The incipient incarnation of
artist/atomic-rooster-mn0000611881">Atomic Rooster -- alongside
artist/vincent-crane-mn0000181302">Vincent Crane (organ/vocals),
artist/nick-graham-mn0000397916">Nick Graham (vocals/bass), in addition to
artist/carl-palmer-mn0000160736">Carl Palmer (drums) -- was together merely long plenty to document its debut,
Atomic Roooster (1970) -- (note: the extra
O is intentional). Prior to the last-minute improver of
artist/graham-mn0000397916">Graham -- the exclusively bassist
artist/atomic-rooster-mn0000611881">Atomic Rooster e'er had -- the band emerged from the remnants of the in addition to hence of late defunct
artist/crazy-world-of-
arthur-brown-mn0000134657">Crazy World of Arthur Brown. The fabric was primarily courtesy of
artist/crane-mn0000181302">Crane in addition to consisted of heavier sides. His versatility is evident throughout the impressive array of styles ranging from the folk-inspired pastoral "Winter" to the bluesy horn organization heard on "Broken Wings." This straight contrasts driving rockers such every bit the album's edgy opener, "Friday 13th," or the aggressive "S.L.Y." "Decline in addition to Fall" is a jazz-infused number boasting roughly particular if non incendiary instrumental interaction, nigh notably from
artist/crane-mn0000181302">Crane in addition to
artist/palmer-mn0000160736">Palmer. Lyrically,
artist/crane-mn0000181302">Crane reveals his penchant for night imagery, including the fatalistic "What is the signal of going on?" chorus that runs through the aforementioned "Winter" or the sexually snide "And So to Bed." Support was bolstered past times rigid alive appearances, positive word-of-mouth, in addition to a few pregnant BBC Radio sessions -- all of which resulted inwards
Atomic Roooster making a respectable showing at number 49 on the United Kingdom of Great Britain in addition to Northern Ireland of Britain in addition to Northern Republic of Ireland LP ch
arts. By the fourth dimension the platter was picked upwardly past times Elektra Records inwards North America, the personnel had already changed alongside
artist/john-cann-mn0001220215">John Cann (guitar/vocals) replacing
artist/graham-mn0000397916">Graham. In an interesting move, they decided that
artist/cann-mn0001220215">Cann should likewise overdub guitar p
arts to "S.L.Y." in addition to "Before Tomorrow," every bit good every bit render a novel song to "Friday 13th." The transformation didn't halt there, either, every bit the master running companionship was likewise significantly altered. P
arties interested inwards hearing both should locate the 2004 reissue, every bit the supplementary selections characteristic the the U.S.A. version(s), summation a distich of uniformly fantabulous selections broadcast on BBC Radio -- "Friday 13th" in addition to "Seven Lonely Streets" (aka "Seven Streets") from
artist/atomic-rooster-mn0000611881">Atomic Rooster's follow-up LP,
Death Walks Behind You (1970). Of farther historical banknote is that the live-in-the-studio BBC recordings were documented less than a calendar week earlier the dep
arture of
artist/palmer-mn0000160736">Palmer, effectively ending the starting fourth dimension lineup.
Tracks Listing 1. Fri The Thirteenth (3:33)
2. And So To Bed (4:13)
3. Broken Wings (5:48)
4. Before Tomorrow (instrumental) (5:53)
5. Banstead (3:36)
6. S.L.Y. (4:39)
7. Winter (7:01)
8. Decline And Fall (5:50)
Bonus rail on CD:
9. Play The Game (4:48)
Line-up / Musicians - Vincent Crane / Hammond organ, piano, vocals
- Nick Graham / Pb vocals, bass, acoustic guitar, flute
- Carl Palmer / drums, percussion
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