Biografija
Baby Whalea BABY WHALE bila je kratak i relativno nejasan folk bend s početka sedamdesetih sa sjedištem u Cambridgeu čiji je jedini album bio arhiviran gotovo trideset godina prije nego što je objavljen na CD-u 2002. godine.
Geneza sastava nastala je kada je stanovnik Cambridge Folk Cluba Nick Barraclough upoznao svoju buduću suprugu Anne Baker, Amerikanku u Engleskoj koja svira akustičnu narodnu glazbu.
Njih dvojica regrutirali su gitarista/vokala TOBY JUG BAND-a Stevea Brooksa, a rođeni su GOODY TWO SHOES. Ubrzo nakon toga Brian Wren i Lindsey Scott bi se prijavili, a bend bi promijenio ime u BABY WHALE i pojavio se na Cambridge Music Festivalu 1973. godine. Tijekom kratkog postojanja poznato je da je grupa podržavala ili se pojavljivala s tako raznolikim djelima kao što su VELVET UNDERGROUND, DAVID BOWIE, PRETTY THINGS, MC5, LOU REED, CURVED AIR, CHUCK BERRY i FAIRPORT CONVENTION. Potpisali su za DJM Records, izrezali su desetak pjesama u Rockfield Recording Studios u Walesu, ali zbog financijskih problema diskografska kuća je propala prije nego što je ploča mogla biti ispravno objavljena. Ubrzo nakon tih sesija Anne Baker bi otišla i samo nakratko bi je zamijenila SALLY OLDFIELD (Mikeova sestra i polovica folk dua SALLYANGIE) prije nego što se grupa raspala i njezini članovi raspršili na druge pothvate.
Nick Barraclough postao bi poznati disk džokej BBC Radija 2 dugi niz godina prije nego što je 1990-ih pokrenuo vlastitu produkcijsku kuću za radio glazbu.
Baker bi provela još nekoliko godina u glazbenom biznisu na čelu suvremenijeg PHONE BILL -THE SMOOTH OPERATORSa, kao i podržavajući kanadsku pjevačicu BONNIE DOBSON prije nego što bi se vratila slikarstvu kao svom kreativnom izlazu.
Folk-cum-rock zvuk BABY WHALE-a nevjerojatno podsjeća na brojne neo- i alt.country bendove koji će se pojaviti desetak godina kasnije, uključujući LONE JUSTICE, BODEANS i GREEN ON
RED. Spoj američke, keltske i britanske narodne instrumentacije i aranžmani s raskošnim vokalnim harmonijama čine iznenađujuću poslasticu koju će mnogi ljubitelji narodnjaka i prog folka smatrati privlačnom. Zvuk i priča benda također su pošteno uspoređeni s zvukom NEVJEROJATNOG STRING BANDA.
BABY WHALE bili su još jedno kratko poglavlje u vremenskoj liniji progresivne narodne glazbe u kojoj se sada može lako uživati zahvaljujući ponovnom otkrivanju i objavljivanju njihovih dugo uspavanih studijskih snimki.
>>Bio Bob Moore (poznat i kao ClemofNazareth)<<.......LADISLAV&Z......
. Here's an album that hooked me from the first threads, and although it wanders wildly among several styles and genres throughout the story, I can happily say that even as the final notes play out at the end, I'm still pretty smitten with these guys.
Baby Whale is one of those groups that would have a hard time going to things today, and come to think of it, they never worked out when they were active in the early '70s. But thanks to the circumstances and some good connections, the band managed to leave a pretty impressive resume with a very good album. According to various things I read about them, they managed to play live with some notable and varied works, including Fairport Convention, Chuck Berry, Curved Air, MC5 and Mud (okay, I've never heard of Mud). I also read that they got a great opportunity as far as the record label contract was concerned after they appeared at the Edinburgh Festival in 1972 (or maybe the Fringe, I'm not sure), and that Mike Oldfield's sister Sally was briefly part of their line-up (although she doesn't appear on this album). The band's genesis was a chance encounter between future BBC disc jockey Nick Barraclough and American Anna Baker in Cambridge in 1971. The two hired Toby Jug Band guitarist Steve Brooks, violinist Lindsey Scott, bassist Adrian Kendon and drummer Brian Wren - and baby whale was born. LADISLAV&Z
.Evo albuma koji me zakačio od prvih niti, i iako mahnito luta među nekoliko stilova i žanrova u cijeloj priči, mogu sretno reći da sam, čak i dok se posljednje note odigravaju na kraju, još uvijek prilično očaran tim momcima.
