[share_ebook] The Karma Club Jessica Brody

The Gardening Club is a progressive rock band infused with plenty of other styles and influences, founded by Martin Springett, the band has released three albums, the Gardening Club, the Riddle, and Boy On A Bike. Based in Toronto Ontario and Victoria BC. 2018 The Gardening Club returns with their self-released sophomore album The Riddle featuring multi-instrumentalist Norm Macpherson, and James Macpherson, on drums and synthesizers. Liner notes and illustrations by Martin Springett.

The Gardening Club 3rd album, Boy On A Bike brought to you by the same team that assembled that produced The Riddle along with some special musical guests. A visual and musical concept arose as the album was being created; life is full of Gateways, places we go to, or are drawn to, some positive some not so, but all part of the Bicycle Ride Of Life! This particular ride was not along a straight highway, more of a twisty turny country lane, starting out in Kent, the garden of England, then careering off to the Mohave desert, where a line of cosmic gateways conveniently lined up to admit the sounds and songs being recorded and then released forth their own aural commentary on the general proceedings. A circling of sights and sounds!

Featuring some of the most stunning musicianship ever associated with England's Canterbury scene, Hatfield and the North's second LP features, like their eponymous debut, Dave Stewart on keyboards, Phil Miller on guitar, Richard Sinclair on bass and vocals, and Pip Pyle on drums (supplemented by a few guest instrumentalists and the ever-ethereal Northettes with their "la la" backing vocals). The participants show an admirable sense of restraint and, like their Canterbury peers, are careful to avoid the pomposity and bombast of better-known prog rockers of the era, such as Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Yes.

One of the legendary bootlegs in Rolling Stones lore, the 1971 gig at their old stomping ground of London's Marquee Club was recorded and filmed for broadcast on American television. Very little film footage was officially released and it sat unreleased until 2015, when the Stones Archive released the full performance on CD/DVD/Blu-ray to coincide with the deluxe reissue of Sticky Fingers…