Starting out in 'Post-British-Blues-Boom-white-soul/funk', thru reg'lar ol' hard rock, into Some jazz (well, a track from local Arkestra-philes' Rake-Star's new album 'Some Ra' - I had intended to pay more, but the Third Ear Band feature ballooned out-of-control... more jazz next week, promise!) and finishing up with a big (and I mean BIG) feature on the Third Ear Band's band of eastern-inspired improv/raga-folk/psychedelia! Yow!
| I love combining genre-names. How's 'Post-British-blues-Boom-white-soul/funk' fit Brian Auger? A good place to start, anyway. |
| Don't Look Away Brian Auger's Oblivion Express - Live Oblivion |
| God Make Me Funky Headhunters - Survival of the Fittest |
| Your City is Falling If - 2 |
| Moving toward the harder-rocking stuff with a detour thru Q-prog and then into some early-70's rawk, making for an all-vintage-Canadian set! |
| La Machine Infernale Ville Emard Blues Band - S/T 
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| Vert Harmonium - Cinq Saisons
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| A New Day Has Arisen Jackal - S/T
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| April Mountain Christmas - Heritage
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| Now into some of the harder stuff, starting with what I consider one of the best Hard-rock LPs ever perpetrated - a supergroup if ever there was one: Armageddon, with ex-Yardbirds/Rennaissance/Steamhammer/Captain Beyond/Johnny Winter. Who knows what they would've done if Keith Relf hadn't passed away! |
| Basking in the White Light of the Midnight Sun Armageddon - S/T |
| Dancing Madly Backwards Captain Beyond - S/T |
| WASP Black Sabbath - S/T |
| Look a Py-Py Invaders - Spacing Out |
| Ankh/Spectrum Rake-Star - Some Ra
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| Now onto the Feature of the evening, a look at the works of British experimental folk-raga-psych band, the Third Ear Band. Their first album, Alchemy, was released in 1969, (featuring John Peel playing jaw harp on one track), followed by self-titled LP (aka Elements) in 1970. They recorded two soundtracks, the first in 1970 for an animated film by Herbert Fuchs of Abelard and Heloise (which first saw release in 1997) and then in 1971 for Roman Polanski's film of Macbeth. After various later incarnations and albums they finally disbanded in 1993 owing to leader and percussionist Glen Sweeney's ongoing health problems. A recording made in 1972 was released in 2004 called 'The Magus', perhaps the most accessible LP in their discography. |
| Ghetto Raga Third Ear Band - Alchemy - 1969 |
| Part 1 Third Ear Band - Abelard and Heloise - 1970 |
| Earth Third Ear Band - Third Ear Band (Elements) - 1970 |
| Inverness- Macbeth's Return-The Preparation-Fanfare-Duncan's Arrival Third Ear Band - Music from Macbeth - 1972 |
| The Magus Third Ear Band - The Magus - 1972 |
| More Mosaic Third Ear Band - Live Ghosts - 1988 |
| Midnight on Mars Third Ear Band - Magic Music - 1990 |
| Midnight Drums Third Ear Band - Brain Waves - 1993 |
| Behind The Pyramids Third Ear Band - Songs From The Hydrogen Jukebox - 1998 |
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12:00 AM, March 9th, 2015