Groundstar - Forced Landing
Format: Vinyl (LP)
Seller: prog
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Location: Hungary
Catalog: 8243 items
Seller since: Aug-2016
Last time logged in: 02/05/2024
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Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Progressive Rock
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Press Year: 1978
Press Country: Usa
Catalog Number: SR 2549
Listed On: 11/03/2017
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150.00€
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M-/ex | Very melodic hardrock with an outstanding voice. Geddy Lee eats helium, then you know how he sings. Good compositions with good ballads makes this a curious jewel.
As Listed in the Acid Archives: GROUNDSTAR (CA) "Forced Landing" 1980 (Stellar sr-2549) By 1980 AOR was all over the airwaves, but within the genre this is a bit of an oddity and is rather special. Bits of hard rock, prog, space rock mix with a pure pop sensibility, and the powerful helium-voiced woman and poppy-sounding man are much more appealing than the eunuch-like wailers who ruled the genre in the 80s. The songs are reasonably short and the rockers are fast. The kind of pomp and arrogance that gave the genre a bad name are nowhere to be found here. This doesn’t resemble heavy metal at all, even on the power ballads. The album has been compared to Styx and Yes in their poppier moments, but this is much more (pardon the pun, given the album title and cover) down-to-earth. This ranks just a notch below Marianus for me as top of the heap early 80s AOR private press fun!
A1 New World 4:16
A2 Dreaming 2:51
A3 Forced Landing 2:20
A4 It's All The Same Up There 3:10
A5 Come To The Mountain 5:00
A6 Settle Down 2:49
B1 Maiden And The Knight 3:09
B2 Watcha Gonna Be 2:20
B3 Party 3:35
B4 Aquawings 5:42
B5 Westwood Park 3:16
Priority shipping to EUROPE: 12 EUR for 1 record and 4 EUR each addtional.
Priority shipping to OVERSEAS /America-Asia-Africa-Australia/: 14 EUR for 1 record and 5 EUR each additional record.
Double LP will be applied to two items.
ALL LP'S ARE PACKED WELL AND RECORDS ARE ALWAYS REMOVED FROM JACKET WHEN MAILING UNLESS SEALED!
Single 7" :
9,50 EUR for first record + 1 € more for each additional record for all over the world.
CDs or Tapes: 9,50 EUR for first CD + 1 € more for each additional CD for all over the world.
I can ship CDs without jewel cases for less shipping cost. Please ask for it
I don't grade jewel cases, as you can easily replace them if they're scratched or damaged.
Media=disc Cover=booklet
I am sorry to announce that I will no longer be shipping by unregistered mail to ITALY, GREECE, SPAIN, RUSSIA, UKRAINE, TURKEY, AFRICA, ex-Yugoslavia, South & Central America and Asia (except Japan), please add 5 EUR per package.
UNREGISTERED PACKAGES ARE SHIPPED ENTIRELY AT THE BUYER'S RISK FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE.
Grading is VISUAL; occasional play-grading will be noted.
PAYMENT IS DUE WITHIN 4 DAYS OF THE AUCTION'S CLOSE!!!!
Paypal payment must add 5% of the total amount!
As Listed in the Acid Archives: GROUNDSTAR (CA) "Forced Landing" 1980 (Stellar sr-2549) By 1980 AOR was all over the airwaves, but within the genre this is a bit of an oddity and is rather special. Bits of hard rock, prog, space rock mix with a pure pop sensibility, and the powerful helium-voiced woman and poppy-sounding man are much more appealing than the eunuch-like wailers who ruled the genre in the 80s. The songs are reasonably short and the rockers are fast. The kind of pomp and arrogance that gave the genre a bad name are nowhere to be found here. This doesn’t resemble heavy metal at all, even on the power ballads. The album has been compared to Styx and Yes in their poppier moments, but this is much more (pardon the pun, given the album title and cover) down-to-earth. This ranks just a notch below Marianus for me as top of the heap early 80s AOR private press fun!
A1 New World 4:16
A2 Dreaming 2:51
A3 Forced Landing 2:20
A4 It's All The Same Up There 3:10
A5 Come To The Mountain 5:00
A6 Settle Down 2:49
B1 Maiden And The Knight 3:09
B2 Watcha Gonna Be 2:20
B3 Party 3:35
B4 Aquawings 5:42
B5 Westwood Park 3:16
Shipping Cost
LP:Priority shipping to EUROPE: 12 EUR for 1 record and 4 EUR each addtional.
Priority shipping to OVERSEAS /America-Asia-Africa-Australia/: 14 EUR for 1 record and 5 EUR each additional record.
Double LP will be applied to two items.
ALL LP'S ARE PACKED WELL AND RECORDS ARE ALWAYS REMOVED FROM JACKET WHEN MAILING UNLESS SEALED!
Single 7" :
9,50 EUR for first record + 1 € more for each additional record for all over the world.
CDs or Tapes: 9,50 EUR for first CD + 1 € more for each additional CD for all over the world.
I can ship CDs without jewel cases for less shipping cost. Please ask for it
I don't grade jewel cases, as you can easily replace them if they're scratched or damaged.
Media=disc Cover=booklet
I am sorry to announce that I will no longer be shipping by unregistered mail to ITALY, GREECE, SPAIN, RUSSIA, UKRAINE, TURKEY, AFRICA, ex-Yugoslavia, South & Central America and Asia (except Japan), please add 5 EUR per package.
UNREGISTERED PACKAGES ARE SHIPPED ENTIRELY AT THE BUYER'S RISK FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE.
Grading is VISUAL; occasional play-grading will be noted.
PAYMENT IS DUE WITHIN 4 DAYS OF THE AUCTION'S CLOSE!!!!
Paypal payment must add 5% of the total amount!