The Big Feature tonight is a look at the new 'Thick as a Brick 2' offering from Ian Anderson. Yes, we like the obscurities a lot here... but sometimes we have to sample a 'known quantity' to stay informed, don't we?
| An unusual start - the usual modus operandi for the Nightwatch is to start in rock/psych and weirdness and work towards the jazz vibe. Tonight we mix it up, start in jazz, and move inexorably to the rock. |
| Pussy Wiggle Stomp Don Ellis Orchestra - Autumn - 01968 |
| The Bride Chris McGregor's Brotherhood Of Breath - S/T - 01971 |
| Offering Larry Coryell - Offering - 01972 |
| The Future of Space Travel Today Lloyd Hanson's Thrash Peninsula - A Different Drummer - 01993 
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| First Feature - A few Tracks of Fusion from Ian Carr's Nucleus, from the 1974 LP 'Under The Sun'. |
| In Procession Nucleus - Under The sun |
| The Addison Trip Nucleus - Under The sun |
| Rites Of Man Nucleus - Under The sun |
| Eating up more time than I expected, I have trimmed some of the fat on the next set - left the two Canadian bands, in hopes of getting TAAB started by Midnight... |
| Caserne Centrale J'Envoie - La Vitesse des chats sauvages
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| Blair Drummond Na Cabarfeidh - Stick It In Your Ear
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| Now onto the main feature - Ian Anderson's 'Thick as a Brick 2' in it's entirety. The original plan was to play the the original TAAB (for context) and then play TAAB 2... but there are things that even The Nightwatch doesn't have time for. Next week, promise... |
| Thick as a Brick 2 Ian Anderson - Thick as a Brick 2 |
| So, does it measure up? Of course not - the Original TAAB was a Jethro Tull LP. This can't really compare... but, to quote a statement made on 'RateYourMusic.com': 'if we look at this album as a release in 2012 and forget its regrettable ties to a masterpiece by Jethro Tull, then it is...the best solo album Ian Anderson has ever made." Sounds about right... |
| Hiding In waiting The Rebel Wheel - Diagramma
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| Saffron Mist Mahogany Frog - Senna
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| Elvezz Nero - Zedonk
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| 7171-551 Man - Maximum Darkness |
| Now we finally hit the rock, in the form of the next feature - I have namaged o get a re-issue of Ozric Tentacles' 1990 release, Pungent Effulgent', jam/space/psych masterpeice! |
| Symmetricum Ozric Tentacles - Pungent Effulgent |
| Floating Seeds Ozric Tentacles - Pungent Effulgent |
| Dissolution (The Clouds Disperse) Ozric Tentacles - Pungent Effulgent |
| And now time to get heavier with a local project The Sun Through A Telescope (http://tstat.bandcamp.com/ - "One man drone/doom recording project from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Dealing primarily in cassette releases. Cassettes available via Dwyer Records."). They also feature a 20+-minute piece... and this is the Nightwatch, could I resist? |
| Part I - Glowing Overcast/Unseasonably Gloomed The Sun Through A Telescope - http://tstat.bandcamp.com/
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| Part II - Those Animals Killed You The Sun Through A Telescope - http://tstat.bandcamp.com/
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| Part III - Sent Back Dead From Pepsi The Sun Through A Telescope - http://tstat.bandcamp.com/
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| Part IV - They're Evil Animals The Sun Through A Telescope - http://tstat.bandcamp.com/
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