Единственный альбом квинтета из Канады, созданного на обломках психоделического состава “Reign Ghost”, затем сменившего название на “Christmas”. Изменился стиль группы. Теперь он уже был очень далёк от блюза и хард-рока и представлял собой мягкую и мелодичную психоделию, построенную на арт-роковых музыкальных структурах. Сменив стилистику, группа пригласила более подходящего для её нового воплощения вокалиста Preston Wynn, который ко всему прочему неплохо управлялся с гитарой и клавишными. В своей аннотации к компакт-диску Bob Bryden признался, что есть две вещи, которые он не мог себе представить в то время, когда существовала группа. Во-первых, он вовсе не ожидал, что их работы окажутся практически незамеченными и проигнорированными современниками, а во-вторых, он и представить себе не мог, что через пятнадцать лет после распада группы, ее пластинки, никому в свое время не нужные и не интересные, будут украшать коллекции меломанов всего мира.
Re: Редкие группы Автор:havefun69Дата: 20.06.18 00:27:58
Heritage, the second album by these Canadians, is a savage combination of heavy ‘70s prog, with influences of psychedelic rock and folk rock. Led by the young and talented guitarist / multi-instrumentalist Bob Bryden, of Reign Ghost, Christmas debuted in 1970 with a self-titled album that was met with moderate public and critical acclaim. Just six months later they released this more substantial second album, which immediately became an underground favorite, particularly in Europe. Unfortunately the album was not promoted very well, and the band decided to part ways (only to reform in ’71 as Spirit Of Christmas).
Re: Редкие группы Автор:havefun69Дата: 20.06.18 00:14:53
Группа из графства Девоншир (Devonshire). Главным в группе был Джон Морган (John Morgan), но не банкир, а клавишник. Был приверженцем Graham Bond (одной из ключевых фигур в британском R&B 60-х), что видно в первом треке альбоме - кавер-версии I Want You. Группа была "приписана" к небольшому лейблу Carnaby, поэтому от записи музыки до её появления на полках магазинов проходило время. Поэтому первая пластинка вышла в свет после второй… А музыку играют достойную, крутой замес психоделического рока, блюза, джаза, прогрессива (хотя его тогда не было, как утверждает наука), фолка. Орган громко играет (по грэм-бондовски), гитара не отстаёт, вокал неплохой.
Re: Редкие группы Автор:havefun69Дата: 19.06.18 17:20:07
Midwest legends who cut a handful of great garage 45s before this swansong hippierock LP, which unfortunately was issued way too late to make any impact. Rated highly by many, it's a solid trip through Airplane/Cream /Butterfly dimensions mixing early heavy moves with strong folkrock/psych material. Lack of macho vocals is a plus, and opening "Crusader's smile" is a classic. Reminds me of the Mainstream label sound, though this is more consistent. A good LP all over, but perhaps not enough of a mindblower to warrant the big price tag. An original German pressing exists. --- Good but overrated album that sounds fantastic on first listen but comes down to earth once you get used to it. Mostly it’s pretty mainstream, with solid vocals and performances and a few really great songs on side one. All of it is decent, but it lacks the kind of depth that would make it stand up to repeated listens or close scrutiny.
Re: Редкие группы Автор:havefun69Дата: 19.06.18 16:57:10
A New York hard rock trio, highly regarded by some. Marc Bell later played with Richard Hell's Voidoids and the Ramones. Kenny Aaronson went on to play with Stories, joined the Rick Derringer Band and played with several hard rock groups including HSAS (Hagar, Schon, Aaronson, Shrieve). He also played on Blue Oyster Cult's Club Ninja album. Richie Wise and Kenny Kerner (their producer and collaborator) went on to produce the first two Kiss albums. Richie also has a producer credit and photo on Savoy Brown's Greatest Hits/Live. It's rumoured that Dust also laid down some tracks for a third album that was never finished.
Re: Редкие группы Автор:havefun69Дата: 19.06.18 08:56:12
Castanarc's second album finds their sound evolving significantly over their debut. The major change is in the use of keyboards and synthesisers on the part of David Powell and Steve Beighton, which are often much more in tune with the sounds and textures of synthpop than classic prog, allowing Rick Burns' atmospheric guitar work and the occasional keyboard flourish to keep the neo-prog side of the band's sound going. The end result is an intriguing hybrid sound - soft, calming, even at points romantic - which suggests the sort of combination of prog chops and cutting-edge sounds which would pay off in spades for Porcupine Tree a few short years later. Not for neo-prog purists, but a very interesting album nonetheless.
