MAX MIDDLETON & ROBERT AHWAI - Another Slepper (1979 / Harvest)
En 1979, el hasta entonces subsello progresivo de EMI, Harvest, estaba abriendo puertas a otros sonidos tras el descenso de tirón de la prog music. Ése año emprendieron una curiosa iniciativa. Elegir a dos parejas de sesioneros británicos de lujo y montarles sendos proyectos. Uno fue para Dick Morrissey / Jim Mullen, con su álbum "Cape Wrath". El otro fue para Max Middleton / Robert Ahwai, el titulado "Another Sleeper". Se da la circunstancia que toda la banda de este último participó en la del primero. Por lo que su importancia se duplica. Además, ambas portadas fueron muy bien adornadas por un desconocido ilustrador en aquellos días, llamado Derek Riggs. El mismo que pondrá imágenes años después, al universo de Iron Maiden. Todos tenemos un pasado. Así pues, Max Middleton (teclados, sintetizadores), ex-Jeff Beck Group / Hummingbird y Robert Ahwai (guitarras), serán los pilotos de esta nave jazz rockera. Mientras que la muy efectiva...
I sometimes wonder what it was like to be a music lover in the seventies. So many bands with so many records and so many of them obscure…was it as big a treat as it is today to find something incredibly rare. Blackwater Park "Dirt Box" [Spalax]
ResponderEliminarTheir lone (only one album) with 1972 this German hard rock outfit with an English vocalist,combined elements from multiple extant and budding rock subgenres to construct their complex sound: hard rock, blues-rock, jazz-rock, acid rock, prog rock, and even proto-metal.
Blackwater Park is an obscure band that emerged from the Berlin underground scene. They released their unique album "Dirt Box" in 1971, published on BASF in 1972. The group delivers a captivating, effective bluesy-heavy rock "trip" with lot of incisive guitar riffs, progressive Hammond Organ's arrangements, melodic heavy vocals and psychedelic effects that are part of the mix. His British singer had a strong voice. Especially the third and heavy track "Indian Summer", which clearly shows us the quality, engaging and virtuosity among its members. Remember that the last song is beautiful version of "For No One", composed by Lennon and McCartney,with the album 'Revolver' issued in 1966.
(Accessible) kraut power band whose work is essential for collectors. "Dirt Box" has been recently reissued on CD by record labels Second Battle.
Excelente banda!!!. La conoci el año pasado. Tienen una mezcla de progresivo, toques de bules y hard. Las piezas Indian summer, rock song,mental block y Dirty face muy buenas!!!
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