{"product_id":"moondog-moondog-in-europe-lp","title":"Moondog - Moondog In Europe LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 14th, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"428\"\u003eOriginally released in 1977, \u003cem data-start=\"29\" data-end=\"48\"\u003eMoondog In Europe\u003c\/em\u003e was visionary composer \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eMoondog\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e’s first release after moving from NYC to Germany. Regarded as reflecting the historicity of his new environment, the album is more structured and formal than most of his previous releases; however, his layered song-cycles are just as circular and experimental, and still backed by a fair amount of tribal percussion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"430\" data-end=\"716\"\u003e“Viking I” opens the album with Moondog’s solo celesta playing and retains the quirk and charm of his previous work before going into heavy pounding percussion that opens the nearly five-minute “Chaconne In G,” giving way for bouncy violins and cellos to take us down a familiar road.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"718\" data-end=\"1151\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eSide B is unlike anything in Moondog’s catalog. Made up of six extremely heavy and mostly ominous pipe organ tracks that last over twenty minutes, it is darker and far more eerie than anything Moondog had yet released. Less playful than other of his albums, \u003cem data-start=\"976\" data-end=\"995\"\u003eMoondog In Europe\u003c\/em\u003e displays Moondog’s virtuosity as a classical composer, with elegantly stylized pieces that see him embracing a grandiosity he hadn’t approached previously.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Managarm Musikverlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53197961789737,"sku":"MMMG002","price":24.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1427\/6532\/files\/moondog-moondog-in-europe-lp.jpg?v=1779376548","url":"https:\/\/www.strandedrecords.com\/products\/moondog-moondog-in-europe-lp","provider":"Stranded Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}