Some albums just don't get the attention they deserve, and I would like to introduce three of them. They are among my absolute favorites.
The first album is "Photo Musik" (the spelling is the one chosen by the artist) by Christian Boulé. He was a French guitar player who is probably best known for his work on one side of the "Clearlight Symphony" album. He sounds a bit like Steve Hillage, and actually he was second guitar player in Hillage's touring band for some time; Steve said in an interview that Christian was an excellent lead guitar player himself. Here an example track:
The second album is "Fairy Tales" by Mother Gong. The album does indeed contain three fairy tales wonderfully told by Gilli Smyth accompanied by the excellent band towered by Didier Malherbe, who is just incredible on this album.
The third album is "Xitintoday" by Nik Turner of Hawkwind (accompanied by many musicians of Gong). It is an album about the Egyptian Book of the Dead. Wonderfully atmospheric; Nik really manages to evoke the Gods.
I hope you like this music as much as I do.
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