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melodic.net: Zoldar and Clark - s/t
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During the early seventies there was a bootleg of some of Jeff Cannata's original 4 trk.demos as well as masters, that would later become the Jasper Wrath and Cannata records as well as the Anthology 2 CD set, with James Christian (House of Lords) on some of the lead vocals.
Several of the tracks , to date , never on CD or LP.
Jeff Cannata have decided to re-issue that material. It is a limited release,digi-pak The original LP has been seen on the internet for $578.
His record label Oxford Circus Music releases limited edition bootleg version of early seventies art-rock prog band Zoldar and Clark, musicians on this album are Jeff Cannata - drums/vocals, Jeff Batter - piano/synths, Michael Soldan - keyboards/mellotron/vocals, James Christian - vocals, Phil Stone - Bass, Scott Zito - guitars and Robert Giannotti - flute/guitar.
In Jeff's own words : "Zoldar and Clark leans somewhat more heavily on the early art / rock prog , as it was written and recorded before Melodic Rock was even a term.
Some of the songs were done on a 4 trk recorder over 30 yrs ago, with one of the first mellotrons in the States."
I must say that Zoldar and Clark sound very good to be a 4 track recording but expect nothing less than the analog sound of the early 70's and it's a thrill to hear a young James Christian singing on a few songs.
My favorites are the Gentle Giant-like "Lunar progressions" (also featured on the Jasper Wrath album), "The ghost of a way" which could've been featured on a 70's Jethro Tull record and "Touch the sky" that can be described as Yes meeting early Styx.
"Now is the time" is another interesting song that might not be a personal fave but I like the sound of this song because if Angel would've recorded an album back in 1969, this song would be on that record.
It's also cool to hear the original version of "Somewhere beyond the sun" that later was re-recorded in a new version on Cannata's 2006 album "Mysterium magnum", I really like the idea of re-releasing this obscure album because it's actually quite good - not a Cannata classic but good.
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