Baby Whale je jedna od onih grupa koje bi danas teško išle na stvari, i kad bolje razmislim, nikada nisu uspjele kada su bile aktivne u ranim sedamdesetima. No, zahvaljujući okolnostima i nekim dobrim vezama bend je uspio ostaviti prilično impresivan životopis uz vrlo dobar album. Prema raznim stvarima koje sam pročitao o njima uspjeli su igrati uživo s nekim zapaženim i raznovrsnim djelima, uključujući Fairport Convention, Chuck Berry, Curved Air, MC5 i Mud (u redu, nikad nisam čuo za Mud). Čitao sam i da su dobili veliku priliku što se tiče ugovora s diskografskom kućom nakon što su se pojavili na festivalu u Edinburghu 1972. godine (ili možda Fringe, nisam siguran), kao i da je sestra Mikea Oldfielda Sally nakratko bila dio njihove postave (iako se ne pojavljuje na ovom albumu). Geneza sastava bila je slučajni susret budućeg BBC-jevog disk džokeja Nicka Barraclougha i Amerikanke Anne Baker u Cambridgeu 1971. godine. Njih dvojica angažirali su gitarista Toby Jug Banda Stevea Brooksa, violinista Lindseya Scotta, basista Adriana Kendona i bubnjara Briana Wrena - a baby whale je rođen.LADISLAV&A
Biography
Baby Whalea BABY WHALE was a short and relatively vague folk band from the early 1970s based in Cambridge whose only album was archived for almost thirty years before being released on CD in 2002.
The band's genesis came about when Cambridge Folk Club resident Nick Barraclough met his future wife Anne Baker, an American woman in England who plays acoustic folk music.
The two recruited TOBY JUG BAND guitarist/vocalist Steve Brooks and were born GOODY TWO SHOES. Soon after, Brian Wren and Lindsey Scott would sign up, and the band would change its name to BABY WHALE and appear at the Cambridge Music Festival in 1973. During its short existence, it is known that the group supported or appeared with such diverse works as VELVET UNDERGROUND, DAVID BOWIE, PRETTY THINGS, MC5, LOU REED, CURVED AIR, CHUCK BERRY and FAIRPORT CONVENTION. They signed with DJM Records, cut a dozen songs at Rockfield Recording Studios in Wales, but due to financial problems the record company collapsed before the record could be released properly. Shortly after those sessions, Anne Baker would leave and only briefly be replaced by SALLY OLDFIELD (Mike's sister and one half of folk duo SALLYANGIE) before the group broke up and its members dispersed to other ventures.
Nick Barraclough would become a renowned BBC Radio 2 disc jockey for many years before starting his own radio music production company in the 1990s.
Baker would spend several more years in the music business at the helm of the more contemporary PHONE BILL -THE SMOOTH OPERATORS, as well as supporting Canadian singer BONNIE DOBSON before returning to painting as her creative outlet.
Baby WHALE's folk-cum-rock sound bears a striking resemblance to a number of neo- and alt.country bands that will appear a dozen years later, including LONE JUSTICE, BODEANS and GREEN ON
ORDER. The combination of American, Celtic and British folk instrumentation and arrangements with sumptuous vocal harmonies make for a surprising treat that many lovers of folk and prog folk will find attractive. The sound and story of the band were also fairly compared to the sound of the AMAZING STRING BAND.
BABY WHALE were another short chapter in the timeline of progressive folk music that can now be easily enjoyed thanks to the rediscovery and release of their long-dormant studio recordings.
