Really beautiful artwork of course.
I guess, after playing keyboards and flutes in famed renaissance prog band Gryphon, Richard Harvey became primarily a library composer, but in 1979 he made this concept-like album, with perhaps less of the creative prog spirit than the earlier Gryphons unfortunately, nonetheless interesting on that basis alone. Information here, note:
This record was distributed by ICL to their staff and business partners, so it was not available in the shops.
As for "ICL" this was:
International Computers Limited (ICL) was a British computer hardware, software and computer services company that operated from 1968 until 2002.
You can see the album is made up of 4 lengthy compositions each roughly 10 min's long, the title one:
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https://krakenfiles.com/view/C8eioJd1We/file.html
also,
new tie break duch upload by request
https://progressreview.blogspot.com/2024/03/tie-break-follows-up-with-1990-cassette.html
https://www.sendspace.com/file/nlnxsq
deus ex machina cinque album reupped
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Great album really ! It's a shame Richard didn't participate in the reformation of Gryphon!
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ReplyDeleteWith the lovely album cover comes a hidden gem of an album, perfect for midsummer enjoyment!
ReplyDeleteAt once playful, off-the-wall, and creative, like some of the 70s keyboard & drum duos (Space Art, Eden, S. Ferraresi & M. Carrara, Kashmir, etc.) time-traveled to 1980s classic-video-game Japan to lay down some tracks for a cosmic Zappa-esque soundtrack!
A new way of seeing indeed!
Great tangents, patterns and horizons,
sure to inspire and lighten the mood.
Brings back happy memories of better days when everything seemed new and anything seemed possible...
...far far away from today's current dead-end, obsessed with harmful tech, lifeless AI nightmare.
Good music reminds us to keep reaching out and
hold on tight to our dreams :)
Thank you for this one Julian,
And everything else, my friend :)
as always, so well said ! :)
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Muchas gracias.
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