Beggars Opera - Act One (1970) [1997]

Artist: Beggars Opera
Title Of Album: Act One
Year Of Release 1970/1997
Label (Catalog#) :Repertoire [REP 7041-WP]
Country: UK
Genre Prog Rock, Symphonic Rock
Quality: Flac (*image + .cue,log,scans)
Bitrate: Lossless
Total Time: 00:50:05
Total Size: 347Mb

Variously classified as symphonic rock, progressive rock or proto-progressive rock, Beggars Opera's debut album has been compared to (and sometimes described as "derivative of") works by The Nice and Deep Purple MK I. It was published by Vertigo (which had at the time introduced its legendary "swirl" label) in 1970 and features cover art by the renowned surrealist photographer and artist Marcus Keef (the same that created the covers for Black Sabbath's first three albums).[2] In the same year the band also released a somewhat successful single, "Sarabande", which was not included in the album in its original LP edition, but appears in the CD reissue.
The album includes many elements of symphonic progressive rock, including a number references to classical music (e.g.,Poet and Peasant and Light Cavalry by Franz von Suppé and Grieg's Peer Gynt), an Emerson-esque keyboard section featuring organ and Hammond, complex arrangements, and long suites (most notably "Raymond's Road")

Tracks:
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01. Poet and Peasant (7:10)
02. Passacaglia (7:04)
03. Memory (3:57)
04. Raymond's Road (11:49)
05. Light Cavalry (11:57)
Bonus Tracks:
06. Sarabande (3:32)
07. Think (4:25)

Personnel:
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Martin Griffiths - vocals
Alan Park - organ
Raymond Wilson - drums
Ricky Gardiner - guitar
Marshal Erksine- bass

All thanks to original releaser