1971 VERTIGO BEGGARS OPERA WATERS OF CHANGE HAMMOND MELLOTRON PROG PSYCH

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ORIGINAL BRITISH 1971

(SWIRL) VERTIGO

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• "Made In England" 6360 050 (SWIRL) VERTIGO
  

1.     Waters Of Change is one of those lovely efforts that is worthy of the "little-known masterpiece" and one of the finest Beggar's Opera albums.
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3. At the heart of BEGGARS OPERA is an understated but effective dual keyboard attack of mellotronist Virginia Scott, whose sounds paint crucial colors that help the other musicians shine, and organist/pianist Alan Park, who gets the lion's share of the many fine solos that punctuate this recording at regular intervals. Park's organ solo in I've No Idea is very narrowly his finest moment, but as overall songs, it is Time Machine and Silver Peacock that really shines. Here the vocals of Martin Griffiths and the subtle guitar work of Ricky Gardiner come into play.
   
   Although all 9 tracks are strong, the album's highlights consist of 5 great songs. There's the scintillating, beautifully paced Time Machine (with a guitar hook that just sticks in your head) and the throbbing I've No Idea . There's Festival contains some flute playing by original bassist Marshall Erskine who had been replaced by Gordon Sellar for this album and the lovely Silver Peacock, which starts off with some baroque organ and then rides on a beautiful melody before concluding with some more majestic melodic solo work from organist Park. The fifth "main" song is the thrill-a-minute jazzy-prog conclusion The Fox, which like Festival sitting comfortably alongside the other excellent tracks on the album ... some spacey guitar lead work from Gardiner is excellent...The Hammond really growls in this one - you can feel the Leslie rotating around your headphones, the Mellotron weaves a tangled web that drifts smokily, the vocal harmonies create another mysterious veil above the tribal drums, and then a monster groove...
   
   Three of the other tracks function as brief introductions to some of the main fare (the string/guitar exchange between Scott and Gardiner is quite special), while the fourth Nimbus is a pretty melody ...There are also a whole lot of great grooves, Mellotrons, and Prog textural goodness a-plenty for those moments when you've heard the classics a few times too many, or you don't fancy the way-out stuff or plain hard rock, but this, is something in between with a bit progressive flair. 
4.   - Ricky Gardiner / lead guitar, vocals, acoustic guitar
   - Martin Griffiths / lead vocal, Cow Bell
   - Alan Park / organ, piano
   - Gordon Sellar / bass and acoustic guitar, vocals
   - Virginia Scott / Mellotron, vocals
   - Raymond Wilson / percussion
   
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6. Side 1
   Time Machine (6:00)
   Lament (2:24)
   I've no Idea (7:42)
   Nimbus (3:43)
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   Side 2
   Festival (6:00)
   Silver Peacock (Intro)(1:15)
   Silver Peacock (6:33)
   Impromptu (1:08)
   The Fox (6:52)
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1. The vinyl: Rated, near: M- both sides, expect to play highly enjoyable ! 
   
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3. Both 1971 British SWIRL VERTIGO labels are CLEAN