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Nektar
Nektar (German for ''nectar'') is an English progressive rock band formed in Hamburg, West Germany in 1969, by guitarist and lead vocalist Roye Albrighton, keyboardist Allan "Taff" Freemon, bassist Derek "Mo" Moore, and drummer Ron Howden. History 1969–1973: Early years The band formed in Hamburg, West Germany in 1969. The founding members were Englishmen Roye Albrighton on guitars and lead vocals, Allan "Taff" Freeman on keyboards, Derek "Mo" Moore on bass, Ron Howden on drums and artists Mick Brockett and Keith Walters on lights and "special effects". Though the concept of non-performing bandmembers was not unprecedented (e.g. lyricist Keith Reid in Procol Harum), it was unusual that a third of Nektar's lineup had no role in performing or writing their music. Throughout their early existence the band's songwriting was credited to all six members on the album sleeves, but BMI records show that the music was written by the four performing members. Brockett did however co-w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remember The Future (Nektar Album)
''Remember the Future'' is the fourth album from English progressive rock band Nektar. Much like their debut album '' Journey to the Centre of the Eye'', it is a concept album which is formally divided into ten tracks but in fact consists of one continuous piece of music. Release ''Remember the Future'' was first released in 1973 by Bacillus ( Bellaphon). The album was re-released in 1990 on LP and CD by Germany's Bellaphon. The mix used for this release was the LP mix that was rejected. In 2002 Bellaphon remastered the album from the original tapes and reissued it on CD with two bonus tracks, which were Radio Promo edits. This was the first time that the correct LP mixes were released on CD. In 2004 ''Remember the Future'' was once again re-released, but this time by the UK's Eclectic Discs/Dream Nebula Recordings. For this reissue the remastered version was used and they added a third Radio edit of the title track. This version was also released as a SACD, which inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Journey To The Centre Of The Eye
''Journey to the Centre of the Eye'' is the debut album from English progressive rock band Nektar that came out in November 1971. Though formally divided into 13 tracks, the entire album consists of a single continuous piece of music, with some musical themes which are repeated throughout the work. Because of its narrative nature, it has been called a rock opera and/or dense concept album. The story follows an astronaut who, while on a voyage to Saturn, encounters aliens who take him to their galaxy, where he is suffused with knowledge and wisdom. It is usually interpreted as a commentary on the nuclear arms race. Reception Allmusic's retrospective review was a rave, avowing that "Throughout Journey's 13 cuts, Nektar introduced their own sort of instrumental surrealism that radiated from both the vocals and from the intermingling of the haphazard drum and string work." They gave unqualified praise to both the compositions and the performances of each of the individual members. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recycled (album)
''Recycled'' is the sixth album from English progressive rock band Nektar. It is a concept album addressing the band members' concerns about the environment. There are only two songs on the album, one for each side, titled simply "Part One" and "Part Two". "Part One" tells the tale of a nightmarish future in which only "recycled energy" remains, while "Part Two" revolves around more present-day concerns about tourism despoiling untouched wilderness. Reception Allmusic gave the album a mixed retrospective review. They criticized the album as lacking the instrumental prowess, enthusiasm, and band cohesion that the players had shown on Nektar's previous albums. However, they acknowledged that "What does hold strong is Nektar's ability to conjure up a science-fiction atmosphere through the unorthodox application of percussion, guitar, and keyboards." Track listing All songs written and arranged by Nektar. Credits *Roye Albrighton - lead vocals, guitars *Mick Brockett - visual e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Down To Earth (Nektar Album)
