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01 |
Time Machine |
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08:09 |
02 |
Lament |
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01:53 |
03 |
I've No Idea |
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07:44 |
04 |
Nimbus |
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03:36 |
05 |
Festival |
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05:59 |
06 |
Silver Peacock Intro |
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00:23 |
07 |
Silver Peacock |
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06:32 |
08 |
Impromptu |
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01:19 |
09 |
The Fox |
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06:47 |
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Country |
United Kingdom |
Spars |
DDD |
Sound |
Stereo |
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Beggar's Opera - "Waters of Change" (1971)
The band had now added a female mellotron-player named Virginia Wolf who also wrote some material for the group too. The rather cheesy sounding circus-organ of the first album had fortunately disappeared in favour of a more normal organ sound. The album is also better than the first one. "Time Machine" has a relaxed and dreamy feeling to it, while "I've No Idea" and the folky "Festival" were both more energetic and excellent progressive rock tracks. "The Fox" was probably the most complex song the group ever recorded. "Silver Peacock" has a very beautiful mellotron arrangement, and especially the intro sounds cool. There are also some short and very nice instrumentals between the longer tracks. The best of these is probably "Nimbus". An essential album from the early 70's progressive scene of England.