Miroslav Vitous-Magical Shepherd

[gallen1964]

Perusing in a London bookstore I heard some great prog/fusion , very distinctive and have very scant details. But I believe it's a fusion album Magical Shepherd by Miroslav Vitous. Does anyone know much about this as I heard some great Moog playing on it too.

[wideopenears]

I have it...been a while since I listened to it. I recall it's kinda funky....possible there's some moog on it, as well.
Will dig it out tonight if I remember and report back...

[rcarlberg]

http://www.amazon.com/Magical-Shephe...iroslav+vitous

[adewolf]

I had this when it originally came out. I remember liking it, been many years.

[wideopenears]

There it is, in all it's glory.....check out that fur!

I always found it ironic that Vitous' first few solo releases were so ........commercial, in a sense......given that the official story is that he left WR because he wasn't interested in the groove-based direction they were heading...

Anyway, I spun this last night, and it's fun. Funky, fusiony, early 70's vibe......

[wideopenears]

I take it back, actually...I think this was his most commercial....Infinite Search and Purple were much more experimental and raw..

[davidz]

I'd heard good things about this to and was really excited when I found a copy recently. But I was really disappointed when I heard it. More funk than fusion and some pretty lame vocals if I recall correctly.

[Steve F.]

It is NOT a good one, imo...

[MYSTERIOUS TRAVELLER]

I absolutely HATE vocals in Fusion

This is one of the few exceptions. The vocals are not intrusive and they are quality female vocals. The album is very Funk-y but also Space-y. It has one of those 'all we need is love' hippy type vibes like some lost Gong album. As odd a duck as this album is, I actually think it's great.