Bob Downes ELECTRIC CITY LP 1970 - Vertigo swirl label
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£ 105
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Dec 22, 2010
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Dec 15, 2010
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Description
Bob Downes ELECTRIC CITY LP 1970 - Vertigo swirl label
Rare Bob Downes LP.
Condition :-
Vinyl : Ex+ ( very clean )
Sleeve - Gatefold. Some very minor scuffing around the top and bottom edges. Gatefold inside is very clean. The back cover has a tiny ( about 1cm ) sticker mark / rip ( top right ). Overall, nice condition, no creases or rips.
Original Vertigo Inner .
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Bob Downes Open Music - Electric City
Label: Vertigo Catalog#: 6360 005 Format: Vinyl, LP, AlbumCountry: UK Released: 1970 Genre: Electronic, Jazz, Rock Flute Style: Jazz-Rock
Tracklist
A1 No Time Like The PresentA2 Keep Off The Glass
A3 Don't Let Tomorrow Get You Down
A4 Dawn Until Dawn
A5 Go Find Me
A6 Walking On
B1 Crush Hour
B2 West II
B3 In Your Eyes
B4 Picadilly Circles
B5 Gonna Take A Journey
Credits
Baritone Saxophone - Don FayeBass - Daryl Runswick , Harry Miller , Herbie Flowers
Composed By, Arranged By - Bob Downes
Congas - Robin Jones
Design [Sleeve Design] - Nigel Rollings , Rob Lett
Drums - Alan Rushton , Clem Cattini , Dennis Smith (6)
Engineer [Recording] - Roger T. Wake*
Flugelhorn - Bud Parks , Harry Beckett , Ian Carr
Flute [Concert Flutes], Performer [Bedee], Vocals, Woodwind [Mouthpieces], Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone - Bob Downes
Guitar - Chris Spedding , Ray Russell
Lyrics By - Bob Cockburn (tracks: A2 to B5) , Bob Downes (tracks: A1)
Producer - Bob Downes
Producer [Assistant] - Wendy Benka
Trumpet - Bud Parks , Harry Beckett , Ian Carr , Kenny Wheeler , Nigel Carter
Notes
Recorded at Philips Studios, London, 1970Biog :-
Composer, Musician, Arranger, Songwriter, Jazz -Rock & Blues Singer (but also composes and plays meditative music)
Bob Downes plays circa 25 Instruments (his main instruments are Saxes and Flutes).
His first LP was released with Philips Records, 1969.
He was voted N°1 Jazz flautist, formed various music ensembles and also was the first to create his own
independent Record Label “Openian”.
He played with “The John Barry 7” band (James Bond Film composer),
Pop Singer Chris Andrews, "Manfred Mann’s Earth Band" and with the Jimmy Nicol Band (Stand-in Drummer of the Beatles).
In 1968 Bob formed his OPEN MUSIC TRIO.
Bass players that played in it were Barry Guy, Barre Philips, Jeff Clyne, Daryl Runswick, Paul Bridge, Harry Miller, Marc Meggido.
Recently: Andy Cleyndert and Glen Moore.
Bob played and recorded with Ray Russell's Rock Workshop (whose artist's name by the way, was created for him by Bob),
and singers such as Elke Brooks, Alex Harvey and Julie Driscoll.
In the 70..s Bob was a member of Barry Guy's London Jazz Composers Orchestra.
He also played with the Mike Westbrook Band and the Keith Tippett Band.
Bob Downes had and still has world-wide success in composing for modern dance, for example: The Royal Ballet,
The London Contemporary Dance Theatre (with whom he composed and played live with between 1972 / 82) Ballet Rambert,
Dance Theatre of Harlem (N.Y.), The Royal Canadian Ballet, Australian Dance Company, Miami World Ballet, Komische Oper Berlin,
Staatstheater Stuttgart, Hongkong Ballet.
He composed for the Cambridge Theatre Company.
He also composed for and performed with the Swiss mime group “Mummenschanz” for T.V. Productions.
Bob Downes has performed as a highlight on Poet festivals in Amsterdam, Paris and Rome with poets like William S. Burroughs, Gregory Corso, Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
The year 2007 saw 4 CD releases of Bob's music that were originally released in 1972 and 1974 on LP's.
Namely: 'Electric City' and 'Hells Angels' re-released in Japan. 'Diversions' and 'Episodes at 4 am' re-released by London based companies.
'Crossing Borders' CD was released by Reel Recordings (Canada) in January 2009.
Later in 2009 Bob plans to release a "Bob Downes Open Music Trio" CD on his own Label Openian.
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