Zior Before My Eyes Go Blind: Complete Recordings CD

Four CD set. Emerging from the ashes of Southend-based late '60s psych-pop crew Cardboard Orchestra, heavy rock band ZIOR were one of the first acts to attach themselves at the turn of the decade to the occult-themed heavy rock element of the British underground scene. Although ZIOR never really threatened to replicate the commercial success of brand leaders Black Sabbath, their live shows were hugely theatrical events involving mock-sacrifices, staged fights and diabolic costumes and masks that terrified their young audiences and apparently freaked out other bands as well! They also left behind three albums that have been wildly collectable for many years. Their self-titled debut set ZIOR was issued in 1971 by the Nepentha label in a highly atmospheric gatefold sleeve design by the legendary Keef. A year or so later, Nepentha boss Larry Page put out the German-only release Every Inch A Man, an equally thrilling collection. Sandwiched between those two albums, ZIOR also pseudonymously recorded the LP The First Monument, which was promoted as the work of members of a witches' coven in downtown Essex. All three albums, plus ZIOR's 2018 reunion album Spirit Of The Gods, are now collected for the first time on Before My Eyes Go Blind, a 4-CD set that's presented in a clamshell box with replica album sleeve wallets, a lengthy new essay on the band and a number of evocative, previously unpublished photos.

1. I Really Do 2. Za Za Za Zilda 3. LoveÆs Desire 4. New Land 5. Now IÆm Sad 6. Give Me Love 7. Quabala 8. Oh Mariya 9. Your Life Will Burn 10. I Was Fooling 11. Before My Eyes Go Blind 12. Rolling Thunder 13. SheÆs A Bad, Bad Woman 14. Entrance Of The Devil 15. The Chicago Spine 16. Have You Heard The Wind Speak 17. Time Is The Reason 18. SheÆll Take You Down 19. Dudi Judy 20. Strange Kind Of Magic 21. Ride Me Baby 22. Evolution 23. Every Inch A Man 24. CatÆs Eyes 25. Suspended Animation 26. Angel Of The Highway 27. Dog Man 28. Stale Flesh 29. DonÆt Run Me Down 30. Give Me Life 31. The Metamorphis Tango 32. Boneyard Bumne 33. First Taste Of Love 34. And She Goes 35. Overture For Limp Piano In C 36. IÆm Coming Back 37. Welcome To My World Of Darkness 38. The Wicca Maker 39. Crowman Rises 40. Demon Woman 41. Vampire Night 42. Earth Hell ; Fire 43. The Spirit Of India 44. Release The Dogs 45. Eastwood Bugsy 46. Sabbat 8 47. Scorpion 48. Storm Chaser 49. Entry Of The Devil Voices 50. Rue Chanoinesse 51. Data Bizarre 52. Inner Mind Vision (1971)