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David Bedford - Instructions For Angels (1977) [Reissue 1997]
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David Bedford - Instructions For Angels (1977) [Reissue 1997]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 220 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 102 MB | Covers - 9 MB
Genre: Instrumental Progressive Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Virgin (CDV2090)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 220 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 102 MB | Covers - 9 MB
Genre: Instrumental Progressive Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Virgin (CDV2090)
The follow-up to "The Odyssey", this album continues in a similar vein. The instrumentation is again comprised of synthesizers, Solina Strings, piano, orchestral instruments and female voices, and again we have an appearance by Mike Oldfield and this time also by Mike Ratledge.
The whole album is a set of variations on a mediaeval tune by an "anonymous composer of the School of Worcester". Stylistically, the bulk of the album is comparable to "The Odyssey" in its dreamy mood and - in spite of the heavy use of synthesizers - vaguely pastoral atmosphere; it leans however a bit more to the "avantgardistic" side in compositional development, though nothing like Bedford's truely avantgarde pieces like "Star's End" or "Nurses Song With Elephants"; it merely takes more unexpected turns than the music found on "The Odyssey". Bedford manages to create many interesting and unexpected variations out of the simple main theme here; in spite of that, it can seem a bit repetitive with its constant reference to the same tune.
Mike Ratledge plays a nice synthesizer solo on "First Came the Lion Rider"; the title track is a duet between Bedford on church organ and Mike Oldfield delivering a ferocious guitar solo.
Tracklist:
01. Theme
02. Variations 1, 2
Variation 1: "Wanderers Of The Pale Wood, Part 1"
Variation 2: "Wanderers Of The Pale Wood, Part 2"
03. Variations 3, 4
Variation 3: "The Dazzling Burden"
Variation 4: "Be Music, Night"
04. Variation 5: "First Came The Lion Rider"
05. Variation 6: "Instructions For Angels"
06. Finale: "The Valley-Sleeper, The Children, The Snakes And The Giant"
Total time: 43:13
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Thanks to the original releaser