INDIAN SUMMER:INDIAN SUMMER.1971 US NEON ORIGINAL LP.
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Indian Summer were a progressive rock quartet, formed in Coventry, UK, in 1969. The members were Malcolm Harker on bass, Paul Hooper on drums, Bob Jackson on keyboards and lead vocals and Colin Williams on guitar. Their manager was Jim Simpson who was managing Black Sabbath at the time. After signing Sabbath to the Vertigo label, he then signed Indian Summer with the same production team to record their debut album. Indian Summer's album of the same name was released two and a half years later, in 1971. INDIAN SUMMER is highly recommended to progheads who are in love with the early 70's and wishing to delve deeper past the classics toward finding smaller gems such as this one.
"Indian Summer" is a very good album. It's a classic hard prog in gothic style with beautiful organ solos. The band (formed in Birmingham in 1969) was discovered by the same manager of Bakerloo and Black Sabbath. The voice of Bob Jackson is a classic hard-rock voice, and he sings maybe with less power than Ian Gillian, John Gustafson or Ozzy Osbourne but I think with more intensity and passion (as you can hear in God Is The Dog, the first track, and in Secrets Reflected, the softer song of the album). All the songs are good (please note that we have no suites here but eight songs of five or six minutes each) I think particulary Half Changed Again, Glimpse, and the instrumental From The Film Of The Same Name where Colin Williams shows his great ability playing guitar in Stewe Howe's jazz-style. Not only for hard prog lovers: it's a heavy-prog album, but not so "hard" because of guitar style, much closer jazz than to rock, and even for the symphonic atmosphere in many songs (the mellotron-finale of Glimpse is illustrative). Precisely for this reason it is a record that might not appeal to Rush fans; on the contrary it may please the supporters of Yes.
This is a U.S. original copy of the 1971 classic album on the Neon label. It comes in a heavyweight gatefold sleeve.
Track listing.
Side one
- "God Is the Dog" – 6:38
- "Emotions of Men" – 5:44
- "Glimpse" – 6:45
- "Half Changed Again" – 6:27
Side two
- "Black Sunshine" – 5:25
- "From the Film of the Same Name" – 5:53
- "Secrets Reflected" – 6:50
- "Another Tree Will Grow" - 6:06
Akarma Records. AK 168. 2006.
CONDITION.
Sleeve: Excellent condition cut-out with small clip bottom left sleeve. Includes company inner sleeve..
Record: Very little in the way of visible or audible signs of wear. A superbly well cared for record.
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