Re: Редкие группы Автор:havefun69Дата: 19.06.18 08:50:52
Obscure neo-proggers from the UK mid-80's scene, CASTANARC only stuck it out for four albums. The sound is a mixture of GENESIS and YES, but the vocalist sounds so much like John Waite that if you're a fan of his or the BABYS, it can tend to be a distraction. However, the music is more keyboard-oriented and less guitar-dominant than MARILLION, and reminds at times of SAGA. Overall, CASTANARC is a fairly decent neo-prog band, comparable in quality to PALLAS or PENDRAGON and not as good as JADIS. "Journey To The East" is a real cult prog classic and is a great album to sit and listen to.
Re: Редкие группы Автор:havefun69Дата: 17.06.18 16:41:36
Formed in the fall of 68, Skin Alley turned professional when they signed to Clearwater Productions as managers (whom also handled High Tide, The Trees and a bit later Hawkwind), on word from an ex-member that was now in the firm. Gigging around regularly for free (concerts organized by their management firm) in order to find a following, this West-London quartet developed a different kind of rock that drew much from jazz and blues. Built around keyboardist Juskiewicz and part-time guitarist, but sax and flute player Bob James, Skin Alley had a distinctive sound, which made them stand out at the many free concerts they played. Having been spotted by the legendary John Peel, they recorded a BBC session for the Top Gear programme, which in the short term landed them a recording contract with the English branch of CBS. Recorded in November of that year, it was released in March 70 coupled with a non-album single. The critical acclaim and encouraging sales lead CBS to allow Skin Alley (who suffered the departure of Crimble during the recording and was partly replaced by ex-Atomic Rooster bassist Nick Graham) to release a second album, From Pagham And Beyond, later that same year.
For some reasons (the album was not as successful as the debut), CBS decided not to invest further in the band, and Skin Alley had to find another label, which took a while. It wasn't until early 72 that their third album was released on the small folk Transatlantic label (and amazingly enough, the soul Stax label in the US), but by that time Skin alley was a different band, drummer Pope had left the group, replaced by Tony Knight, and the SA had a much rockier approach aimed at the US, even enjoying some success with the track Skin Valley Serenade. Their third album Two Quid Deal offers much prog while they recorded the last album Skintight in Memphis, Tennessee (home of Stax Record), maybe a hint that they had axed everything towards America, because of its country rock flavours. They disbanded the following year and outside Graham, none were to make much waves in the music industry.
Re: Редкие группы Автор:havefun69Дата: 17.06.18 16:37:15
Seatrain was an American roots fusion band based initially in Marin County, California, and later in Marblehead, Massachusetts. Seatrain was formed in 1969, subsequently drawing some members from the Blues Project when it broke up. Seatrain recorded four albums and disbanded in 1973.
Re: Редкие группы Автор:havefun69Дата: 17.06.18 16:28:57
Behind the name Whistler there is an illuster group of musicians from the late sixties and the seventies: For example: with Jimmy Hastings (Caravan); Clem Cattini (Hungry Wolf, Ugly Custard, John Schroeder, Fancy), but also Gordon Huntley (Ian Matthews Southern Comfort). Whether Eric Bell was the first guitarist of Thin Lizzy is not really known, but may be expected, because the Lizzy - Bell also played in some other bands. The sound of this album goes into the direction of UK-Country-Rock (Cochise, Quicksand, Southern Comfort Quiver) and singer/songwriters (Mike Maran, Pete Atkin, Tony Hazzard).
Re: Редкие группы Автор:havefun69Дата: 17.06.18 09:45:39
YEZDA URFA blends influences from YES and GENTLE GIANT into wonderful, fast-paced, great symphonic prog. Another band that springs to mind when listening to their "Sacred Baboon" album is ECHOLYN. Although they played and recorded between 1973 and 1981 they didn't release any albums, aside from a demo album in 1975 called "Boris". Their first demo didn't attract any interest from the record labels, so they financed and recorded an album by themselves, hoping it would help them in getting a record deal. They were only offered a bad deal by a small record company, so they declined (they kept the T-Shirts, they were handed out though). They finished "Sacred Baboon" as the album was called in 1976, but due to lack of funds they shelved it, and in 1981 called it a day, and the band split up to pursue other interests, mostly out of the music scene.
Re: Редкие группы Автор:havefun69Дата: 16.06.18 00:01:10