Another impulse buy based off word of mouth from the prog community. I had never heard of Mandalaband, the brainchild of David Rohl which blended together the symphonic-heavy prog that was burgeoning in the mid-70s with a healthy dose of Tibetan mysticism and fantasy-driven lyrical themes. There’s a fair amount of hippie-drippy bombast as well in the melodies, and if you’re like me and never heard of the band before there’s probably no better place to start than Legacy – The Story of Mandalaband 1975-1978. Covering the first two albums – the self-titled Mandalaband and the almost-soundtrack The Eye of Wendor: Prophecies – the box set contains not only the original mixes remastered, but newly remixed versions of both albums by David Kohl with additional demos and alternate mixes.

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