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Quill - s/t (1970) {2017 Synton}

Posted By: TestTickles
Quill - s/t (1970) {2017 Synton}

Quill - s/t (1970) {2017 Synton}
EAC Rip | FLAC with CUE and log | scans | 273 mb
MP3 CBR 320kbps | RAR | 114 mb
Genre: psychedelic rock, progressive rock

Boston's Quill performed at the original 1969 Woodstock festival and because of it, Atlantic Records' founder Ahmet Ertegun decided to sign them, in part because they would be releasing the soundtrack album to the festival. Ertegun not only signed them to Atlantic-subsidiary Cotillion but the band chose to producer the album on their own. Sadly, the band didn't gain any recognition from Woodstock since they were not in the documentary film or on the soundtrack. But this 1970 album is what they left behind. This is an illegal pressing allegedly released in Russia in 2017 on the Synton label.

Quill - s/t (1970) {2017 Synton}

1. Thumbnail Screwdriver (5:22)
2. The Tube Exuding (3:47)
3. They Live The Life (9:16)
4. BBY (4:58)
5. Yellow Butterfly (4:09)
6. Too Late (3:52)
7. Shrieking Finally (7:30)

Dan Cole - vocals, guitar, trombone
Norm Rogers - guitar, bass, cello, vocals
Jon Cole - bass, guitar, vocals
Phil Thayer - keyboards, bass, saxophone, vocals
Roger North - drums, vocals

Produced by Quill
Recorded by Aengus
Mixed by Rordy Berred

This one came as a total surprise package to this reviewer. On reading their unexpectedly extensive Wikipedia entry I found that they’d played at Woodstock despite being an unrecorded act; that they were a popular regional attraction around Boston and the northeast; and that virtually all of them were multi-instrumentalists with a penchant for swapping the instruments around onstage: guitarists and keyboardists switching to horns, woodwind or cellos at the drop of a setlist.

The Woodstock slot came courtesy of a well-received appearance in NYC, and on hearing of their impending festival appearance with its film and live album potential, Ahmet Ertegun signed Quill to Atlantic’s Cotillion subsidiary in the summer of ’69.

The non-appearance of the band’s set in the Woodstock movie contributed to the label losing interest and the band’s insistence on producing the debut album themselves didn’t particularly help their cause with Ertegun either. Although it was released the following year it received next to no corporate support and quickly stiffed. Like many another unsuccessful opus of the period it lay doggo for decades until resuscitated for CD reissue by the excellent Wounded Bird imprint in 2010.

The music itself is also surprising, distinctively and wilfully strange, somewhere between the Doors and early British prog-rock. The band members are all credited under wigged-out pseudonyms, Beefheart-style, and the compositions themselves have similarly wacky titles. Sonically, it’s sparsely realised despite the multifarious talents of the musicians, populated by barely-audible organs and pianos and mixed-back guitars and drums – the most prominent instrument is often the bass guitar.

The arrangements are of the apparently loose, adlibbed type that can only result from the most meticulous orchestration and rehearsal. The lyrics are far from the usual hippie abandon of the day, laden with social commentary, and the backings are full of irregular chord sequences and modulations. There’s no telling where it’s going from one track to the next, or sometimes within any given track.

After an unpromising raggedy-ass intro, the opening “Thumbnail Screwdriver” builds around a catchy Hendrixoid guitar riff and features a chiming solo by harmonised guitars. The nine-minute “They Live The Life” is a minimalist shuffle with warped Moody Blues harmonies and a sparse drum solo which builds into a collapsing cacophony of chanting and percussion, apparently a favourite concert closer.

“BBY” showcases the alternative horn skills of the players and comes over like Zappa bowdlerising Chicago, while “Yellow Butterfly” uses only flanged, wah-ed guitar and sparse bass and has ghostly vocals redolent of Syd Barrett. The closing “Shrieking Finally” opens with a droll mock Gregorian chant which leads into a fragmented prog workout with distinctive piano trimmings. Although all the musicianship is excellent, it’s probably Roger North’s inventive and technically adroit drumming that stays longest in the memory.

It’s all wacky and it all works. You won’t whistle the melodies as you walk down the street, but without doubt this is another rarity that deserves its rediscovery.

EAC extraction logfile from 17. July 2007, 09:26 for CD
Quill / Quill

Used drive : _NEC CD-RW NR-9100A Adapter: 1 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure with NO C2, accurate stream, disable cache
Read offset correction : 685
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No

Used output format : C:\Program Files\FLAC\flac.exe (User Defined Encoder)
128 kBit/s
Additional command line options : -V -8 -T "artist=%a" -T "title=%t" -T "album=%g" -T "date=%y" -T "tracknumber=%n" -T "genre=%m" %s

Other options :
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Installed external ASPI interface


Track 1
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Test CRC 7F58EA0F
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Track 2
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Track 3
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Track 4
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Track 5
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Track 6
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Track 7
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No errors occured


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Quill - s/t (1970) {2017 Synton}


Thank you to the original uploader.