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Группа Spring ( в составе: Pat Moran – vocals, mellotron; Ray Martinez – lead guitar, mellotron, twelve string guitar; Adrian ‘Bone’ Maloney – bass guitar; Pique Withers – drums, glockenspiel; Kips Brown – piano, organ, Mellotron ) заявила о себе, выпустив дебютный одноимённый альбом. Пластинка вышла в 1971-м году сразу после Британского тура, где музыканты выступали на разогреве у группы The Velvet Underground. Стилем игры музыкантов стал Progressive Rock, наделавший столько шума своим появлением в конце 60-х и продолживший процесс развития в 70-х.
Выразительное начало первой композиции «The Prisoner (Eight by Ten)» отражает дальнейший настрой, с которым музыканты подошли к делу. Сам по себе альбом очень мелодичен – чему не стоит удивляться: музыканты владели множеством инструментов, задача которых ярко выделить мелодию в любой композиции. Уже трое из музыкантов прекрасно играли на таком инструменте как меллотрон, плюс своевременные вставки клавишника, спокойный вокал, мягкая гитара и вдобавок ко всему не выделяющаяся, но красочная игра ударника… заметно проявившего себя в композиции «Shipwrecked Soldier». В 2007 году вышел ремастированный диск группы с дополнительными 3 бонусами. Хочется отметить обложку этого диска, на которой автор фотографии Marcus Keef смог запечатлеть погибшего солдата, из ран которого сочится кровь, попадающая в реку…
Группа имеет легендарный статус среди клавишников: хотя многие команды британского прогрессивного рока использовали различные креативные элементы в своем творчестве, только Spring достаточно смело использовали аж целых три мелотрона одновременно!
Группа успела выпустить только единственный одноименный альбом ( но какой!) ( рейтинг AllMusic; 4,5 Star/ 5! ), и записать несколько композиций в студии при подготовке следующего - так и не появившегося. Эти подготовительные студийные сессии были включены в ремастированное переиздание ( ставшее раритетным!) 2007-го года.
Spring were a Leicester-based British progressive rock band that represented the early 1970s progressive rock movement.
A one-shot band, it released only one album in its career, a self-titled LP released in 1971. Spring's music is notable for the use of the mellotron with three of the its five members credited with playing that instrument on the album. Songs for a second album were recorded but not released at the time. They were later released on cd together with some demo's as 'Untitled 2' and as a bonus cd on the Esoteric cd release of 2015. Also as a bootleg vinyl album 'Spring 2' (with Roger Dean cover). Three of the tracks were used as bonus on the single cd edition of the first album.
Members:
Spring originally consisted of Pat Moran (vocals), Ray Martinez (guitars), Kips Brown (keyboards), Pick Withers (drums) and Adrian Maloney (bass), all of whom had previously played in various local Leicester bands.
A turning point in Spring's fortunes happened after a gig in Cardiff, when the band's van broke down somewhere in the Welsh countryside, coincidentally very near where producer/engineer Kingsley Ward had recently set up Rockfield Studios. Ward would later marvel at the "coincidence of meeting a group with a broken down truck in your own home town when you have previously spent months traipsing around the country in search of talent". He was particularly intrigued by the fact that they owned a Mellotron, and "invited them down the following week for an audition with my brother Charles and myself", the outcome of which was "good enough for us to want to be involved with them". Several demo sessions followed. The band were rehearsing at Rockfield when producer Gus Dudgeon (of David Bowie and Elton John fame) dropped by to check the studio out, heard them play and expressed interest in producing them. A few months later, sessions took place at both Rockfield and London's Trident Studios, and the resulting album was released on the RCA/Neon label in 1971.
In spite of supporting Velvet Underground on a UK tour, plus Keith Christmas and The Sutherland Brothers on various dates, the band broke up in 1972 following aborted attempts at recording a second album. Two previously unreleased songs from these sessions (featuring new bassist Peter Decindis) appeared on The Laser's Edge's 1992 CD reissue of the album, along with "Fool's Gold" from the first album sessions. Moran later worked as sound engineer at Rockfield Studios, notably for Van der Graaf Generator and Robert Plant; he died in early 2011. Martinez became an in-demand session guitarist, working with the likes of Alkatraz, Michael Chapman, Gypsy, Tim Rose and Robert Plant. Pick Withers later became the drummer for Dire Straits, playing on their first four records. Kips Brown became a session musician, playing with Andy Fairweather Low and others, and was in a later band called 'Wellington'. Adrian Moloney returned to the Midlands, where he worked alongside several well-known artists and groups. A solo career as a jobbing musician and minor impresario took him all over the Midlands, and also to Tenerife for several summer seasons. He was working right up to his premature death in 2010.
Pat Moran became a notable Record Producer and worked with Lou Gramm, Robert Plant Iggy Pop, Edie Brickell and the new Bohemians as well as many others. For verification check Pat's obituary in the Guardian newspaper. On 25 May 2015 a double CD of Spring released on Esoteric Records, a part of Cherry Red Records, London. For verification you can check Tarantula recordings, a part of Bucks Music Group, London.
Spring's self-titled album.
Track listing:
All tracks written by Spring.
