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First Oracle 1:32 ░▐ ▌░ 02. The Coming Of The Mule 3:54 ░▐ ▌░ 03. Phantom City 5:20 ░▐ ▌░ 04. The Black Tower 5:03 ░▐ ▌░ 05. Alda, Dark Lady Of The Outer Worlds 3:53 ░▐ ▌░ 06. Altarra, Princess Of The Blue Woman 4:15 ░▐ ▌░ 07. Second Oracle 1:40 ░▐ ▌░ 08. Part One: Twin Sons Of Centauri 3:01 ░▐ ▌░ 09. Part Two: Alkon, Planet Of Centauri 3:00 ░▐ ▌░ 10. The Terran 4:02 ░▐ ▌░ 11. Fourth From The Sun 2:50 ░▐ ▌░ 12. Strange Things 4:59 ░▐ ▌░ 13. A Time Before This 8:55 ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ▄▄▄┌─────────────┐▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ░▐ ▌░ ▒▒▒│ rip notes │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ░▐ ▌░ └─────────────┘ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ An early British art-rock band, Julian's Treatment released ░▐ ▌░ an ambitious, if overreaching, concept album (A Time Before ░▐ ▌░ This) in 1970. The idea of keyboardist and leader Julian J. ░▐ ▌░ Savarin (who wrote all of the material) was to construct an ░▐ ▌░ opera of sorts around an Atlantis-like lost civilization. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ Presented in twelve chapters, the idea went something like ░▐ ▌░ this: the last surviving Earthman comes to the planet Alkon, ░▐ ▌░ where he crosses paths with Altarra, who according to the ░▐ ▌░ liner notes is "the embodiment of all womanhood." That's ░▐ ▌░ enough to preclude this album from receiving any sort of ░▐ ▌░ revisionist criticism from most historians. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ If you don't care about the pretensions of the concept, and ░▐ ▌░ are just in the market for some interesting overlooked ░▐ ▌░ progressive rock, you may well want to give it a listen. ░▐ ▌░ Built around glistening keyboard lines, the songs have a ░▐ ▌░ perky, driving bounce that is rather atypical for the genre. ░▐ ▌░ The strong female vocals (by Australian Cathy Pruden, living ░▐ ▌░ in London at the time), kind of reminiscent of a less ░▐ ▌░ piercing Annisette (of Savage Rose), are also a nice change ░▐ ▌░ of pace for the prog-rock world. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ Savarin was planning to make three albums with Julian's ░▐ ▌░ Treatment that would comprise three installments of a science ░▐ ▌░ fiction trilogy. However, by the end of 1970, Julian's ░▐ ▌░ Treatment had broken up. Part two of this trilogy (Waiters on ░▐ ▌░ the Dance), credited to just to Julian J. Savarin, came out ░▐ ▌░ in 1973, with bassist John Dover the only other musician ░▐ ▌░ remaining from the Julian's Treatment lineup, although the ░▐ ▌░ record did feature a female vocalist, Jo Meek. Savarin then ░▐ ▌░ retired from the recording business to concentrate upon a ░▐ ▌░ career as a novelist. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ Remastered version splits Chapter 8 into two parts, for a ░▐ ▌░ total of 13 tracks. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ▄▄▄┌─────────────┐▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ░▐ ▌░ ▒▒▒│ marr │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ░▐ ▌░ └─────────────┘ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ indie . pop . rock . shoegaze . dream . jangle . twee ░▐ ▌░ chamber . noise . c-86 . college . goth . post . kraut ░▐ ▌░ darkwave . alternative . lo-fi . country . americana ░▐ ▌░ folk . folk/rock . psychedelic . progressive . metal ░▐ ▌░ heavy . hair . math . grunge . classic . southern . aor ░▐ ▌░ west coast . punk . garage . avantgarde . classical ░▐ ▌░ electronic . ambient ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ░▌░ ░ █ █ ░ ░▐░ ▌░ ▓▓█ █▓▓ ░▐ ▌░ ░█ █░ ░▐ ▌░ █ ░ ▒ ░ ░ ▒ ░ █ ░▐ ░ ▌░██ ░ ▒█████░ ░█████▒ ░ ██░▐ ░ ▒ ░ ▌░█ ░ ███▓ ▓██ ▒ ▒ ██▓ ▓███ ░ █░▐ ░ ▒ ░██ ▌█▓ ████ █▒ ▒█ ████ ▓░▐ ██░ ░██████░ ███ █ █ ███ ░██████░ ██████ ███ █ █ ███ ██████ ▒███ ███▒ ██ █ █ ██ ▒███ ███▒ ████ ████████ ▒ █ █ ▒ ████████ ████ ████░ ███████░ ░░ █ █ ░░ ░███████ ░████ █████░ ████▒ ▒ ▓█ █▒ ▒█ █▓ ▒ ▒████ ░█████ █████░ ██████████ ███ █ █ ███ ██████████ ░█████ ▒██████ ░ ███████▒ ████▒▒█ █▒▒████ ▒███████ ░ ██████▒ ░ ███░ ███ ░ * █▓▓ ▓▓ ▓▓█ * ░ ███ ░███ ░ █░ ███ █░ *** * * █▒█▒▒██████▒▒█▒█ * * *** ░█ ███ ░█ ████ ██ * ████████ ████████ * ██ ████ ████████ * *** ░ ░██████ ██████░ ░ *** * ████████ █████ ** ░ ████ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ████ ░ ** █████ ▒█████████████▒▒ ░░ ░░ ▒▒█████████████▒ ░▓██████████▒ ░░ ░░ ▒██████████▓░ ▒█████ ░░ ░░ █████▒ ███ ███ ██ ██ ▒█ █▒ https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Bareqy5lhdx72zvrlgzrk7ozrje