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LP KHAN
Space Shanty
Country of release: Liechtenstein, 2006
Original released: 1972
Label: Tapestry
Catalogue number: TPT 232
Barcode: -
Klappcover/Gatefold Sleeve: Ja/Yes
Condition Record: MINT
Condition Cover: MINT
LP ist noch verschweißt / LP IS STILL SEALED !!!
(Photo von meiner eigenen LP / Photo taken from my own copy)
Tracks Side 1:
1.
Space Shanty (Incl.
The Cobalt Sequence
And March Of The
Sine Squadrons)
(8:59)
2. Stranded (Incl.
Effervescent Psycho
Novelty No. 5)
(6:35)
3. Mixed Up Man Of
The Mountains (7:14)
Tracks Side 2:
1.
Driving To
Amsterdam (9:22)
2. Stargazers
(5:32)
3. Hollow Stone
(Including Escape
Of The Space
Pilots) (8:161
Listen At YouTube:
Caravan,
Soft Machine,
Hatfield & the
North, National
Health, and Matching
Mole are a few
examples of the
Canterbury rock
scene. Many of these
groups tended to be
jazzy with bizarre
experimentations
thrown in.
Another
example is Khan, who
only released this
one and only album,
Space Shanty in 1972
on Deram Records
(same label that
gave us the Moody
Blues, Camel, East
of Eden, Keef
Hartley Band, early
Cat Stevens and many
more). Well, unlike
Soft Machine or
Hatfield & the
North, Khan's music
tends to sound more
like a standard
early '70s prog rock
band with heavy
organ work and hard
rock-influenced
vocals. But still,
if you like Gong or
Hatfield & the
North, you still
need this album, as
the band features
Steve Hillage and
Dave Stewart (not of
the Eurythmics, of
course). The band
also featured
bassist Nick
Greenwood and
drummer Eric Peachy.
Greenwood had played
with the Crazy World
of Arthur Brown.
Both Hillage and
Stewart were in a
band called Uriel
(when both were
still teenagers) in
which the band
quickly became
Arzachel, and
released a
self-entitled album
in 1969 (but due to
contractual
difficulties, all
the members were not
performing under
their real names).
The band quickly
changed its name to
Egg, and Hillage
left, and that band
released two albums,
Egg (1970) and The
Polite Force (1971),
before breaking up
(although Egg did
reunite in 1974 and
released an album
called The Civil
Surface). Then came
Khan, which was to
be circled around
Hillage, and in fact
the band didn't
initally feature
Dave Stewart, but
someone by the name
of Dick Henningham.
But then he left,
and Hillage found
Dave Stewart, and
this was the lineup
that recorded Space
Shanty. A lot of
times this album
reminds me a lot if
Hatfield & the
North was a heavy
prog rock band, a
lot of Dave
Stewart's trademark
fuzz organ can
already be found
here, although he
also uses a more
typical Hammond
organ sound too. He
doesn't use much
electric piano,
aside from
"Stranded". Steve
Hillage is still in
search of his
trademark lead
guitar style,
although you can
hear it on parts of
the opening cut,
"Space Shanty". More
often than not,
Hillage's guitar
style is pretty
indistiguisible from
countless other prog
and jazz rock bands
of the time (but of
course, he'll be
able to perfect his
style after joining
Gong). Of course the
music is hardly bad
at all, in fact I
think this album is
a classic. Often the
music doesn't stick
to one thing, as
each song goes
through several
changes, never
boring the listener.
I really can't find
a high point on this
album as it's all of
the same quality. A
new version of Khan
was to surface after
Space Shanty was
released, with a new
bass player, but
never recorded, as
Hillage still didn't
feel confident
enough leading a
band yet (that had
to wait until he
released Fish Rising
in 1975, his first
solo offering). So
Hillage first joined
Keven Ayers band for
a short period,
before joining Gong
at the end of 1972.
Khan, along with
Caravan, is the
closest to
traditional prog
rock in the world of
Canterbury rock,
although Khan's
music is heavier and
not so pop-oriented
as Caravan's. So if
you're a Gong or
Hatfield & the
North fan, or even
if you're not, but
you like that early
'70s organ-dominated
prog rock sound,
then Space Shanty
should be in your
collection.
(errny-progrockplazerna.blogspot.de)
Steve Hillage -
Guitar, Vocals
Dave Stewart -
Organ, Piano,
Marimba, Celesta
Nick Greenwood -
Bass Guitar, Vocals
Eric Peachey - Drums
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