this record. Another comparison for the occult themed progressive rock album with male/female vocals could be BLACK WIDOW's "Return to The Sabbath", the first deleted and later reissued version of their "Sacrifice" album. The singers were Adrian Hawkins and Aletta, guitar was played by Rod Roach and the rhythm section had Richard Houghton on bass guitar and Tom Crompton playing the drums. The album contains slightly occult themed psychedelic early progressive rock, resembling JEFFERSON AIRPLANE with their similar male/female double vocal concept and US West Coast psych guitar tones. Later there have been reissues done for example by Italian Akarma label. The record "Magical Love" was produced by Keith Relf (from RENAISSANCE and YARDBIRDS), and it was released year 1969. This act has led to Saturn being associated with liberation, certainly a prominent feature of the Saturnalia festival, when the stifling Roman social conventions, if only for a week, were thrown to the winter winds.SATURNALIA was an obscure Brittish psychedelic band, leaving only one studio album as a target for the collectors of psychdelic rock albums. Within the temple once stood a cult statue of Saturn which became the centre of attention during the Saturnalia when his feet were symbolically freed from the woollen bonds that tied him up for the rest of the year, another manifestation of the role-reversals of the celebrations. Besides its religious function, during the Republic, the temple also housed the public treasury ( aerarium), a role it kept, albeit in a more limited function, through the Imperial period. This structure was itself replaced in the 4th century CE by the Temple of Saturn, eight majestic columns of which still stand at the site today. 497 BCE built by the dictator Titus Tatius. The first shrine to the god was the Ara Saturni. The focal point of the Saturnalia festival was the temple dedicated to Saturn in the north-west corner of the Forum of Rome. He was thought to have ruled when the world enjoyed a Golden Age of prosperity and happiness, hence the general frivolity of his festival. With links to indigenous Italian deities and perhaps, too, a version of the Greek god Kronos, he was regarded as a primordial deity who had taught humanity important agricultural skills. Depictions of the god in surviving art have him wearing a veil and brandishing either a sickle or a pruning knife suggesting a close relation with agriculture and especially seed-growing or seed-corn. The focus of the Saturnalia and the god who gave his name to the festival was Saturn (or Saturnus), who is something of a mysterious figure in Roman religion. The similarities of some of its features and the timing - pushed later into December over time - suggest a strong influence on the Christian celebration of Christmas. Originating from archaic agricultural rituals the Roman festivities came to include a general round of gift-giving, merrymaking, and role-reversals so that it became one of the most popular celebrations in the calendar and certainly the jolliest. The Saturnalia was an enduring Roman festival dedicated to the agricultural god Saturn which was held between the 17th and 23rd of December each year during the winter solstice.
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