Albuquerque, New Mexico based Message were an excellent example of the progressive hard rock style that had a small niche audience in the late 1970s and early 80s. It's mainly hard rock at the core, but is slightly complex and has a few more ideas than the usual run of the mill bonehead albums of the era. The tracks are mostly compact (with only two going past 6 minutes), so no elaborate themes nor delusions of grandeur here. Think Side 2 of Rush's 2112 as an example. The Texas band False Prophet is another good reference (an archival CD that Shroom put out a few years ago). One can only hope that a full canister of recorded music awaits discovery. A superb album that is still quite unknown.
Ownership: LP: 1981 Black Gold. Single sleeve. Numbered edition. Recent online acquisition (2019). There are two covers for the album. Mine (which is the copy shown) has a white strip with 1982 copyrighted.
I went to New Mexico in 1992 with one purpose of finding this album, and none were to be found. Though I did discover Genre instead from the same label (there were many sealed copies back then, and I only bought one, having no idea what it was. Sigh). No reissues exist (as of 1/17/24).
1/25/11 (CDRWL); 7/19/19 (new entry)
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