''Down to Earth'' is the fifth album from English progressive rock band Nektar. A snippet of the song "Show Me the Way" was featured in an episode from the first season of the sitcom ''The Jeffersons''. Track listing Charts Personnel *Roye Albrighton- guitar, lead vocals *Mick Brockett - lights *Allan "Taff" Freeman - keyboards, backing vocals *Ron Howden - drums, percussion *Derek "Mo" Moore - bass, backing vocals ''Guests:'' * P. P. Arnold - backing vocals *Phil Brown - bass tuba * Robert Calvert - ringmaster *Ron Carthy - 2nd trumpet *Kenneth Cole - backing vocals * Steve Gregory - tenor saxophone *Butch Hudson - 1st trumpet *Chris Mercer - baritone & tenor saxophones *Chris Pyne - trombone *Stephen Wick - tuba *Dieter Dierks - special effects Special effects (often abbreviated as SFX, F/X or simply FX) are illusions or visual tricks used in the theatre, film, television, video game, amusement park and simulator industries to simulate the imagined events in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Tab In The Ocean
''A Tab in the Ocean'' is the second album from German-based English progressive rock band Nektar. English heavy metal band Iron Maiden covered the song "King of Twilight", also mixing in parts of "Crying in the Dark" creating somewhat of a medley, and released as a b-side to the 1984 single " Aces High". Track listing All songs written and arranged by Nektar. 2004 reissue 2013 reissue Double CD reissue. Disc one as 2004 reissue above, with both 1972 and 1976 album mixes. The bonus disc two includes more songs from the same "Official Bootleg" 1971 show released on the bonus disc of the 2013 reissue of '' Journey to the Centre of the Eye'', plus a live in the studio track from 1973. Personnel ;Nektar *Roye Albrighton – guitars, lead vocals *Mick Brockett – lighting, projections and visual effects *Allan Freeman – keyboards, backing vocals, Mellotron *Derek "Mo" Moore – bass, backing vocals *Ron Howden – drums, percussion ;Produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magic Is A Child
''Magic Is A Child'' is the seventh album from English progressive rock band Nektar. It is the only studio album released by Nektar without Roye Albrighton on guitar and lead vocals; this album instead features Dave Nelson. Brooke Shields, 12 years old at the time, is the model on the cover. The track "Train from Nowhere" features Robert Fripp of King Crimson on lead guitar (under the pseudonym “Walt Nektroid".) Reception Allmusic gave the album a positive retrospective review, praising Nektar's switching to "shorter, punchier songs", "swelling" keyboards, "symphonic" guitars, and "breezy pop". Track listing Personnel *Dave Nelson - guitar, vocals *Alan "Taff" Freeman - synthesizer, keyboards, vocals *Derek "Mo" Moore - bass, vocals *Ron Howden - percussion, drums, vocals, Smurds ;Additional personnel *Julien Barber, Kermit Moore, Michael Commins, Anthony Posk - string quartet *Larry Fast Lawrence Roger Fast (born December 10, 1951) is an American synthesizer p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Fast
Lawrence Roger Fast (born December 10, 1951) is an American synthesizer player and composer. He is best known for his 1975–1987 series of synthesizer music albums (''Synergy'') and for his contributions to a number of popular music acts, including Peter Gabriel, Foreigner, Nektar, Bonnie Tyler, and Hall & Oates. Biography Fast grew up in Livingston, New Jersey and attended Lafayette College in Pennsylvania, where he obtained a degree in History. There he took his previous training in piano and violin and melded them with computer science to become interested in synthesized music and to build his own primitive sound-making electronic devices. He was introduced to Rick Wakeman, the keyboard player from the band Yes, during a local radio interview, and traveled to the UK to work with Yes on their 1974 album '' Tales from Topographic Oceans''. It was there that he got a recording contract with Passport Records. The Synergy project Fast recorded a series of pioneering syn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purple Pyramid Records
Purple Pyramid Records is a sub-label to Cleopatra Records that focuses on progressive rock and psychedelic music. The label began in 2000 with a series of releases by guitarist Allan Holdsworth, Jon Anderson, and Hawkwind co-founder Nik Turner. The label expanded its roster with releases by Yes, Rick Wakeman, Steve Howe, Santana, Amon Düül II, Nektar, Brainticket, Tangerine Dream, Alan Davey, L. Shankar, and Quicksilver Messenger Service as well as projects by producer Billy Sherwood dubbed The Prog Collective, (featuring members of Asia, King Crimson, Mahavishnu Orchestra, and Gong), and The Fusion Syndicate (featuring Rick Wakeman, Steve Stevens, Billy Cobham, and Steve Morse). History In 2011, the label partnered with prog rock band Nektar for a 2 CD collection called ''Retrospektive'', followed by the covers album ''Spoonful of Time'' in 2012 alongside reissues of the band’s catalog. The new album, ''Time Machine'', was released in 2013 and was the band's final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Sherwood
