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Exploration
Possessed
Exploration
Genres: Pop, Rock, Metal
 
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What We have Here is a True Lost Gem from the Hard Edged Progressive Rock Era of Early 70's Britain. Exploration was Originally Intended for Release on a Major Label Back in 1971, but Due to General Bad Luck and Circumstan...  more »

     
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All Artists: Possessed
Title: Exploration
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Rise Above Relics
Original Release Date: 1/1/2006
Re-Release Date: 10/23/2006
Album Type: Import, Limited Edition
Genres: Pop, Rock, Metal
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Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 803341226432, 0803341226432, 080334122643

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Album Details
What We have Here is a True Lost Gem from the Hard Edged Progressive Rock Era of Early 70's Britain. Exploration was Originally Intended for Release on a Major Label Back in 1971, but Due to General Bad Luck and Circumstance, it Never Happened. As a Fitting Tribute to the Bands Legacy, it is Released Now for the First Time Ever, Professionally Mastered from the Original Tapes, Exactly How it was Originally Meant to Sound.
 

CD Reviews

Rare Unreleased UK Hardrock
Andersson, Christer | Sweden | 06/02/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)

"This is the story of a band whose tragic legacy could never have been predicted. Possessed were born out the thriving underground West Midlands Rock & Blues scene of the mid to late `60's. This was a scene in which band- leader, Vernon Pereira, had been a key figure.



The band were formed in late 1969 when Vernon teamed up (after a spell playing next to Robert Plant in The Band Of Joy) with Mick Reeves, who had been playing in (amongst other bands) Sugarstack with Al Atkins. This was the band that would eventually evolve into being the first incarnation of Judas Priest. Exploration was originally intended for releases in 1971. Due to various reasons the album never saw the light of day.The band were finally on the verge of signing a major deal, when tragedy struck. Whilst returning home from a gig in 1976, the bands van drove into a stationary tanker, taking the lives of three band members.The full story is included in the extensively researched sleevenotes, which include many photo's."