Genre: Prog rock
Places I remember: Little Red Bookshop
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Suite in C
Gear costume: Is She Waiting?
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Suite in C
Gear costume: Is She Waiting?
They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5
Active compensatory factors: Ian McDonald and Michael Giles had recently left King Crimson and recorded this album with help from Peter Giles and Steve Winwood.
Active compensatory factors: Ian McDonald and Michael Giles had recently left King Crimson and recorded this album with help from Peter Giles and Steve Winwood.
The music is very much a reflection of their work on the more pastoral aspects of In The Court Of The Crimson King. At times they even sound like a Cambridge band, such as Caravan circa In The Land Of Grey and Pink. Also a band I love. Maybe they were influenced by McDonald and Giles.
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| The full gatefold cover. L to R: Charlotte Bates (Ian's girlfriend), Ian, Michael, Mary Land (Giles' wife) |
The cover is interesting - my copy is a NZ pressing with the full gatefold cover. Charlotte Bates also does the inner sleeve painting. I love the poses out in the woods and the colouring is very 1970.
Where do they all belong? Ian McDonald (who was in Foreigner for their first three albums) died from colon cancer in 2022, at the age of 75. Giles is still active.
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