Pandora to Release Space Amazon on Vinyl for First Time
Posted in Whathaveyou on March 31st, 2021 by JJ KoczanProto-metal with tendencies toward Bowie up front and Bonham in back, Space Amazon by Pandora is another in the long line of lost private pressings of elder days being given due with a proper vinyl release. With a bonus 7″ and 16-page booklet with pics and the story of the band, if you’re wondering who Pandora are now, chances are you won’t be by the time you’re through the thing. Supreme Echo Records is the party responsible for… well, the party… and they have preorders up now and a couple tracks streaming through Bandcamp. You’ll note the production by Joe Battaglia of Granicus, and while I’m not even going to try to register these dudes on the scale of the politics in their lyrics — songs like “King Queen” and “Only Seventeen,” etc. — they are, to say the very least, of their era.
You can hear the Who and Zeppelin comparisons alike in the tracks below, and further, I think you can hear that New York has been a coke town forever.
Enjoy:
PANDORA – “Space Amazon” LP + 7” EP (1974) ORDER NOW — IT IS HERE!!
Release date April 16
Preorder: https://supremeecho.bandcamp.com/album/pandora
“majestic Who-like power chords, Zeppelinesque panache, plaster-cracking castrato vocals and poetic Spiders from Mars lyrics” – Doug Sheppard / Ugly Things.
New York City’s mysterious lost & found hard rock / protopunk-metal masterpiece from 1974 — Pandora echoed of stardom with dynamic rhythms, fuzz-drenched guitar dexterity, and flamboyant, vigorous rockstar vocals. A world class group with members of Plum Nelly, Black Widow, David Johansen, Twisted Sister, and The Demons. 10 songs engineered by Joe Battaglia (Granicus) meticulously remastered by Audu Obaje. Detailed 16pg booklet with bio / photos.
“solid, spangled raunch far truer to the spirit of the era than the Kiss reunion tour was, with a garage spunk that’s more white-punks-on-hope than 8-track flashback” – David Fricke / Rolling Stone Magazine. Fully authorized and on vinyl for the first time. LP + EP. 700 copies.
SE36 + SE37
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