WETTON / MANZANERA - Wetton / Manzanera (Geffen, 1987)
Lo que quedaba de la NWOBHM se había mimetizado. Bien en locas de L. A. Bien en las catacumbas del underground más marginal. Pero...¿y los 70s star proggers? Reciclados. O en otras catacumbas más profundas si cabe. El reciclaje comenzó en los inicios 80s. Rush llenó todo de teclados, temas más cortos y más comerciales. Yes con su "90125" lo peta en todo el mundo, tirando por una nueva forma de entender el AOR no muy alejada del Hi-Tech. Los otros serían Asia. Pero antes de eso, el movimiento de miembros ya intuía ese sonido que estaba por venir. Primero con UK y su "Danger Money" de 1979. Luego un amago de supergrupo, con Wakeman-Wetton-Palmer-Rabin, que a punto estuvo. Aún más. Cuando la formación clásica de Asia ya estaba formalizada, John Kalodner les presenta como cantante solista a un chaval que había estado cinco minutos en Journey, Robert Fleischman. El cual decide apartarse diplomaticamente al ver el potencial exquisito de John Wetton. Estaba claro que el A
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.