William Wyman Sherwood (born March 14, 1965) is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, singer, record producer and mixing engineer. He is best known for his tenures in the English progressive rock band Yes as guitarist and keyboardist from 1997 to 2000 and as bassist since 2015, following the death of original bassist Chris Squire. He is known for working with former and current Yes members on other projects as well. In addition to his involvement with Yes, Sherwood is the frontman of progressive rock groups World Trade, Circa and formerly Lodgic. In 2017, he joined Asia after the death of original singer and bassist John Wetton. Outside of these bands, Sherwood has worked as a producer since the 1990s, most notably on tribute albums dedicated to Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Queen and many others. He is also a solo artist, having released ten studio albums to date. Early life Sherwood was born on March 14, 1965 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born into a musical family; his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Space Rock
Space rock is a music genre characterized by loose and lengthy song structures centered on instrumental textures that typically produce a hypnotic, otherworldly sound. It may feature distorted and reverberation-laden guitars, minimal drumming, languid vocals, synthesizers and lyrical themes of outer space and science fiction. The genre emerged in late 1960s psychedelia and progressive rock bands such as Pink Floyd, Hawkwind, and Gong who explored a "cosmic" sound. Similar sounds were pursued in the early 1970s West German ''kosmische Musik'' ("cosmic music") scene. Later, the style was taken up in the mid-1980s by Spacemen 3, whose " drone-heavy" sound was avowedly inspired by and intended to accommodate drug use. By the 1990s, space rock developed into shoegazing, stoner rock and post-rock with bands such as the Verve, Flying Saucer Attack, and Orange Goblin. History Origins: 1950s-1960s Humanity's entry into outer space provided ample subject matter for rock and roll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bellaphon Records
Bellaphon Records is an independent German record label of Bellaphon records GmbH. The label produces its own artists and distributes those of other labels. Recording artists * Johnny Cash * The Flippers * Ganymed * Geordie * Joan Jett & the Blackhearts * Fahrenheit 212 (de) * Franz Lambert * Limahl * Merger * Nektar * Böhse Onkelz * Suzi Quatro * Ringo Starr History Bellaphon were founded in 1961 by Branislav "Branco" Zivanovic (1923–1993). The company is headquartered in Frankfurt. Labels owned In 1972, Bellaphon Records Riedel & Co. KG owned Bellaphon Records and Admiral Records. Labels represented In 1972, Bellaphon Records Riedel & Co. KG represented Musidisc (France); Orange and Reflection (both of the United Kingdom); Audio Fidelity, Bang, Brunswick, Cadet, Cadet/Concept, Casablanca, Checker, Chess, Fantasy/Galaxy, and Hot Wax (all of the United States); Janus and GRT (both of Canada). Labels distributed In 1982, Bellaphon Import was th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passport Records
Passport Records was a U.S.-based independent record label that existed between 1973 and 1988. It was notable for popularizing such artists as Larry Fast, FM, Richard Barone, and Wendy O. Williams. It was distributed by Jem Records in the United States and by GRT Records in Canada. Passport was Jem's flagship label, eventually growing to form the Passport Records Group, which included the labels PVC Records, Passport Jazz, Audion Records, Import Records, and Visa Records. History Passport Records was founded in 1973 by Jem Records, which had been co-founded in 1971 by Martin L. Scott, Jeff Tenenbaum and Ed Grossi. Passport was initially operated in partnership with Sire Records. The partnership between Jem and Sire ended in 1977, when Sire owner Seymour Stein sold the label to Warner Bros. Records. Julia Flynn SilerBusiness People: Jem Records president confident despite woes New York Times, August 22, 1988. Retrieved 2013-08-02. Larry Fast was the American first artist si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
