Strawbs - Just A Collection Of Antiques And Curios (Live At The Queen Elisabeth Hall) (1970) {2003, Japanese Limited Edition}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 361 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 148 Mb
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Art Rock / British Folk / Folk Rock / Progressive Rock
A&M Records / Universal Music #UICY-9297
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 361 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 148 Mb
Covers Included | 00:58:58 | RAR 5% Recovery
Art Rock / British Folk / Folk Rock / Progressive Rock
A&M Records / Universal Music #UICY-9297
This album, cut live at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall in July of 1970, was the first Strawbs album to be released in the United States. It didn't do much in the U.S., but it did chart in England, and the original concert also got Rick Wakeman his first front-page coverage in the British music press, owing to his bravura performance on the solo piano spot, "Temperament for a Mind." The group is trying really hard here to make the jump from folk to folk-rock. They still play a lot of acoustic music, and some of it is surprisingly diverse, but this is a fairly successful album bridging the gap between the acoustic Strawbs combo of their first incarnation and the harder, more strident folk-rock stylings that followed on From the Witchwood, with hints of progressive leanings.