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“There is no denying that as far as '70s progressive rock goes, Kestrel was the real thing”
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File under: Progressive
Kestrel
Kestrel (2CD)
LabelBelle Antique, Cube RecordsGenrePsychedelia & Kraut
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*Comes with a 12-page sheet with lyrics and a description in Japanese. The OBI-strip wraps both cardboard sleeves..2024 stock* A masterpiece of British progressive pop. A group of visionaries who were only active for a little more than a year and only one album left. The arrangements and playing are unique, with an outstanding sense of melody and a concentration that leaves no room for breath. The use of the Mellotron is also effective! Includes a bonus disc with six bonus tracks! Paper jacket, remastered in 2013, with lyric card and original inner sleeve, on SHM-CD. A long-awaited encore pressing of this classic album, which has been hard to find for a long time!
Details
File under: Progressive
Cat. number: BELLE 203303-4
Year: 2020
Format
This Japan edition has the high-fidelity SHM-CD format (for CD 1) and comes with a bonus CD with six tracks in a separate cardboard sleeve. This reissue has 2013 remastering. Cardboard sleeve packaging with the original inner bag (with fly in the cube) and a lyric card in English. Comes with a 12-page sheet with lyrics and a description in Japanese. The OBI-strip wraps both cardboard sleeves.
Release notes
This is the encore pressing reissue of the 2013 [l21700] release [r4649166]. This Japan edition has the high-fidelity SHM-CD format (for CD 1) and comes with a bonus CD with six tracks in a separate cardboard sleeve. This reissue has 2013 remastering. Cardboard sleeve packaging with the original inner bag (with fly in the cube) and a lyric card in English. Comes with a 12-page sheet with lyrics and a description in Japanese. The OBI-strip wraps both cardboard sleeves.
Tracklist
| 1-1 | The Acrobat | 6:44 | |
| 1-2 | Wind Cloud | 4:39 | |
| 1-3 | I Believe In You | 4:09 | |
| 1-4 | Last Request | 4:49 | |
| 1-5 | In The War | 7:30 | |
| 1-6 | Take It Away | 4:09 | |
| 1-7 | End Of The Affair | 4:50 | |
| 1-8 | August Carol | 7:18 | |
| Bonus Disc (Previously Unreleased Track/Version Collection) | |||
| 2-1 | August Carol (Different Version) | 7:04 | |
| 2-2 | The Acrobat (Different Version) | 6:28 | |
| 2-3 | Part Of The Machine (Outtake) | 4:42 | |
| 2-4 | The Searcher (Outtake) | 4:17 | |
| 2-5 | August Carol (Single Edit) | 3:43 | |
| 2-6 | Wind Cloud (Single Edit) | 3:38 | |
Credits
- Fenwick Moir
- Bass
- Arty Types
- Design [Sleeve Design]
- David Whittaker
- Drums
- John Rollo
- Engineer
- Dave Black
- Guitar, Vocals
- John Cook
- Keyboards, Mellotron, Vocals
- Tom Knowles
- Lead Vocals
- Johnny Worth
- Producer
- Kazunori Oohara
- Remastered By
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