Ragnarok. 1975 New Zealand

Here's another former CDRWL entry. My original notes from 1-25/10 were sparse: 

Ragnarok's debut is a combination of early 70s UK proto-progressive with female vocals mixed with space rock.

---6/9/23

And that's about right. The music sounds older, like something from 1971, though the synthesizers are more up to date. You can hear a band like fellow countrymates Cleves, but Ragnarok has a thinner and lesser developed sound. Plenty of mellotron too. Overall it's a pleasant excursion not unlike many Australasian bands from the middle 70s.

Ownership: LP: 1975 Revolution. Single sleeve. Recent acquisition from a collector friend (2023).

CD: 2022 Frenzy. Digifile with liner notes in the gatefold inner section. Has many bonus tracks from Ragnarok (4); Transformer (1); and Flying Wild (5). The other groups predate Ragnarok and are more pop psych in nature, though no less pleasant.

I once owned the crappy bootleg CD-R and that was my introduction to the band. I have a memory that I even owned the original once, but decided it wasn't worth keeping when I still had so much to obtain. But there's room now for Ragnarok. 

Lots of cool information about the band here, including the bizarre fact that the current reissue went to the Top 10 in New Zealand!

10/25/10 (notes); 6/6/23 (review / new entry); 3/25/24