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Archive for the 'progressive rock' Category
8th September, 2009 | 110 views
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Massive selling album in the seventies but apart from the hit singles taken from it, you have this dreamy piece of post-psychedelia progressive rock. Sounds like something that Steve Hackett would have composed at the beginning of his solo career but without the overt mystical references to wizards, princesses etc. Instead it reflects the mellow vibe of the West Coast rather than the Old World of the United Kingdom.
2nd March, 2009 | 124 views
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Reminiscent of 10cc’s I’m Not In Love, with the vocal harmonies; for some reason this track always brings to my mind Holkham Beach in Norfolk. Perhaps the sand dunes that stretch into the distance when the tide is out beneath an open blue sky, give an expanse that mirrors the atmosphere created by this song. Or maybe it was played on a portable radio when I was there and forms one of my first musical memories… Something I’ll probably never find out. The album it’s from, Please Don’t Touch, is very strange but in a positive experimental manner and whilst not as overtly prog rock as his debut solo album, Voyage Of The Acolyte (a title that loudly proclaims it’s progressive rock credentials), still has some flute action as well as guests including Richie Havens and Randy Crawford.
