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Track Listings
| 1. FUTILIST S LAMENT |
| 2. DEATH WARMED UP |
| 3. PUSHED, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN |
| 4. WALKING DOWN THEIR OUTLOOK |
| 5. MISSING OUT |
| 6. NOWHERE |
| 7. THE GREAT UNIVERSAL PROTECTION RACKET |
| 8. DILEMMA |
| 9. DEATH WARMED UP Demo |
| 10. PUSHED, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Demo |
| 11. TIME GAUGES |
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CD Description
NEW REMASTERED CD RELEASE FOR THIS CLASSIC ALBUM
FROM THE LEGENDARY UNDERGROUND GOTHIC
PROGRESSIVE BAND
Includes FIVE BONUS TRACKS, BOOKLET WITH RESTORED
ARTWORK, PHOTOS & LINER NOTES.
FROM THE LEGENDARY UNDERGROUND GOTHIC
PROGRESSIVE BAND
Includes FIVE BONUS TRACKS, BOOKLET WITH RESTORED
ARTWORK, PHOTOS & LINER NOTES.
ESOTERIC RECORDINGS are proud to announce their release
of the classic 1969 album SEA SHANTIES by HIGH TIDE.
Formed in Ladbroke Grove, London in 1969, the band
featured the intense guitar playing of TONY HILL, the Violin
and Keyboard skills of SIMON HOUSE (later to join the THIRD
EAR BAND and then HAWKWIND), bassist PETE PAVLI and
drummer ROGER HADDEN.
Signing to LIBERTY RECORDS soon after formation, the band
recorded SEA SHANTIES at Olympic studios, an album
featuring some of the heaviest gothic rock recorded at that
time.
This stunning reissue also includes five bonus tracks,
including demos and out-takes from the album session.
With restored artwork, this reissue is essential for both
Progressive and Hard Rock fans.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Recently heard this late 1960s progressive / heavy rock album. Line up consists of guitar/ vocalist, violin. bass guitar and drums. This album is a remaster with considerably more material than it's LP format and while the CD review was my first listen, is the bettr for it. Many extra tracks are rejects and demos used to pad out a CD just for extra space. Not in this case.
The downside is the production which is fairly rough. I do wonder how a "normal" production job would sound. The violin for example - I'm sure - is not meant to overpower the rhythm section.
The guitarist / vocalsit does not spend too much time singing which is both a plus and minus. He does a very credible if undpoubtedly wholly coincidental Jim Morrison sound alike - so he sounds good (if Jim like), the lyrics are okay.
The atmosphere is that of a small pub / club, a lot of drink, smooke and leather jacket type of environemnt. Of course that ius only my perception but the rough sound empahsizes the spontaneity of the album.
The best bit is for me, the actual music which is heavy rock, (the rough production leads some people into thinking it really is very heavy album. So it is, but there is a lot of sophistication in teh music. An example is the bonus (now album centrepiece, originally iomiited for spave limitations)" The Gret Universal Protection Racket. The use of a very distinctive melodic minor scale at the climax of this mini epic is reminiscent (to my memory) if actually preceding Focus' Eruption on Moving Waves (1971) and Camel's Snow Goose (Dunkirk) 1973).
Much of the music is instrumental, mainly heavy, mainly fitting into the prog rock / heavy rock side of things. Chances are if you like The Groundhogs, Deep Purple, Camel, Focus, Sabbath and don't mind primitive production (I doubt they had much moeny to invest in hours in a studio hence the sound) then you'll probably like it.
It's not got any catchy hit singles (ala Black Night) and the vocal personality is too Jim like to be a truly consistent feature for this band. But the compositional strength, the playing, the pairing of lead versus violin quite original. It is not Slade like. It is also not King Crimson like. Fripp once said violin is not an instrument of heavy metal (1974) - High Tide do their best to disprove that. They may have been better off with a more original sounding singer - it's not leader Tony Hill'sfault -it's just the way things seem. After al The Doors had preceded High Tide. They even had a strong American connection before the Immigration Laws put paid to that - in other words they were well aware of the JIm like quality.
But this album is all about heavy prog rock. The music is very consistent and the bonus material might be the first in my memory to actually be slightly better (more sophisticated) than the original album.
Essential if you like heavy rock / prog rock, just be aware of the agricultural production; it's loud and interesting. I know it's hardly PC to say (too bad) but this is not girl's music - normally. It's male heavy rock with brains.
Recommended.
The downside is the production which is fairly rough. I do wonder how a "normal" production job would sound. The violin for example - I'm sure - is not meant to overpower the rhythm section.
The guitarist / vocalsit does not spend too much time singing which is both a plus and minus. He does a very credible if undpoubtedly wholly coincidental Jim Morrison sound alike - so he sounds good (if Jim like), the lyrics are okay.
The atmosphere is that of a small pub / club, a lot of drink, smooke and leather jacket type of environemnt. Of course that ius only my perception but the rough sound empahsizes the spontaneity of the album.
The best bit is for me, the actual music which is heavy rock, (the rough production leads some people into thinking it really is very heavy album. So it is, but there is a lot of sophistication in teh music. An example is the bonus (now album centrepiece, originally iomiited for spave limitations)" The Gret Universal Protection Racket. The use of a very distinctive melodic minor scale at the climax of this mini epic is reminiscent (to my memory) if actually preceding Focus' Eruption on Moving Waves (1971) and Camel's Snow Goose (Dunkirk) 1973).
Much of the music is instrumental, mainly heavy, mainly fitting into the prog rock / heavy rock side of things. Chances are if you like The Groundhogs, Deep Purple, Camel, Focus, Sabbath and don't mind primitive production (I doubt they had much moeny to invest in hours in a studio hence the sound) then you'll probably like it.
It's not got any catchy hit singles (ala Black Night) and the vocal personality is too Jim like to be a truly consistent feature for this band. But the compositional strength, the playing, the pairing of lead versus violin quite original. It is not Slade like. It is also not King Crimson like. Fripp once said violin is not an instrument of heavy metal (1974) - High Tide do their best to disprove that. They may have been better off with a more original sounding singer - it's not leader Tony Hill'sfault -it's just the way things seem. After al The Doors had preceded High Tide. They even had a strong American connection before the Immigration Laws put paid to that - in other words they were well aware of the JIm like quality.
But this album is all about heavy prog rock. The music is very consistent and the bonus material might be the first in my memory to actually be slightly better (more sophisticated) than the original album.
Essential if you like heavy rock / prog rock, just be aware of the agricultural production; it's loud and interesting. I know it's hardly PC to say (too bad) but this is not girl's music - normally. It's male heavy rock with brains.
Recommended.
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