"The Prisoner (Eight By Ten)" - (5:34)
"Grail" - (6:44)
"Boats" - (1:53)
"Shipwrecked Soldier" - (5:08)
"Golden Fleece" - (6:59)
"Inside Out" - (4:49)
"Song To Absent Friends (The Island)" - (2:47)
"Gazing" - (5:54)
The following three tracks were added in the CD edition
"Fools Gold" (1st album outtake)
"Hendre Mews" (from unreleased 2nd LP)
"A World Full Of Whispers" (from unreleased 2nd LP)
Personnel:
Pat Moran - vocals, mellotron
Ray Martinez - 6- and 12-string guitars, mellotron
Kips Brown - piano, organ, mellotron
Adrian "Bone" Maloney - bass
Pick Withers - drums, glockenspiel
Выразительное начало первой композиции «The Prisoner (Eight by Ten)» отражает дальнейший настрой, с которым музыканты подошли к делу. Сам по себе альбом очень мелодичен – чему не стоит удивляться: музыканты владели множеством инструментов, задача которых ярко выделить мелодию в любой композиции. Уже трое из музыкантов прекрасно играли на таком инструменте как меллотрон, плюс своевременные вставки клавишника, спокойный вокал, мягкая гитара и вдобавок ко всему не выделяющаяся, но красочная игра ударника… заметно проявившего себя в композиции «Shipwrecked Soldier». В 2007 году вышел ремастированный диск группы с дополнительными 3 бонусами. Хочется отметить обложку этого диска, на которой автор фотографии Marcus Keef смог запечатлеть погибшего солдата, из ран которого сочится кровь, попадающая в реку…
Группа имеет легендарный статус среди клавишников: хотя многие команды британского прогрессивного рока использовали различные креативные элементы в своем творчестве, только Spring достаточно смело использовали аж целых три мелотрона одновременно!
Группа успела выпустить только единственный одноименный альбом ( но какой!) ( рейтинг AllMusic; 4,5 Star/ 5! ), и записать несколько композиций в студии при подготовке следующего - так и не появившегося. Эти подготовительные студийные сессии были включены в ремастированное переиздание ( ставшее раритетным!) 2007-го года.
Spring were a Leicester-based British progressive rock band that represented the early 1970s progressive rock movement.
A one-shot band, it released only one album in its career, a self-titled LP released in 1971. Spring's music is notable for the use of the mellotron with three of the its five members credited with playing that instrument on the album. Songs for a second album were recorded but not released at the time. They were later released on cd together with some demo's as 'Untitled 2' and as a bonus cd on the Esoteric cd release of 2015. Also as a bootleg vinyl album 'Spring 2' (with Roger Dean cover). Three of the tracks were used as bonus on the single cd edition of the first album.
Members:
Spring originally consisted of Pat Moran (vocals), Ray Martinez (guitars), Kips Brown (keyboards), Pick Withers (drums) and Adrian Maloney (bass), all of whom had previously played in various local Leicester bands.
A turning point in Spring's fortunes happened after a gig in Cardiff, when the band's van broke down somewhere in the Welsh countryside, coincidentally very near where producer/engineer Kingsley Ward had recently set up Rockfield Studios. Ward would later marvel at the "coincidence of meeting a group with a broken down truck in your own home town when you have previously spent months traipsing around the country in search of talent". He was particularly intrigued by the fact that they owned a Mellotron, and "invited them down the following week for an audition with my brother Charles and myself", the outcome of which was "good enough for us to want to be involved with them". Several demo sessions followed. The band were rehearsing at Rockfield when producer Gus Dudgeon (of David Bowie and Elton John fame) dropped by to check the studio out, heard them play and expressed interest in producing them. A few months later, sessions took place at both Rockfield and London's Trident Studios, and the resulting album was released on the RCA/Neon label in 1971.
In spite of supporting Velvet Underground on a UK tour, plus Keith Christmas and The Sutherland Brothers on various dates, the band broke up in 1972 following aborted attempts at recording a second album. Two previously unreleased songs from these sessions (featuring new bassist Peter Decindis) appeared on The Laser's Edge's 1992 CD reissue of the album, along with "Fool's Gold" from the first album sessions. Moran later worked as sound engineer at Rockfield Studios, notably for Van der Graaf Generator and Robert Plant; he died in early 2011. Martinez became an in-demand session guitarist, working with the likes of Alkatraz, Michael Chapman, Gypsy, Tim Rose and Robert Plant. Pick Withers later became the drummer for Dire Straits, playing on their first four records. Kips Brown became a session musician, playing with Andy Fairweather Low and others, and was in a later band called 'Wellington'. Adrian Moloney returned to the Midlands, where he worked alongside several well-known artists and groups. A solo career as a jobbing musician and minor impresario took him all over the Midlands, and also to Tenerife for several summer seasons. He was working right up to his premature death in 2010.
Pat Moran became a notable Record Producer and worked with Lou Gramm, Robert Plant Iggy Pop, Edie Brickell and the new Bohemians as well as many others. For verification check Pat's obituary in the Guardian newspaper. On 25 May 2015 a double CD of Spring released on Esoteric Records, a part of Cherry Red Records, London. For verification you can check Tarantula recordings, a part of Bucks Music Group, London.
Spring's self-titled album.
Track listing:
All tracks written by Spring.
"The Prisoner (Eight By Ten)" - (5:34)
"Grail" - (6:44)
"Boats" - (1:53)
"Shipwrecked Soldier" - (5:08)
"Golden Fleece" - (6:59)
"Inside Out" - (4:49)
"Song To Absent Friends (The Island)" - (2:47)
"Gazing" - (5:54)
The following three tracks were added in the CD edition
"Fools Gold" (1st album outtake)
"Hendre Mews" (from unreleased 2nd LP)
"A World Full Of Whispers" (from unreleased 2nd LP)
Personnel:
Pat Moran - vocals, mellotron
Ray Martinez - 6- and 12-string guitars, mellotron
Kips Brown - piano, organ, mellotron
Adrian "Bone" Maloney - bass
Pick Withers - drums, glockenspiel
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