Eyes Of Blue - In Fields Of Ardath (1969) (2012)

Artist: Eyes Of Blue
Title Of Album: In Fields Of Ardath
Year Of Release: 1969/2012
Label (Catalog#) :Flawed GemsGEM 77
Country: UK
Genre: Psych Rock, Prog Rock
Quality: FLAC (*image + .cue,log)
Bitrate: Lossless
Time: 49:49
Full Size: 337Mb(+3%)(covers)
Info:wiki

UK psychedelia moved into prog rock with spices of hard rock in the late sixties, some even coined a new label to describe the strong textures resulting of the mixture of rockier blues sounds, jazz, revolutionized freakbeat and the hardest side of popsike - ‘heavy psych’. Amongst the best works of the era were the two splendid LPs recorded by Welsh band Eyes Of Blue. The Eyes Of Blue where formed in 1966 and soon won the Melody Maker Beat Contest, a fact that secured them a recording deal with Deram records. The label issued their first 45s, they were good but -due to company pressure- more Blue Eyed Soul or even bubblegum oriented. By the time they released their first LP, on Mercury, their real sound had surfaced, showing influences by some of the coolest bands from the US West Coast like The Doors or Love, and also counted on the help of Graham Bond. Originally released in 1969, In Fields Of Ardath was the follow up to their superb debut LP, expanding the path of heavy Hammond based psychedelic progressive rock at its best with their aim of experimentation. This album contains also material they recorded for the movie Toy Grabbers in collaboration with Quincy Jones. Members of Eyes Of Blue would later join Man, Pete Brown & Piblokto! and Gentle Giant.

Tracks:
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01. Merry Go Round (From the Film Toy-Grabbers) (Ritchie Francis) 9:13
02. The Light We See (Gary Pickford-Hopkins) 2:19
03. Souvenirs (Tribute To Django) (instrumental) (Django Reinhard – S. Grapelly) 2:49
04. Ardath (John Weathers) 2:45
05. Spanish Blues (Graham Bond) 4:06
06. Door (The Child That Is Born On the Sabbath Day) (Rhil Ryan) 6:53
07. Little Bird (Ritchie Francis) 2:42
08. After the War (Gary Pickford-Hopkins) 3:40
09. Extra Hour (Phil Ryan) 2:40
10. Chances (Ritchie Francis) 3:06
11.Apache '69 (J. Lordan) - 4:27
12.QIII (B-Side single) (L. Glas) - 2:31
13.Largo (A-side of Spanish single, released as Big Sleep) (George Frideric Handel) - 3:33

Personnel:
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Phil Ryan - Organ, Piano
Ritchie Francis - Bass, Piano, Vocals
John "Pugwash" Weathers - Drums, Vocals
Raymond "Taff' Williams - Guitar
Gary Pickford Hopkins - Vocals, Guitars

All thanks to original releaser