Here's another Dutch rarity from 1970. The Fun Of It-Meditation. The full album can be heard on you tube but does not appear to have been reissued. Came out on a label I've never heard of called Blossom. They had a few singles as well. Some great Hammond work on this album which I'm always a sucker for.
Don't know if it's a common Dutch name, but there is a Bakker in this band too.
it seems from info gleaned from WWW that Eric Bakker was a engineer at quite a few places
heres another ive not heard of
http://www.discogs.com/Sandy-Coast-Shipwreck/release/3898418
Okay, Bakker must be a common Dutch surname as there is another one in the early 70s band Alquin. Their favourite album of mine is Mountain Queen. It contains a great little prog/psych track called Convicts Of The Air. I've read of them as being compared to the Canterbury scene type bands, but not too sure about that.
Hiya Greg,i agree Alquins"Mountain Queen"is a good album,but i also have a double cd by them titled"The Marks Sessions",which has some splendid moments,this was released by the Pseudonym label in 2013,cd 1 are previously unreleased sessions for the "Marks"album from 1972 and cd2 is a live concert from 1972 also,it also contains good liners and photos in booklet too.Well worth investigation!!
Cheers for that Stuart. I have the Marks album but didn't know about the expanded version.
Do you know the album Green Man by Ache? A Danish band who have a real UK sound on this album from 1971. Think it would be up your alley, and Phil, knowing your interest in Beatles covers, they do a version of We Can Work It Out that you might like to listen to on you tube.
Guy on Russian site reckons Crying Wood is right up there on the maximum pwog rarity scale with METAPHYSICAL ANIMATION - SAME (us,'73) private wobblay.
Dunno Wallace. Just listened to Iron Duke and by 1974 it sounded more straight out prog to me. Once all those synths started replacing Hammonds it starting sounding too much ELP for me. All a matter of taste of course and I know you are an Emerson fan, but for me personally I prefer most early 70s keyboard stuff. I remember a discussion long ago about Banks and Emerson and IMO Banks added to the overall sound and mood of Genesis whereas Emerson tended to dominate.
Easy to talk like this though when I've been out this arvo with friends at a micro brewery indulging in a brew or three.