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Hatfield And The North - Hatfield And The North (1973) {Reissue}

Hatfield And The North - Hatfield And The North (1973) {Reissue}
EAC Rip | WavPack (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 306 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 145 Mb
Full Scans | 00:54:10 | RAR 5% Recovery
Jazz Rock / Psychedelic Rock / Progressive Rock / Canterbury Scene
Virgin Records #CDV2008

One of the Canterbury scene's most revered bands, Hatfield and the North made up for the brevity of their career with some fascinating music. Always adventurous, the quartet had the keen sense to realize that only the most hardened jazz fans respond to numerous key changes and exceedingly complex time signatures, and thus enlivened their live set with the odd gnome smashing, suggestive lyrics, and jokey song titles. It worked a charm, with the band quickly amassing a large, loyal following at home in Britain and across the continent. On their eponymous debut, Hatfield stunningly succeeded in translating both their sense of fun and their musical brilliance onto disc.
Hatfield And The North - 2 Studio Albums (1974-1975) [Japanese Editions 2011]

Hatfield And The North - 2 Studio Albums (1974-1975) [Japanese Editions 2011]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 740 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 189 MB | Covers - 654 MB
Genre: Progressive Rock/Canterbury Scene | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: EMI Music Japan

Emerging from the Canterbury, England musical community that also launched Gong and Kevin Ayers' the Whole World, the whimsical progressive rock unit Hatfield and the North formed in 1972. Named in honor of a motorway sign outside of London, the group's founding membership brought together a who's who of the Canterbury art rock scene - vocalist/bassist Richard Sinclair was a former member of Caravan, guitarist Phil Miller had tenured with Robert Wyatt in Matching Mole, and drummer Pip Pyle had served with both Gong and Delivery. After a series of lineup shuffles, keyboardist Dave Stewart (an alumnus of Egg) was brought in to complete the roster, and in tandem with the Northettes - a trio of backing vocalists consisting of Barbara Gaskin, Amanda Parsons, and Ann Rosenthal - the group began gigging regularly…

Hatfield And The North - Live 1990 (1993)  Music

Posted by gribovar at March 28, 2023
Hatfield And The North - Live 1990 (1993)

Hatfield And The North - Live 1990 (1993)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 381 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 137 MB | Covers - 9 MB
Genre: Progressive Rock/Canterbury Scene | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Code 90/Demon Records (NINETY6)

Live 1990 is a live album released by a reformed line-up of Canterbury scene band Hatfield and the North. This marked the band's first manifestation since its 1975 break-up. Original keyboard player Dave Stewart declined to take part and was replaced by French jazz pianist Sophia Domancich, at the time a member of drummer Pip Pyle's band Equip'Out. This line-up's activity was limited to this one appearance on Central TV's "Bedrock" series. In addition to a number of tracks from the band's classic repertoire, a large part of the concert was devoted to more recent material. This was to be Hatfield's swansong until the 2005-06 reformation.

Hatfield And The North - Afters (1980) [Japanese Edition 2011]  Music

Posted by gribovar at March 17, 2023
Hatfield And The North - Afters (1980) [Japanese Edition 2011]

Hatfield And The North - Afters (1980) [Japanese Edition 2011]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 309 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 111 MB | Covers - 287 MB
Genre: Progressive Rock/Canterbury Scene | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: EMI Music Japan (VJCP-98008)

Afters is a 1980 compilation album released by Canterbury scene band Hatfield and the North. Of the sixteen tracks, eleven are taken from the band's two studio albums Hatfield and the North and The Rotters' Club, three are live recordings, and the two remaining songs are those from their 1974 single "Let's Eat (Real Soon) / Fitter Stoke Has a Bath".
Emerging from the Canterbury, England musical community that also launched Gong and Kevin Ayers' the Whole World, the whimsical progressive rock unit Hatfield and the North formed in 1972. Named in honor of a motorway sign outside of London, the group's founding membership brought together a who's who of the Canterbury art rock scene - vocalist/bassist Richard Sinclair was a former member of Caravan, guitarist Phil Miller had tenured with Robert Wyatt in Matching Mole, and drummer Pip Pyle had served with both Gong and Delivery…

Hatfield And The North - The Rotters' Club (1975) {Reissue}  Music

Posted by popsakov at Nov. 22, 2021
Hatfield And The North - The Rotters' Club (1975) {Reissue}

Hatfield And The North - The Rotters' Club (1975) {Reissue}
EAC Rip | WavPack (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 386 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 168 Mb
Full Scans | 01:03:24 | RAR 5% Recovery
Jazz Rock / Fusion / Art Rock / Progressive Rock / Canterbury Scene
Virgin Records #CDV 2030

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. The Hatfields' convoluted instrumental passages segue into the occasional Sinclair vocal vehicle, in which the exemplary bassist sings in a polite and mellow croon that utterly avoids melismatic displays, histrionics, or over-emoting; in other words, his style – closer to, say, Bing Crosby than, say, Joe Cocker – would likely cause many 21st century pop music listeners to scratch their heads with bemusement.