Biografija
1 likeBaby Whalea BABY WHALE bila je kratak i relativno nejasan folk bend s početka sedamdesetih sa sjedištem u Cambridgeu čiji je jedini album bio arhiviran gotovo trideset godina prije nego što je objavljen na CD-u 2002. godine.
Geneza sastava nastala je kada je stanovnik Cambridge Folk Cluba Nick Barraclough upoznao svoju buduću suprugu Anne Baker, Amerikanku u Engleskoj koja svira akustičnu narodnu glazbu.
Njih dvojica regrutirali su gitarista/vokala TOBY JUG BAND-a Stevea Brooksa, a rođeni su GOODY TWO SHOES. Ubrzo nakon toga Brian Wren i Lindsey Scott bi se prijavili, a bend bi promijenio ime u BABY WHALE i pojavio se na Cambridge Music Festivalu 1973. godine. Tijekom kratkog postojanja poznato je da je grupa podržavala ili se pojavljivala s tako raznolikim djelima kao što su VELVET UNDERGROUND, DAVID BOWIE, PRETTY THINGS, MC5, LOU REED, CURVED AIR, CHUCK BERRY i FAIRPORT CONVENTION. Potpisali su za DJM Records, izrezali su desetak pjesama u Rockfield Recording Studios u Walesu, ali zbog financijskih problema diskografska kuća je propala prije nego što je ploča mogla biti ispravno objavljena. Ubrzo nakon tih sesija Anne Baker bi otišla i samo nakratko bi je zamijenila SALLY OLDFIELD (Mikeova sestra i polovica folk dua SALLYANGIE) prije nego što se grupa raspala i njezini članovi raspršili na druge pothvate.
Nick Barraclough postao bi poznati disk džokej BBC Radija 2 dugi niz godina prije nego što je 1990-ih pokrenuo vlastitu produkcijsku kuću za radio glazbu.
Baker bi provela još nekoliko godina u glazbenom biznisu na čelu suvremenijeg PHONE BILL -THE SMOOTH OPERATORSa, kao i podržavajući kanadsku pjevačicu BONNIE DOBSON prije nego što bi se vratila slikarstvu kao svom kreativnom izlazu.
Folk-cum-rock zvuk BABY WHALE-a nevjerojatno podsjeća na brojne neo- i alt.country bendove koji će se pojaviti desetak godina kasnije, uključujući LONE JUSTICE, BODEANS i GREEN ON
RED. Spoj američke, keltske i britanske narodne instrumentacije i aranžmani s raskošnim vokalnim harmonijama čine iznenađujuću poslasticu koju će mnogi ljubitelji narodnjaka i prog folka smatrati privlačnom. Zvuk i priča benda također su pošteno uspoređeni s zvukom NEVJEROJATNOG STRING BANDA.
BABY WHALE bili su još jedno kratko poglavlje u vremenskoj liniji progresivne narodne glazbe u kojoj se sada može lako uživati zahvaljujući ponovnom otkrivanju i objavljivanju njihovih dugo uspavanih studijskih snimki.
>>Bio Bob Moore (poznat i kao ClemofNazareth)<<.......LADISLAV&Z......
. Here's an album that hooked me from the first threads, and although it wanders wildly among several styles and genres throughout the story, I can happily say that even as the final notes play out at the end, I'm still pretty smitten with these guys.
1 likeBaby Whale is one of those groups that would have a hard time going to things today, and come to think of it, they never worked out when they were active in the early '70s. But thanks to the circumstances and some good connections, the band managed to leave a pretty impressive resume with a very good album. According to various things I read about them, they managed to play live with some notable and varied works, including Fairport Convention, Chuck Berry, Curved Air, MC5 and Mud (okay, I've never heard of Mud). I also read that they got a great opportunity as far as the record label contract was concerned after they appeared at the Edinburgh Festival in 1972 (or maybe the Fringe, I'm not sure), and that Mike Oldfield's sister Sally was briefly part of their line-up (although she doesn't appear on this album). The band's genesis was a chance encounter between future BBC disc jockey Nick Barraclough and American Anna Baker in Cambridge in 1971. The two hired Toby Jug Band guitarist Steve Brooks, violinist Lindsey Scott, bassist Adrian Kendon and drummer Brian Wren - and baby whale was born. LADISLAV&Z
.Evo albuma koji me zakačio od prvih niti, i iako mahnito luta među nekoliko stilova i žanrova u cijeloj priči, mogu sretno reći da sam, čak i dok se posljednje note odigravaju na kraju, još uvijek prilično očaran tim momcima.
