From: "Carlos Lima" <> America's 70'ies monster prog-band "Fireballet" saw is album "Night on Bald Mountain" recently released on CD in Brazil. It includes 7 bonus tracks. Some of my brazilian friends told me it was a "pirate release", but I don't know... It looks legal to me. I'm sure I don't have to tell you that this album is a "must have" to all keyboard based prog-fans.
From: David Kuznick <> I think the "bonus tracks" are really the second album. They're in a very different style; very Yes-like, and much more vocal-oriented. Some nice moments however. > Some of my brazilian friends told me it was a "pirate release", but I don't know... It looks legal to me. > It sure does, but I can pretty much guarantee it's a bootleg. It was obviously transferred from vinyl (they did a decent job but screwed up ROYALLY in a couple of places. Distortion etc. The bonus tracks are generally worse than the main ones). It's not on a "real" label, and claims to be under license from Passport, who I'm pretty sure went bankrupt and out of business ages ago. And the spine and back claim it's "Night in Bald Mountain". Still nice to have on CD after all these years. If it ever comes out legitimately, I'll buy it again. I didn't know it was a boot when I bought it.
From: Chris Richards <> And it's Passport's bankruptcy that more or less leads even more to the thought that the Fireballet CD being discussed is a less than legit item, because most, if not all, of Passport's masters are locked away in a bank vault, waiting for someone to pay this phenomonally huge bill they owe their bank.
From: Jim Allen <> Subject:
RE: Fireballet
I must disagree. I was lucky enough to come across the original Fireballet Lp
in a used record bin for about six bucks. I didn't even know who they were,
but they looked like a vintage prog band so I picked it up. With no
expectations I was blown away by what I heard. Obviously they were very
influenced by the original UK prog bands, but so are countless other great
second-wave groups. They don't sound derivative to me. I was impressed by
their vocals, arrangements, and instrumental prowess in equal measure. For a
symphonic prog album, I don't see how you can go wrong with it.