Strawbs - Dragonfly (A&M 87 992 ET) (GER 1970) (Vinyl 24-96 & 16-44.1)

Strawbs - Dragonfly
FLAC | NO LOG & CUE | Artwork | 24Bit: 699 MB | 16Bit: 186 MB
Cat#: A&M 87 992 ET | Country/Year: Germany 1970

MD5 [X] FFP [] CUE [] LOG [] INFO TEXT [X] ARTWORK [X]

webfind [] selfrip [X]


Info:

Strawbs - Dragonfly

Label: A&M Records, Ariola Eurodisc GmbH
Catalog#: 87 992 ET
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Germany
Released: 1970
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk

Tracklist:

A1 The Weary Song
A2 Dragonfly
A3 I Turned My Face Into The Wind
A4 Josephine For Better Or For Worse
A5 Another Day

B1 Til The Sun Comes Shining Through
B2 Young Again
B3 The Vision Of The Lady Of The Lake
B2 Close Your Eyes

Credits:

Piano - Rick Wakeman
Producer, Recorder - Tony Visconti

Notes:
Recorded at Rosenberg Lydteknik, Copenhagen
Additional recording at Morgan Studios, London Mixed at Trident Studios, London

Discogs Url: http://www.discogs.com/release/2386087
Wikipedia Url: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonfly_%28Strawbs_album%29

Biography by Bruce Eder

One of the better British progressive bands of the early '70s, the Strawbs differed from their more successful compatriots – the Moody Blues, King Crimson, Pink Floyd – principally in that their sound originated in English folk music, rather than rock. Founded in 1967 as a bluegrass-based trio called the Strawberry Hill Boys by singer/guitarist Dave Cousins, the group at that time consisted of Cousins, guitarist/singer Tony Hooper, and mandolinist Arthur Phillips, who was replaced in 1968 by Ron Chesterman on bass. That same year, the group – now rechristened the Strawbs, and doing repertory well beyond the bounds of bluegrass music – briefly became a quartet with the temporary addition of Sandy Denny, who stayed long enough to record a relative handful of tracks with the group on the Hallmark label before joining Fairport Convention.

In 1969, the Strawbs were signed to A&M Records, and cut their first album, the acoustic-textured Strawbs, that same year. For their second album, Dragonfly, recorded and released the following year, the group broadened their sound with the presence of a group of session musicians, including piano/organist Rick Wakeman. Soon after the release of this record, the group became a full-fledged band with the addition not only of Wakeman but also Richard Hudson and John Ford, on drums and bass, respectively. These changes, coupled with Cousins' increasing dexterity on electric guitar, gave the Strawbs a much more powerful sound that was showcased on their next album.

Review by Richie Unterberger

Dragonfly was the second album to be released by the Strawbs, though much other material unissued in the late '60s that preceded it has since been made available. (In fact, earlier versions of two of the songs, "I Turned My Face into the Wind," and "Josephine, For Better or for Worse," appear on the archival releases Strawberry Music Sampler, No. 1 and Preserves Uncanned, respectively.) Dragonfly was also the only LP the band recorded with cellist Claire Deniz in the lineup. Though an attractive and competent record, it's not as impressive as their debut. The songs aren't as striking, and the arrangements – even with the addition of a fourth full-time member in Deniz – aren't as effective as the mating of folk-rock, medieval, and classical music that characterized the best songs on the first album. It's a more subdued effort, and not as grave in its mood, Deniz's cello doing much to mellow the sound. Dave Cousins retained his appetite for epics, though, in the ten-minute "The Vision of the Lady of the Lake," download as mp3 sample which had piano by soon-to-be Strawb Rick Wakeman. When the fuzz guitar unexpectedly piles into the mix a few minutes into the track, joined by strange hissing background noises, it reaches a tense height that the rest of the record doesn't match, though it's an accomplished and pleasingly introspective dawn of '70s British folk-rock. allmusicguide




Date of rip: 2010-08-03
Please keep the info sheet included if you share this!


Download as:

Flac (Compression Level 8)

Links:

24Bit/96kHz Version

[rapidshare.com/150 MB Splits]

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5

16Bit/44.1kHz Version

[rapidshare.com/150 MB Splits]

Part 1
Part 2

Interchangeable Mirror:

24Bit/96kHz Version

[filefactory.com/150 MB Splits]

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5

16Bit/44.1kHz Version

[filefactory.com/150 MB Splits]

Part 1
Part 2

Password:

finest-hq-audio



Check my blog for other lossless uploads:

http://www.avaxhome.ws/blogs/luckburz