Saturday 11 May 2024

Guitarist Gary Boyle













Of course he was the guitarist for Isotope, but then he subsequently made three wonderful fusion albums in the late seventies, with the first (obviously?) being the best. I was curious to know if he subsequently produced more great music, like Akkerman did for example, but the only gem turned out to be his Triple Echo album released in 1994 or thirty years ago now. That one has some truly lovely compositional and reflective moments in addition to the nice fusion.

From discogs:

British guitarist and vocalist, born 24 November 1941, Patna, Bihar, India.

He came to England when he was 8. In the 70s Boyle was member of cult jazz-rock band Isotope (three albums for Gull).

Specifically from Triple Echo, the beautiful Peacegreen:



From Games which is more recent, hailing from 2003, the track called LP:


Hopefully everyone is already quite familiar with the first 3 but if you're lucky enough to have never heard them, you're in for a nice treat.




16 comments:

  1. 6 albums temporary link only, limited time:

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  2. Unfortunately, I've been late again, download already expired.

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  3. https://we.tl/t-o8gbY2YZWB
    new up, very very temporary

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  4. Hi, thank you for letting me discover these excellent albums. They are all of excellent quality, music of exceptional freshness, well played and very enjoyable. Thank you!

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    1. thanks for kind comment
      I'm glad I posted these, which I thought were well known but evidently not

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  5. Used to go and see Gary in the late 70s when he played in an acoustic guitar duo with guitarist Kenny Shaw - very much modelled on the Larry Coryell Philip Catherine duo.Kenny used to play in Ian Carr's Nucleus.Both great players.Kenny Shaw disappeared into playing West End shows.Gary is happily with us aged 81.

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  6. might be the last time though
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  7. Fantastic site...Is there any chance you could please re upload these Gary boyle albums...I have missed them twice..would really love to get a copy. Thankyou in advance.

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  8. Hi Julian,

    Any possibility of a re-upload...Thanks in advance

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  9. one more time
    https://we.tl/t-Ianwst3dBb

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  10. Thank you so much Julian...made my Day.

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