Galliard - New Dawn (1970) {2009, Remastered}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 297 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 125 Mb
Full Scans | 00:42:55 | RAR 5% Recovery
Progressive Rock / Psychedelic Rock / Folk Rock / Jazz Rock / Fusion
Esoteric Recordings #ECLEC2099
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 297 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 125 Mb
Full Scans | 00:42:55 | RAR 5% Recovery
Progressive Rock / Psychedelic Rock / Folk Rock / Jazz Rock / Fusion
Esoteric Recordings #ECLEC2099
Galliard were in on the ground floor of the British progressive rock movement, releasing their debut album, Strange Pleasure, in 1969 and mixing jazz, rock, folk, and psychedelic influences. The following year, New Dawn pretty much picked up where its predecessor left off, with one key exception. The band had initially featured two wind players, Dave Caswell and John Smith; though Smith was absent from New Dawn, a whole brace of additional horn players had been brought in to augment the sound. This was during the period when the likes of Chicago and Blood, Sweat & Tears (and their British equivalents) were starting out, and brass-rock was all the rage. That's not to suggest that Galliard were trying to ride the brass-rock gravy train – their work is too skilled and varied for that – but simply that they were right in time for the Zeitgeist.