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The Shipright Of Heaven (Rock Opera with 13 songs)

composer: Erik Lindgren year completed: 1973
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This is a Rock Opera that contains 13 songs: Neighbors, And What Happened After, The Eighth Sea, The Sea Shell (What’s The Name Of This Ocean), Apocalypso, TFX, Strong Oars In Harbor Waters, The Foundry At The Center Of Necessity, The Shape Of An Anchor, Light’s Out, Self Portrait (In A New Light), On The Beach, and Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Heat-Seeking Missle. A demo recording with keyboards, guitar, bass guitar was made in 1982 but does not contain the vocals. This was intended to be an album and the songs have ‘60s garage/punk/psychedelic overtones.

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  • studio:Sounds Interesting, Cambridge, MA
  • engineer:Erik Lindgren
  • producer:Erik Lindgren
  • musicians:Erik Lindgren-Farfisa organ/Wurlitzer elecric piano, G. Andrew Maness-guitar, Paul Carter-bass guitar
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