Eela Craig

A Spaceman Came Travelling

  • 3CD
  • Date : 31.05.2024
  • Package : CD Jewel Box
  • Running Time CD 1 : 45:21
  • Running Time CD 2 : 79:58
  • Running Time CD 3 : 42:29

Eela Craig – A Spaceman Came Travelling

More than 250 concerts in 7 countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, Italy, Turkey, Romania) have made the Austrian progressive rock legend EELA CRAIG an internationally acclaimed band.

Their stages range from renowned opera houses such as the Frankfurt Opera and the Hamburg Opera to the Philharmonie Berlin and major venues such as the Konzerthaus Wien, the Stadthalle Wien and the Wiener Festwochen.

The diversity of her musical journey is also reflected in international appearances, including Zurich, Istanbul, Bucharest and the renowned “Sagra Musicale Umbra” festival in Perugia, Italy.

From 1971 to 1980, EELA CRAIG released five studio albums, and in 1978 the band ventured into a “rock mass” with “Missa Universalis”: a multilingual high mass in a strict liturgical style with instrumental use of electronics and elements of rock music. The mass includes all parts of the Ordinary of the Mass and uses the prescribed standard texts in Latin, German, English and French. Old chorale and Bruckner motifs can be heard in the compositions. The performance of the “Missa Universalis” at the 1978 International Bruckner Festival met with an extraordinary response.

Die Zeit wrote at the time: “Pop music conquered the Brucknerfest 1978 with “Missa Universalis””. The Münchener Merkur wrote: “The music of EELA CRAIG is a perfect mixture of old forms and new sounds. This group goes further than Pink Floyd, their imagination is bigger and more expansive.”

 

Tracklist:

CD 1 – One Niter

  1. Circles 13:57
  2. The Mighty
  3. The Nude
  4. The Curse
  5. The Blessed
  6. Loner's Rhyme 09:16
  7. One Niter Medley 11:11
  8. Benedictus
  9. Fuge
  10. A.T.
  11. Morning
  12. One Niter
  13. Venezuela 03:35
  14. Way Down 07:22

CD1 Total: 45:21 min.

 

CD 2 – Hats Of Glass / Virgin Oiland

Hats Of Glass:

  1. A Spaceman Came Travelling 04:54
  2. Hats Of Glass 10:26
  3. Chances Are 05:29
  4. Heaven Sales 03:01
  5. Holstenwall Fair 08:13
  6. Caught On The Air 03:56
  7. Remove Another Hat Of Glass And You Could Easily Find Assorted Kinds Of Cheese 03:34

Virgin Oiland:

  1. The First Minute 00:45
  2. Beecher's Brook 06:42
  3. How It Started 03:56
  4. Carry On 04:02
  5. Birds Of A Feather 04:12
  6. .. 04:01
  7. Pig City 03:34
  8. Lion's Covering The Beaches 03:22
  9. Love To Hate You, Baby 04:41
  10. The Seven Minutes 05:10

CD2 Total: 79:58 min.

 

CD 3 – Missa Universalis

  1. Kyrie 12:03
  2. Gloria 06:01
  3. Credo 08:04
  4. Sanctus 08:51
  5. Agnus Dei 05:23
  6. Amen 02:07

CD3 Total: 42:29 min.

CD1 + CD2 + CD3 Total: 167:48 min.