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1st VINYL REISSUE OF MIRTHRANDIR – FOR YOU THE OLD WOMEN

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Release date: 1 May 2024

Label: PQR-Disques plusqueréel

Band name: Mirthrandir

Album title:  For You The Old Women

Format: Vinyl LP (180 gr., 100 copies black / 200 copies splatter / 200 copies clear vinyl) + Bonus CD + Booklet

Other specifications: Strictly limited pressing of 500 numbered copies + 12-page booklet + Bonus CD with previously unreleased live and studio tracks)

Cat. no: PQR031/32

File nearby: Cathedral (US), Anglagard, Genesis, Wobbler, Epidermis, Dream Theater

 

Unless we all live in an infinitely looping time bubble, it is quite cumbersome to explain how Mirthrandir’ s album For You The Old Women was originally released in 1976, rather than appearing for the first time in the ‘happening’ of the ‘now-sounds’. A much sought after artefact among savvy prog collectors, and not at all coincidentally, For You The Old Women sits comfortably among the top 10 most inventive and omni-dexterous US prog bands, alongside Cathedral, Yezda Urfa, Happy the Man, Lift, to name a few. Moreover, their album sounds as fresh and captivating today, not only to generations of prog ears, but also to prog and symphonic metal aficionados, as it blends complex symphonic arrangements, in all their interminable and idiosyncratically unexpected twists and turns, with heavy bass-driven passages and high-pitched vocals that will send any Dream Theater fan straight to headbanging heaven. Any background reference is highly unlikely to do justice to the prowess, virtuosity and precision of the compositions that are engraved in this album, as to render any attempt at matching its quality with a comparable sequel a heroic feat of self-overcoming, if not a futile enterprise. This first ever vinyl reissue is a testament to Mirthrandir’s music genius, packed with a bonus CD featuring a very rare and highly energetic live show performed by the band in New Jersey in 1975, as well as previously unreleased tracks from the same period as the album, a 12-page booklet with extensive band and individual members’ bios and rare photo material. This edition is available in 3 ultra-limited and numbered colors, black (100 copies), splatter (200 copies) and clear vinyl (200 copies).

 

For more info visit:

PQRDirect

Black version

https://pqrdirect.onlineweb.shop/product/mirthrandir-black

Splatter version

https://pqrdirect.onlineweb.shop/product/mirthrandir-splatter

Clear vinyl version

https://pqrdirect.onlineweb.shop/product/mirthrandirclearvinyl

YouTube


MIRTHRANDIR – FOR YOU THE OLD WOMEN 1st OFFICIAL VINYL REISSUE

https://youtu.be/Fq5b5WpdSdo

 

Mirthrandir – Conversation with personality giver (Taken from the album For You The Old Women)

https://youtu.be/ivDMLynsANk

 

Mirthrandir – Light of the candle (Taken from the album For You The Old Women)

https://youtu.be/CUeA4Thx5Aw

 

Mirthrandir – Number six (Taken from the album For You The Old Women)

https://youtu.be/A92OP8k5CFM

 

Mirthrandir – For You The Old Women (Taken from the album For You The Old Women)

https://youtu.be/__rUgKp8mfM








BONUS CD


                                                    

                                                    12-PAGE BOOKLET




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