Learn Build Ten - 1978 Masques (Mini Lp Shm-Cd Universal Japan 2014)

Masques is the 1978 album past times the British jazz fusion grouping Brand X. This was the band's commencement studio recording without drummer Phil Collins. The nurture of the album encompass has a photograph of the crowd from the Knebworth Festival, 1978 — a nib that included both Brand X as well as Genesis, Collins' other band.

Without the drumming of artist/phil-collins-mn0000337119">Phil Collins, who does seem on about of artist/brand-x-mn0000614982">Brand X's albums, Masques nonetheless maintains a snug, jazzy-prog milieu as well as comes off build clean as well as tight. Each vocal has a unlike beat, speed, as well as tempo amongst a satisfying assortment of keyboards as well as percussion instruments to give-up the ghost along the entire album afloat. Resounding xylophone as well as chimes outline the music on the 7 tracks, amongst "Earth Dance" as well as "The Poke" coming upwards a piffling chip stronger than the rest. Most notably is the superb musical interplay of all the instruments used, as well as the agency inwards which they get upwards as well as practice goodness i another. The progressive stone audio does evolve past times agency of lengthy guitar passages from artist/john-goodsall-mn0000228772">John Goodsall as well as accelerated keyboard fingering from artist/morris-pert-mn0000990481">Morris Pert, adding spice as well as vivaciousness spell popping upwards when to the lowest degree expected. Masques is a theater studio album, as well as volition give-up the ghost along listeners fascinated amongst the band. 

Songs / Tracks Listing
 

1. The Poke (5:06)
2. Masques (3:17)
3. Black Luna (4:48)
4. Deadly Nightshade (10:54)
5. Earthdance (6:10)
6. Access to Data (8:04)
7. The Ghost of Mayfield Lodge (10:08)

Total Time: 48:27

Line-up / Musician 

- John Goodsall / guitar
- Percy Jones / bass
- Peter Robinson / keyboards
- Morris Pert / percussion
- Chuck Bergi / drums

Notes

• "The Ghost of Mayfield Lodge" is based on a truthful flush (see this page for to a greater extent than info) virtually a railroad vehicle household where Percy Jones was staying which was said to last haunted.
• This album is the commencement album on which Percy Jones played the fretless Wal bass, which became his trademark sound.