Bands worth knowing. You know but most in here would never have heard of.

[BimboBob]

 

[Big Joe Corrigan]

Owen Ashworth, cheap Casio keyboards, drum machines, tales of broken relationships, petty crime, and general miserableness, playing Gullivers in April.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Saw them live, either at Free Trade of Sheffield City Hall, can't remember which. Good blues band.

 

[Out on blue 6]

Erland & The Carnival

 

[bluemoon32]

Seeing The Dead South in Cardiff in June

 

[BimboBob]

Seeing The Dead South in Cardiff in June

Enjoy. Excellent live. Seeing them on Friday in London.

 

[Protein Junkie]

There are a few seventies bands that passed completely — and I mean completely — under the radar, that should have been noticed. They just didn't get any back-up in terms of promotion by their label.
And here I'd like to make an honourable mention for:
Riff Raff. The second album is not very strong, but the first is just excellent. It was founded by two guys who worked with the also good but a bit better known Mark-Almond (and no, that's not the eighties guy who sings in a weepy sort of voice).
Greenslade. Again, the first album. Founded by Dave Greenslade, who cut his teeth with Colosseum. Had the unusual feature of two Hammond organs. And the fine bassist, Tony Reeves. Wouldn't want to make out that it's a masterpiece or anything, but a good album which should have got more attention. Saw them at the Marquee (Soho) a couple of times. Remarkable sound on stage, with the two Hammonds swirling round each other, as you can imagine.
Flash. First two albums, plenty of quality. Very seventies sound, of course. A spin-off of Yes. Excellent guitarist Peter Banks (who had basically been given the push from Yes, God knows why). Very composed pieces, with all sorts of time signature variations. And generally good musicianship. Their weak point, in my view, was the vocalist, Colin Carter. LIke Yes, the bassist played a Ricky, and that always gave a very particular sound to any group. Again, saw them at the Marquee, at least a couple of times.
Two very fine album covers for a perv like me, incidentally. The sort of thing you wouldn't get away with now (sob…)
I'm not saying any of these are geniuses, but music that I still listen to with pleasure (albeit very much of its time, of course). They got no attention whatsoever.

Good shouts with Greenslade and Flash.
I’m not an expert on Yes but Peter Banks was certainly miffed about the use of Orchestra on Time and a Word.
Every man and his dog made an album with Orchestra around then (exaggeration) and Yes wanted to expand their sound.
Anderson and Squire felt that Banks was not moving along with the musical direction so I suppose the old chestnut - musical differences applies.
Some of Banks work with Yes was great expecially their version of Something’s Coming from West Side Story.

 

[Grassland Blue]

The Vermin Suicides.
"Sometimes I wanna drink myself to death".
You need to check on the net for tunes.

 

[tonerain]

Choir of Young Believers. This track was used as the music for Scandi-Noir "The Bridge".

 

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