I am delighted to announce Esoteric will be releasing a "never released" second album from the artist "Fields" , a follow up to the self titled album. This album had been consigned to the vaults and will be released on Esoteric in March 2015.
Further details to follow shortly.
Vicky
Dang! Is Andy McCulloch on drums?
Yes, line up is
Graham Field organ
Frank Farrell vocals and lead guitar
Andy McCullock drums
Is that Supertramp's Frank Farrell?
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Hell, they ain't even old-timey ! - Homer Stokes
Yup, interesting for sure. Their s/t is holding up, this with some surprise considering the specific style inherent.
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
The album cover of their first album is quite striking. Quite memorable, to say the least.
Indeed. I remember when my eldest son was little, before he could speak, he would crawl up and point to the record stacks and then make a cheeky "rabbit's sound" with his mouth - and I would yet again (albeit somewhat reluctantly) show him that cover of the bird catching its prey. He was quite intrigued, even more than when he saw the debut Magma cover (and no, he first saw these by accident - I did NOT force the little toddler to bear witness).
He didn't quite seem to really get the Alphataurus cover once he saw that one, though.
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
I have this one. Looking forward to hearing more music from Fields.
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
Loved the Hammond work on their first.
I'll get this for sure.
no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
Can't wait for this. They were equal, if not superior, to ELP at the time.
Mark thinks this is at least as good as the first, maybe better. I know Sid Smith who is doing notes really likes it too , having now heard it.
Excited!!
good lord, I read this as being about the recorded and never released album from great UK folky-prog band from the 2000's "fields," who recorded a 2nd LP "Hollow Mountain" and then their record label dropped them a few weeks before its release.
Ha, a coincidence indeed
This is great news! I just added the announcement to the CDRWL as well. All 4 of my readers will be excited....
WOW I had no idea of this
I loved Fields since my high-school days !
Great news! I shall order this album. Love their debut. Especially Not So Good, Over and Over Again, and the final instrumental. Fantastic band! I have three copies of the first album..
I don't think you will be disappointed. It's not a radical change or anything.
25% of them are!
Looking forward to this. The '71 album is badass. I always get a laugh from reviewers who write it's "good, not essential, full of forgettable songs," blah, blah...
In my opinion, you're both right. It *is* badass, but the songs themselves are not the selling point. For me it is the over-the-top playing, the intensity and the commitment. In a way I think the Fields album fulfills the promise of the original Rare Bird, moreso than subsequent albums of that band did.
It's the whole package.
make that 50%!25% of them are!
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