1 likeBaby Whale je jedna od onih grupa koje bi danas teško išle na stvari, i kad bolje razmislim, nikada nisu uspjele kada su bile aktivne u ranim sedamdesetima. No, zahvaljujući okolnostima i nekim dobrim vezama bend je uspio ostaviti prilično impresivan životopis uz vrlo dobar album. Prema raznim stvarima koje sam pročitao o njima uspjeli su igrati uživo s nekim zapaženim i raznovrsnim djelima, uključujući Fairport Convention, Chuck Berry, Curved Air, MC5 i Mud (u redu, nikad nisam čuo za Mud). Čitao sam i da su dobili veliku priliku što se tiče ugovora s diskografskom kućom nakon što su se pojavili na festivalu u Edinburghu 1972. godine (ili možda Fringe, nisam siguran), kao i da je sestra Mikea Oldfielda Sally nakratko bila dio njihove postave (iako se ne pojavljuje na ovom albumu). Geneza sastava bila je slučajni susret budućeg BBC-jevog disk džokeja Nicka Barraclougha i Amerikanke Anne Baker u Cambridgeu 1971. godine. Njih dvojica angažirali su gitarista Toby Jug Banda Stevea Brooksa, violinista Lindseya Scotta, basista Adriana Kendona i bubnjara Briana Wrena - a baby whale je rođen.LADISLAV&A
Biography
1 likeBaby Whalea BABY WHALE was a short and relatively vague folk band from the early 1970s based in Cambridge whose only album was archived for almost thirty years before being released on CD in 2002.
The band's genesis came about when Cambridge Folk Club resident Nick Barraclough met his future wife Anne Baker, an American woman in England who plays acoustic folk music.
The two recruited TOBY JUG BAND guitarist/vocalist Steve Brooks and were born GOODY TWO SHOES. Soon after, Brian Wren and Lindsey Scott would sign up, and the band would change its name to BABY WHALE and appear at the Cambridge Music Festival in 1973. During its short existence, it is known that the group supported or appeared with such diverse works as VELVET UNDERGROUND, DAVID BOWIE, PRETTY THINGS, MC5, LOU REED, CURVED AIR, CHUCK BERRY and FAIRPORT CONVENTION. They signed with DJM Records, cut a dozen songs at Rockfield Recording Studios in Wales, but due to financial problems the record company collapsed before the record could be released properly. Shortly after those sessions, Anne Baker would leave and only briefly be replaced by SALLY OLDFIELD (Mike's sister and one half of folk duo SALLYANGIE) before the group broke up and its members dispersed to other ventures.
Nick Barraclough would become a renowned BBC Radio 2 disc jockey for many years before starting his own radio music production company in the 1990s.
Baker would spend several more years in the music business at the helm of the more contemporary PHONE BILL -THE SMOOTH OPERATORS, as well as supporting Canadian singer BONNIE DOBSON before returning to painting as her creative outlet.
Baby WHALE's folk-cum-rock sound bears a striking resemblance to a number of neo- and alt.country bands that will appear a dozen years later, including LONE JUSTICE, BODEANS and GREEN ON
ORDER. The combination of American, Celtic and British folk instrumentation and arrangements with sumptuous vocal harmonies make for a surprising treat that many lovers of folk and prog folk will find attractive. The sound and story of the band were also fairly compared to the sound of the AMAZING STRING BAND.
BABY WHALE were another short chapter in the timeline of progressive folk music that can now be easily enjoyed thanks to the rediscovery and release of their long-dormant studio recordings.
>>Bi Bob Moore (also known as ClemofNazareth) <<