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CRB - The Magic Door

APP never topped this album (by a long shot). The Deluxe Edition is the way to go so you can hear the original 1976 mix and the 1987 mix. I had never heard the original mix before getting the Deluxe Edition and I must say I prefer it.

Akeldama wrote:

APP never topped this album (by a long shot). The Deluxe Edition is the way to go so you can hear the original 1976 mix and the 1987 mix. I had never heard the original mix before getting the Deluxe Edition and I must say I prefer it.

Hell yeah! That album has such a cool vibe to it, like the works of Poe are being interpreted by robots

Glad someone here agrees and you're right, SG, there's such a great vibe on ths album.

Akeldama wrote:

Glad someone here agrees and you're right, SG, there's such a great vibe on ths album.

That is a great APP album, I have that cool fancy booklet LP version. Members of Pilot(Oh, Its magic) and Ambrosia are the backing band on it, as well.


The Raven is such a killer tune!!!

chewie wrote:

Akeldama wrote:

Glad someone here agrees and you're right, SG, there's such a great vibe on ths album.

That is a great APP album, I have that cool fancy booklet LP version. Members of Pilot(Oh, Its magic) and Ambrosia are the backing band on it, as well.


The Raven is such a killer tune!!!

It always surprised me about some of the members of Pilot being on there but Ambrosia never did being that they started out as a Prog band.

From Wikipedia:

Negril is an instrumental album originally released in 1975 from a session produced, arranged and mostly composed by Eric Gale, and including some of Jamaica's best-known musicians. It bears the name of an impoverished Jamaican seaside village which, in 1975, was yet to become a popular tourist destination and had unsophisticated accommodations, but a splendid beach and natural beauty which inspired Gale to memorialize it. Negril was recorded at the Harry J Studio in Kingston, Jamaica. It was originally released in Jamaica by Micron Music Ltd. and in England by Klik Records (KLP9005). In 2003 it was issued as a CD by Roving Spirits (Japan). The CD is now out of print and, because it is not available for legal digital download, sellers demand high prices for used copies.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Eric Gale; except where indicated
1."East Side, West Side"
2."Negril Sea Sunset"
3."I Shot the Sheriff" (Bob Marley)
4."Rasta"
5."Lighthouse"
6."Negril"
7."Red Ground Funk"
8."Honey Coral Rock"

(Track order is for CD, not original LP)

[edit] Personnel
Eric Gale - lead guitar, producer, arranger
Aston Barrett - bass guitar
Leslie Butler - organ, synthesizer
Cedric Brooks - saxophone, percussion
Paul Douglas - drums
Val Douglas - bass guitar
Joe Higgs - percussion
Sparrow Martin - drums
Keith Sterling - piano
Richard Tee - piano
Uziah Thompson - percussion
Peter Tosh - rhythm guitar, lead guitar
Michael Johnston - executive producer
Sylvan Morris - recording engineer
Buddy Davidson - mixing engineer
Trevor Campbell - art and cover design
Recorded at Harry J. Studio, Kingston
Mixed at Federal Recording Co.




Total time: 39:53

That looks interesting, I usually like Gale more as a sideman than a leader, but I'd be interested to hear that one.

It's good. It's not just a Marley album w/o vox there's actually some good Fusion elements but it never gets too bombastic. The last half is better I'd say but it's a good album to chill to.

Etron fou Leloublan - Batelages


A recent discovery of mine; some really interesting (read: weird as fuck) French Avant-prog from the late 70's. They're name roughly translates into Crazy Shit, The White Wolf. You can't get any more French than that.

No takers?

I've been trying to remember somebody I was gonna recommend to you based on "LOUBLAN" but I can't remember. I'm gonna have to dig thru my collection.