Samstag, Juli 01, 2006

 
Clouds - 1969 - Scrapbook
Track Listing:

01. Introduction - Scrapbook (1:07)
02. The Carpenter (3:27)
03. The Colours Have Run (2:58)
04. I’ll Go Girl (3:19)
05. Grandad (2:08)
06. Ladies And Gentlemen (3:06)
07. Humdrum (1:05)
08. Union Jack (1:23)
09. Old Man (3:23)
10. Waiter, There’s Something In My Soup (7:00)
11. Scrapbook (2:47)


Line-up:

BILLY RITCHIE : Hammond organ - piano - guitars - vocals
JAN ELLIS : bass - acoustic guitar - vocals
HARRY HUGHES : drums
Orchestrations written and conducted by DAVID PALMER


Clouds were one of the earliest progressive bands, who never received
much recognition (despite, for example, having a radical reworking of
"America" ages before Yes, and covering big-band jazz standards like
Big Noise From Winnetka).

Of course, I say this with more than a little prejudice, as my brother
Billy Ritchie was the keyboards player! (The other members were Ian
Ellis (bass and most lead vocals) and Harry Hughes (drums)).

They released two albums in the UK, Scrapbook ('68) and Watercolour
Days ('70) (approx. dates) A third album, Up Above Our Heads, was
released Stateside, containing stuff from Scrapbook plus new material.
Scrapbook is (as the name suggests) a very mixed bag, with a wide
variety of styles, from "nearly straight" songs through blues to the
(for its time) unique multi-part opus "Waiter, there's something in my
soup". Watercolour Days was more consistent and darker in tone,
tending to a bluesy kind of prog, with lots of "heavy Hammond".

My brother tells me that Beat Goes On Records are in the process of
putting out a single CD containing both Scrapbook and Watercolour
Days; they approached him to write the liner notes and to sit in on
the remastering. Allegedly, the release date is July 1st, though that
sounds somewhat optimistic to me. The catalogue number assigned to the
disk is BGOCD 317.

Clearly, I can't claim independence of opinion in this case! but I
thought this might be of interest to folk here (well, I've seen at
least *one* query about them here :-)

To be honest, Scrapbook now sounds very dated, definitely a 60's
production. (Billy hopes that the remaster might improve things a lot
- they were always disappointed with the vinyl sound, and apparently
the studio master was very good). Watercolour Days also shows its
age, but to a lesser extent, and I think that the material still
stands up well.

Brian

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Comments:
hello,i was curious about this album!well it s a good one!thanks for this and see you soon !pat
 
Fantastic album!!!
Your page has a lot of psych gems.
Thanx for this, my friend.
 
YOUR BROTHER IS GOD!!THANKS TO POST IT.MY VINYL COPY WILL REST IN PEACE.AH!! AS A HAMMOND PLAYER AS I AM I THINK YOUR BROTHER IS THE BEST HAMMOND PLAYER ALL OVER THE WORLD.DO I HAVE A REASON?YEAH!! I ONLY MUST HEAR "IMAGINE ME" (INCLUDED ON THE UP ABOVE OUR HEADS LP) ONCE AGAIN.THANKS ONCE MORE FROM SPAIN
 
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