Originally posted by cloughie
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No I didn't! Thanks for that information, cloughie. Did you know that the brief tenor sax break on "Lady Madonna" was by Ronnie Scott? -
Sky - Sahara
Terry Riley - Happy Ending
No Strange - Splendid Your Rise On Living Râ
The Alan Parsons Project - I Robot
The Besnard Lakes - Like the Ocean, Like the Innocent
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No I didn’t but it doesn’t surprise me, George Martin pulled in some good musicians to Beatles sessions!Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostComment
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Caravan - In the land of grey and pinkOriginally posted by silvestrione View PostGreat thread for someone who knows nxt to nothing about it.
But where, amongst all these lists, should I go next, as someone who loves Yes and knew the Peter Gabriel Genesis, and King Crimson's Court of the Crimson King, and grew out of ELP years ago? (Already ordered Larks Tongue in Aspic)
Bear in mind that I tend to listen to this music in the car, so it shouldn't make me go too fast...
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For quality English quirkiness, try albums by Hatfield and the North, National Health and Bruford (founded by the ex-Yes drummer but not drummer-dominated by any means). All their albums contain finely-crafted compositions and superb playing. You might also like the debut album by UK (a shortlived "super group" of John Wetton, Bill Bruford, Allan Holdsworth and Eddie Jobson).Originally posted by silvestrione View PostComment
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....Certainly Hatfield and North....Matching Mole....and big fave of mine Robert Wyatt: Rock Bottom (while not as flashy as some Wyatt quirkness is huge) an album for quiet Sunday afternoons if ever there was one....Originally posted by Boilk View Postbong chingComment
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....I would have loved to have met that Golf Girl....I searched but never exactly found her : ended up with a lefto-anarchic revolutionary feminist Greenham Woman....Originally posted by cloughie View Postbong chingComment
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Well yes she does sound inviting! Don’t know about the grumbly grimblies though - I’ve experienced the occasionally inquisitive jackdaw that needed release and that was enough! One of the products of the first Prog era was the wonderful lyrics, many of the total nonsense but well, they told a tale!Originally posted by eighthobstruction View PostComment
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....Caravan always had a sexy carefree feel - the future bright and alluring - An emsemble sound without tedious soloing -tight....Girls Who Go plump in the Night an excellent album full of musicality and zest....bong chingComment
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I'm in two minds about whether they were prog, or not. You're absolutely right about the upbeat feeling to their music, though.Originally posted by eighthobstruction View PostComment
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I think it was Paul McCartney's idea to bring Scott in, then very little of his work was used on the released single. I believe he wasn't happy and they apologised to him later.Originally posted by cloughie View PostComment
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Originally posted by Boilk View Post
They are what I meant by referring to jazz elements in prog rock.Comment
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Originally posted by eighthobstruction View Post
Very interesting how that band came out of The Wilde Flowers when some of the personnel split to form Soft Machine. The Softs moved up here to join up with The Pink Floyd Sound at the Free School in Notting Hill Gate, near the tenement where the movie "Performance" had James Fox meeting Mick Jagger for a near mènage a quatre, while Caravan-to-be lived pro tem in a caravan somewhere near Broadstairs, hence the name adopted. I think it was Joachim Berendt referred to them as "the English Jefferson Airplane".Comment
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....and good link [musically to#118] to Ian Carrs Nucleus....Brotherhood of Breath....which via Weather Report/ Chick Corea was my route to Jazzbong chingComment
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