Richard Sinclair - R.S.V.P. (1994)  Music

Posted by gribovar at April 26, 2020
Richard Sinclair - R.S.V.P. (1994)

Richard Sinclair - R.S.V.P. (1994)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 352 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 154 MB | Covers (15 MB) included
Genre: Progressive Rock/Canterbury Scene | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Sinclair Songs (R.S.S. CD 001)

Richard S. Sinclair is an English progressive rock bassist, guitarist, and vocalist who has been a member of several bands of the Canterbury scene (Caravan, Hatfield and the North, The Wilde Flowers). R.S.V.P. was released in June, 1994 and with the exception of Andy Ward and Jimmy Hastings, all the participants were new: Didier Malherbe, the sax player from Gong, Kit Watkins, the fabulous keyboard player from Happy The Man and later Camel (where he met Andy Ward), Tony Coe (famous jazz clarinet player, from Canterbury, whose father used to play music with Sinclair's), drummer Dave Cohen, a friend from the States who had played with the band on their late 1993 European tour, not forgetting older friends, Pip Pyle (who contributed lyrics to the opening song, the great "What's Rattlin'?") and Hugh Hopper (who played bass on a beautiful improvised piece with Tony Coe on clarinet)…
Richard Sinclair's Caravan Of Dreams - An Evening Of Magic (1993)

Richard Sinclair's Caravan Of Dreams - An Evening Of Magic (1993)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 594 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 241 MB | Covers - 36 MB
Genre: Progressive Rock/Canterbury Scene | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Mellow/HTD Records (HTD CD 17)

A good concert by Richard Sinclair and Caravan of Dreams, recorded in Genova, Italy in 1993 with a stunning and satisfying audio quality. A pleasant mix of Caravan, Hatfield and the North, Matching Mole classics and then new songs by Richard Sinclair. Originally released by Mellow Records, now rare.

The Muffins - 8 Albums (1981-2012) (Re-up)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Dec. 19, 2020
The Muffins - 8 Albums (1981-2012) (Re-up)

The Muffins - 8 Albums (1981-2012)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 2,69 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 995 MB | Covers - 434 MB
Genre: Avant-Prog, Canterbury Scene | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Cuneiform Records, CoNtOrTeD, Hobart Films & Records, Musea

The Muffins are Canterbury influenced quartet formed in Washington D.C. in the year of 1973 by Dave Newhouse (keyboards, reeds), Billy Swan (bass) and Michael Zenterner (guitar, violin). Their sound is strongly influenced by the Jazz-Rock tendencies of Soft Machine, the improvisational techniques of Henry Cow and the quirky song structures of Hatfield and the North and The Mothers of Invention…
Gongzilla - Live In Concert and the East Village Studio (2005)

Gongzilla - Live In Concert and the East Village Studio (2005)
DVD5: NTSC 4:3 (720x480) VBR | Dolby AC3, 2 ch
Prog Rock / Fusion | Escape, ETV02 | Scans | 02:09:00 | ~ 4.49 Gb

The last international band to lay claim to the mantle of such illustrious '70s improvisationers as HATFIELD AND THE NORTH, NATIONAL HEALTH and the original GONG, GONGZILLA is a muscular quartet that traffics in the kind of music once mislabeled as fusion. Sure to surprise twentysomethings who think jam bands invented adventurous instrumental passages, odd meters and searing melodies, GONGZILLA's latest album East Village Sessions does more with vibraphone, bass, drums and guitar than an entire Vans Warped Tour of pierced-nosed freeloaders could imagine…
Vincenzo Ricca's The Rome Pro(G)ject - IV - Beaten Paths Different Ways (2020)

Vincenzo Ricca's The Rome Pro(G)ject - IV - Beaten Paths Different Ways (2020)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 417 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 149 MB | Covers - 57 MB
Genre: Progressive Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: TRP Records (TRP CDALB04)

Thirteen songs, and all the artists who contributed to the three previous works, now gathered in a single album. Embellished with the unmistakable sounds of Steve Hackett's electric guitars, the narrating voice of his wife, Jo Lehmann and the magical flute of his brother, John Hackett. The pianistic romanticism of the first keyboardist of the Hackett Band, Nick Magnus, the unmistakable narration of the late Francesco di Giacomo (Banco), the more than unique fretless bass by Richard Sinclair (Caravan, Camel, Hatfield and the North), the phantasmagoric winds of David Jackson (Van Der Graaf Generator), the bass "a la Squire" and more by Billy Sherwood (Yes, Circa), the fantastic electric violin by David Cross (King Crimson), plus another excellent presence: Bernardo Lanzetti (P.F.M.) introducing first vocal track ever on a TRP album.