IN MEMORIAM CHRISTOPHER NORTH: AMBROSIA - Somewhere I've Never Travelled (1976 / 20th Century Fox)
La de tontadas que lee uno en foros de supuestos "expertos" prog, cuando tocan temas que se les escapan. Comparaciones de Ambrosia con Beach Boys, Raspberries, Toto, Jim Croce, Kate Bush, England Dan & John Ford Coley..... Basta de intrusismo amateur. Hasta las pelotas de advenedizos. Ambrosia son hoy más conocidos por su legado soft /West Coast, pero sus inicios fueron netamente prog USA. Con un brillante debut de igual nombre, que los llevó a fichar directamente por 20th Century Fox. Y un segundo que va a ser más relevante de lo que parece. Verás, afirmo categóricamente que The Alan Parsons Project sólo hicieron un álbum de puro prog rock, el primero. Que fue editado, exactamente, por el mismo sello que Ambrosia. Pero es que el sonido característico del ingeniero británico, fue el producto de combinar a dos bandas que incluyó en aquel "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" (1976) : Pilot por UK, y Ambrosia por USA. Al completo. Aquel disco que marcó una época, ...
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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