![]() ![]() Musicians: Theo Travis (ss /ts /fl /cl ) - Pete Whittaker (o) - Mike Outram (elg) - Roy Dodds (d/pc) In Dave's words (which I'll happily second), "probably the closest you can get to experiencing the sights, sounds, smells and sensations of our corner of the experimental/underground UK music scene of the late '60s". It also includes many vintage photos which beg the question "where did all that hair go ?". ![]() In addition to the two 20-page CD booklets comes an additional book entitled Copious Notes (note that there is little or no overlap between the three), subtitled "The inside story of Egg, Uriel, Arzachel & The Ottawa Company", and consisting of incredibly detailed memoirs by Dave Stewart, Mont Campbell and Antony Vinall, a friend of the band who evidently survived the era and subsequent decades with his memory intact. What makes the purchase of these CDs even more compulsory is, as usual, the accompanying prose. All in all this contains some of the very best performances by the band, and is a must-own. Indeed, while the main raison-d'être of this project was to offer the (arguably superior) 1972 BBC versions of the three main pieces from Civil Surface ("Enneagram", "Germ Patrol" and "Wring Out."), these were familiar to most collectors, albeit in inferior sonic quality than the versions collected here ("Enneagram" in particular sounds superb), the 1969 Top Gear session (three songs and twelve minutes) was until now thought lost by many, and a recently discovered amateur (but surprisingly excellent sounding) live recording of the band's final concert (Roundhouse, July 1972) is the icing on the cake - an epic rendition of "Long Piece No.3" complete with its wild "Blane" interlude - 23 minutes of vintage live Egg. This is all previously unreleased stuff - not only unreleased but also, for the most part, unheard. The other CD, The Metronomical Society, is on the other a compulsory purchase for any self-respecting Canterbury- and RIO-inclined prog fan. Of higher historical than musical value, but an interesting document for sure. Plus a frustratingly short snippet of an early live performance (apparently that's the only surviving such document). This reissue comes with a handful ofextra tracks : previously unheard Uriel demos from 1968/69, including a cover of Holst's "Saturn" and the earliest original compositions by Mont Campbell and Dave Stewart. Recorded in mid-1969 by what amounted to a re-formed Uriel, the pre-Egg quartet that also included Steve Hillage on guitar, this effort is rated highly by aficionados of vintage psychedelia (for whom its very dated production values are probably a plus), and is certainly a fun listen (in an early Caravan sort of way) if nowhere near as accomplished, from a "progressive" standpoint, as Egg's groundbreaking works. The incentive for the whole project was a reissue of the out-of-print Arzachel album. I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside (live '71) (0:42)Ĭomments : Hot on the heels of the Hatfield archive projects, Dave Stewart has applied the same regal treatment to his previous band Egg and come up with these two superb CDs and lengthy accompanying extra booklet. McGillicudie The Pusillanimous (Top Gear '69) (5:00) - 12. Wring Out The Ground (Loosely Now) (Top Gear '72) (8:02) - 11. ![]() There's No Business Like Show Business (Sounds Of The 70s '72) (3:16) - 8. Seven Is A Jolly Good Time (Top Gear '69) (3:09) - 3. While Growing My Hair (Top Gear '69) (3:46) - 2. Rec:, ,, , - Loc: Playhouse Theatre, London, BBC Maida Vale 4, BBC Maida Vale 5, Roundhouse, London & Civic Hall, Wolverhampton - Eng: Dave Carruthers, Bob Conduct - Pr: Pete Ritzema With Steve Hillage (most of the Arzachel CD) - guest: Amanda Parsons (voc ) Musicians: Dave Stewart (o/elp/p/tone-gen/hpcd/celeste) - Mont Campbell (b/voc) - Clive Brooks (d) EGG / URIEL / ARZACHEL - archive releases ( Egg Archive / Burning Shed) ![]()
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