Over 18 years ago I captured the following:The New Trolls are heavy duty into their jazz rock/fusion phase here. Way more so than on the previous Atomic System album. Some of it is smoky jazz, with atmospheric saxophone. Others contain ripping acoustic bass, drum solos and wailing sax. There isn’t much here that tells of its Italian origin, it could be from anywhere, and is fairly typical sounding for the time. Side 2 is the more interesting of the two sides. Here it’s more of a cosmic space rock meets jazz fusion. Driven by a pretty neat bass guitar sequence, plenty of acid guitar, sax, and organ solos are laid on top for a feel closer to what Miles Davis was doing during this period.
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Yep, that was a good listen. This is the one New Trolls album that belongs to the jazz collection versus ...welll everything else I guess. With the New Trolls, one never knows what they're going to hear. They never had an identity one could latch on to. For those who like variety, New Trolls are your band.
Ownership: LP: 1982 Magma (Japan). Gatefold. Acquired online (2000). My Tempi Dispari collection is a complete mess. At one point I had two copies of the Japanese papersleeve CD, the original LP on Magma, and this version. This listen came from the original LP with the purpose to see if I needed to hold onto the CD as well. Switching gears while listening, I'm not happy with the condition of the original, so I was thinking of just keeping the CD. Then I realized I never sold the Japanese LP that I had in the sell bin (which is also the first copy I bought). OK, it's perfect mint. I'll keep that and sell the other two. "Not the way it was supposed to go down, Rockford."
2000; 3//05; 7/3/23 (new entry)
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