Anthology+ by Embryo

This collection of classic Embryo oddments only ever appeared as a release from the Italian label Materiali Sonori. They issued it on LP in 1980, and it was never an easy one to get outside Italy. By the time Materiali Sonori did get international distribution via EFA in Germany and Crammed in Belgium and the UK the LP had already become a rare collectable. Meanwhile the tapes and been lost and they reissued it on CD as "Every Day Is Okay" MASO CD 90039 in 1992 as a direct vinyl transfer with no remastering from what sounded like a "vg" copy, crackle and all. Naturally that CD never sold well and only got one pressing, also becoming a rarity.
Two decades on I tried to talk Materiali Sonori into reissuing it again from my newly restored version, but they didn't seem interested. Maybe they lost money with their CD version? Later I asked them about a license for a Cosmic Egg edition, in answer to which they directed me back to Embryo's Christian Burchard who instantly answered "No problem for your proposal. Go ahead!"
As a whirlwind tour through the first decade of Embryo this Anthology is an essential addition to the collections of all Embryo fans, especially in that it documents some rare line-ups and many compositions unheard anywhere else, and now it has the best sound possible plus some very rare obscure early bonus tracks!

Tracklist

1.	Road To Asia [Part 1]	5:10

2.	Road To Asia [Part 2]	3:28

3.	Muhldorf	6:23

4.	Old Days, Old Violinos	1:14

5.	Sunsinging	3:26

6.	Back From Africa [Part 1]	3:10

7.	Back From Africa [Part 2]	3:54

8.	Empty Pocket Blue Eyed Voices	4:16

9.	Every Day Is Okay	5:31

10.	Dawai, Dawai	2:43

11.	TV Story	1:32

12.	Political Prisoners	4:44

13.	Paranoia (Jam)	10:16

14.	No Sense Of Time	3:07

Credits

released November 29, 2018

All selections composed by Christian Burchard,
except 5,6,7,9,10 by Roman Bunka & Christian Burchard.
Original release:
Produced by Gianpiero Bigazzi.
Mastered at Sunrise Studio, Kirchberg, Switzerland.
Cover design: Sergio Traquandi, Photos: Embryo.
Released on LP as Materiali Sonori MASO 012 in 1980.
This reissue:
Produced by Alan & Steve Freeman for Cosmic Egg.
License: Christian Burchard.
Remastered by Alan Freeman 2007/2016 at Tachyon Studio.
1-12 carefully restored from a copy of the original vinyl.
13-14 from a recording by Christian Burchard, thanks to Phil Burford.
Cover, notes and layout by Alan Freeman.
Track credits: see download doc or txt files

featuring:
Maria Archer
Roman Bunka
Christian Burchard
Remigius Drechsler
Butze Fischer
Hansi Fischer
Ralph Fischer
Edgar Hoffmann
Alfred Jones
John Kelly
Dave King
Charlie Mariano
Dieter Miekautsch
Uve Müllrich
Burkard Schmidl
Michael Wehmeyer

CDR (Cosmic Egg UTCE 014 CDR) © October 2016 59:22
DL (Cosmic Egg UTCE 014 DL) © 2018

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