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Classic prog-rock from the 70's
There are some virtuoso moments in this. Watch closely!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv3fKIpKCv4
There are some virtuoso moments in this. Watch closely!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv3fKIpKCv4
The Shop
great version
Quatermass
These guys deserved much better recognition than they got. Peter Robinson was an uber-talented keyboard player and got amazing sounds out of his B-3, Rhodes, and a whole collection of stuff. Robinson later did some very good work with Phil Collins in Brand X. The track above was so far ahead of its time. Very cool arranging of the string orchestra giving it a kind of nighmare lurching gallop.
Even the album cover seemed to fit the song.
"Black Sheep of the Family" - one of their rockers. A minor hit at the time. Very nice Hammond tones and work. I can't find some of the other tracks where he did some serious riffing but the stuff at the very start of "Black Sheep" gives some idea.
Entropy was a quiet piece that opened and closed the album as book ends.
Track summary
"Entropy" is a very quiet keyboard-based melody, vaguely cyclic in nature. On vinyl editions of the album it is so quiet it almost gets lost in the groove noise, even on near-mint copies, but on digitally remastered CD copies the track is much clearer and reveals a deep organ-pedal bass underpinning the melody. "Black Sheep Of The Family" is the album's first full length piece, beginning with a series of crashing chords, interspersed with powerful drum breaks. The backing tracks are a layered mix of organ and piano, arranged to make a guitar unnecessary. "Post War Saturday Echo" is a slow electric blues number with delayed and double-tracked vocals in stereo, which combine with the multi-layered keyboard tracks to lend an "otherwordly" quality to the piece. The balladic "Good Lord Knows" is performed as a prayer by John Gustafson, backed by harpsichord and strings. The string arrangements were by Peter Robinson. The next track switches the tempo, "Up On The Ground" being a powerful hard rock song with virtuoso bass riffing and rock organ solos. With "Gemini" Peter Robinson again arranges piano and organ to form a texture which leaves no requirement for a guitarist. "Make Up Your Mind" is an example of stop-time instrumental, and also features explorative keyboard riffs in odd time signatures punctuated by drum and bass licks. "Laughing Tackle" is an extended, often exploratory piece, which commences with a pulsating, bounding bass guitar pattern and cymbal work, double tracking by Robinson on electric piano and organ, and a slow-building organ solo culminating in a descending chord break signalling the start of a Mick Underwood drum solo highlighted by extensive rolling. The original vinyl release then closed with the repeat of the intro, "Entropy (Reprise)." Of the bonus tracks which feature on subsequent reissues, "One Blind Mice" is the best known, having been released also as a single, and demonstrates a heavy rock influence and descending chord progression. The organ solo releases into a phasing wash which carries through to the final verse and chorus. "Punting" has solid bass and drum lines textured with exploratory musings by Peter Robinson using the ring-modulator.
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