Egg
The Polite Force
FormatCDLabelEsoteric RecordingsGenrePsychedelia & Kraut
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The Polite Force is the second album by Egg, the trio of Dave Stewart on organ and piano, Mont Campbell on bass and vocals and Clive Brooks on drums. It came out on Decca's Deram label in 1971, a year after the group's first record, and it is where their writing grows longer and more intricate: four pieces, the last of them split into four parts, with Campbell's songs and Stewart's keyboards at the centre.
The album was recorded at Morgan Studios in Willesden and produced by Neil Slaven. Stewart plays organ, piano, a tone generator built by Bill La Chenal and an Orchestron. A Visit to Newport Hospital, credited to Campbell and Stewart, opens the record, with lyrics by Campbell. Contrasong adds a brass section arranged by Campbell: trumpeters Henry Lowther and Mike Davis and tenor saxophonists Bob Downes and Tony Roberts. Boilk is credited to Stewart and Bach and includes the chorale Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt. Long Piece No. 3 takes up the rest of the album, with Campbell on piano and organ in the first part and on French horn in the second. Egg made one more album, The Civil Surface, for Virgin in 1974, and Stewart later joined Hatfield and the North.
Esoteric Recordings 2008 CD reissue, remastered from the original master tapes at The Audio Archiving Company in London, in a jewel case with a 12-page booklet.
Format
Originally released as Caroline C 1510 in December 1974.
Recorded at Saturn Studios, Worthing, August 1974.
CD reissue co-ordinated by Mark Powell for Esoteric Recordings
Release co-ordination by Vicky Powell @ Esoteric Recordings
24-bit digital remastering from the original master tapes at the Audio Archiving Company, London.
On tray card:
℗ 1974 The original copyright in this sound recording is owned by Virgin Records Ltd. under license to Cherry Red Records Group.
This remastered reissue: © 2007 Cherry Red Records.
Esoteric Recordings is a Cherry Red label.
Made in EU
Inside booklet:
℗ 1974 The original copyright in this sound recording is owned by Virgin Records Ltd., under license to Cherry Red Records Group.
This remastered reissue © 2007 Cherry Red Records
Esoteric Recordings is a Cherry Red label
℗ & © Virgin Records LTD
On disc:
℗ 1974 The original copyright in this sound recording is owned by Virgin Records Ltd. under license to Cherry Red Records Group.
This remastered reissue © 2007 Cherry Red Records
Esoteric Recordings is a Cherry Red label
The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Cherry Red Records Group.
Made in the EU.
Release notes
Originally released as Deram SML 1074 in 1971. Recorded at Morgan Studios, Willesden. All tracks remastered from the original master tapes at The Audio Archiving Company, London. ℗ 1971 The Decca Record Company Ltd. The original copyright in this sound recording is owned by Decca Music Group Ltd., a division of Universal Music Group, under license to Cherry Red Records Group. This compilation: © 2008 Cherry Red Records. Esoteric Recordings is a Cherry Red label. Packaged in a jewel case with…
| 1 | A Visit To Newport Hospital | 8:25 | |
| 2 | Contrasong | 4:21 | |
| 3 | Boilk | 9:23 | |
| 4 | Long Piece No. 3 - Part One | 5:06 | |
| 5 | Long Piece No. 3 - Part Two | 7:39 | |
| 6 | Long Piece No. 3 - Part Three | 8:01 | |
| 7 | Long Piece No. 3 - Part Four | 2:51 |
- Mark Powell
- Coordinator [CD Reissue Co-ordinated], Reissue Producer [Produced By], Liner Notes [CD Reissue]
- Phil Smee
- Design [CD Package By]
- Robin Black
- Engineer
- Mike Butcher
- Engineer [Assistant Engineers]
- Peter Flanagan
- Engineer [Assistant Engineers]
- Simon Baron
- Engineer [Assistant Engineers]
- Neil Slaven
- Liner Notes [Original Album], Producer [Original Album Production By]
- Terry Yetton
- Photography By [Original LP Cover Photographed By]
- Paschal Byrne
- Remastered By
- Brooks
- Written-By (4 to 7)
- Stewart
- Written-By (3 to 7)
- Campbell
- Written-By
