This is The Enid's first album, released on EMI Group Limited in 1976.

Original recording 1976. Side 2 completely re-recorded and changes made to Side 1. The titles of the tracks are also different from the original release. Matrix, Runout (Side 1 etched): ENID-7A1 BILBO TAPE ONE PAG. Matrix, Runout (Side 2 etched): ENID-7B1 BILBO TAPE ONE PAG. Other Versions (5 of 26) View All. Cat.

Transferred to Digital at Abbey Road in 2010.

I am always excited to read about other symphonic rock bands of the 70s and when I read about the Enid in Stephen Lambe's book "Citizens of Hope and Glory: The Story of Progressive Rock" I was eager to give them a listen.

A concept album based on the tarot deck, it features Robert John Godfrey's orchestral keyboards pushing against guitar work that ranges from the sublime to the metallic. the Falling Tower," or the epic "The Last Judgement," where a rhythm based on Ravel's "Bolero" builds into a theme from a Latin mass before soaring to a climax. Really, the closest this band comes to rock as we know it is on "The Devil," where heads get down, but never quite bang. It's well worth noting that the CD version is different from the original vinyl, not only in tracks but even down to re-recording some tracks without some of the original members, which offers a different perspective.

Top Songs By The Enid. 215. 3. The Grand Loving (FAND 1985). 141. 5. Reverberations. The Immolation Of Fand. 99. 8. Something Wicked This Way Comes.

It is based on the Tarot sequence and on the writings of Charles Williams. It was released in 1976 by EMI. A new version was released on the band's own label in 1984 following its deletion from the EMI catalogue. In 2010, to forestall an alleged bootleg version, EMI licensed the original version to the band's own label.

1. (00:06:17) Fool - The Falling Tower. 2. (00:04:02) The Enid - Death, The Reaper. (00:05:20) The Enid - The Lovers. 4. (00:04:16) The Enid - The Devil. (00:04:42) The Enid - The Sun. 6. (00:08:11) The Enid - The Last Judgement.