UK prog/art rock band, today most known for their world wide hit "Sympathy". Although popular on the European continent and US they never got a big breakthrough in England, wich eventually led to the group disintegrating 1975. All tracks on this are from the Charisma years 1969-70. "Sympathy" was a '45 only release in UK, the rest are from the first two albums. Good melodic organ driven prog with few guitars. For me the best progressive rock was made before synths started to rule the studios and this is a nice exemple. "Sympathy" may be the most commercial cut on here, but if you like that the rest will fit just fine. To my knowledge this compilation was UK only, also re-issued on CD by Virgin 1990 (CDOVD 280). First had label as shown here and thin glossy cover. (CÄX*)
Rare Bird music (especially on first two albums) is the best in the world, but this cover is awful :)))
SvaraRaderaI agree - it doesn't reflect the music at all. Looks more like something for a Hit Parade serie :)
RaderaI'm looking for this EP, it contains two singles.
Raderahttp://www.45cat.com/record/cb179
Never seen that one in r/l. btw that is a nice cover :)
Radera