(2018) Third Ear Band – Elements 1970-71 [Expanded Edition] [FLAC,Tracks]

(2018) Third Ear Band – Elements 1970-71 [Expanded Edition]


Review:
…Formed in 1968 around a nucleus of Glen Sweeney (percussion), Paul Minns (oboe), Richard Coff (violin, viola) and Ursula Smith (cello), the Third Ear Band were unique in their exploration of exotic baroque music fused with experimental rock. Signing to Blackhill Enterprises in 1969, the quartet opened for many of the legendary Hyde Park free concerts by Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones and Blind Faith. One of the early signings to EMI’s progressive imprint, Harvest, their debut album, Alchemy was released in June 1969. This, the band’s second album, was issued in June 1970 and gained good reviews in the underground music press. Always fluid with their line-ups, Ursula Smith and Richard Coff departed the band in September 1970, some weeks afterrecording a soundtrack to a German television film, “Abelard and Heloise”, to be replaced by Ben Cartland and Paul Buckmaster. At this point the Third Ear Band began to explore a more experimental rock direction, stating that they would go “electric” for their next album, tentatively entitled “The Dragon Awakes”. Despite an album’s worth of studio sessions being recorded at Abbey Road studios in late 1970 and the Spring of 1971, the project was eventually shelved. This 3 disc digipack edition of Third Ear Band features eleven previously unreleased tracks; the entire “Dragon Awakes” sessions, all previously unreleased, along with alternate session takes, two BBC John Peel sessions from 1970 and 1971 and a newly re-mastered version of the “Abelard and Heloise” soundtrack produced from recently discovered first generation master tapes.





Album List:

Disc 1
01 - Air
02 - Earth
03 - Water
04 - Fire
05 - Earth Take 4
06 - The Sea (Fire) Edited Ver.
07 - Dog Evil (Mosaic) BBC Sounds Of The 70s
08 - The Sea (A.K.A. Air) BBC Sounds Of The 70s
09 - Water BBC Sounds Of The 70s

Disc 2
01 - Abelard & Heloise Part One
02 - Abelard & Heloise Part Two
03 - Abelard & Heloise Part Three
04 - Abelard & Heloise Part Four
05 - Abelard & Heloise Part Five
06 - Abelard & Heloise Part Six
07 - Very Fine...Far Away
08 - The Dragon Wakes
09 - Sunrise

Disc 3
01 - Mistress To The Sun (Abbey Road Session February 1971)
02 - Evening Awakening Abbey Road Session 1971-03
03 - In D (Abbey road session June 1971)
04 - Water (BBC “John Peel Concert” Session)
05 - Druid One (BBC “John Peel Concert” Session)
06 - Eternity In D (BBC “John Peel Concert” Session)


Summary:
Country: UK
Genre: art rock, prog-rock


Media Report:
Source : CD
Format : FLAC
Format/Info : Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : ~ 833-1000 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits