The Follies of Rupert Treacle Review by Gary Hill This solo release from Nektar guitarist/vocalist Roye Albrighton is definitely that, a solo release. Do not expect a Nektar album here.
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This new two CD one DVD set includes live recordings from Nektar. All of this dates from 1973 and was recorded in Sweden, but it comes from at least a couple different shows.
This new set from Cherry Red is the first official release of ...Sounds Like This available for some time. The album was the third they recorded, but it was unusual.
Nektar - A Tab In The Ocean (Remaster) Review by Gary Hill When I first discovered Nektar, my favorite album by them was without a doubt Remember The Future. The thing is, the only copy of A Tab in the Ocean that I ever had was an LP that was scratched almost to point of total unplayability.
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While not everything here lands under progressive rock, there is a lot of prog in this set. There is also a lot of artsy soundtrack music that fits under the prog banner.
Nektar - Fortyfied Review by Gary Hill I’ve been a big fan of Nektar for many years. They have always been one of the better obscure bands out there and I’ve always wanted to see them live, but I’ve yet to have the chance.
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Nektar - Live at NEARfest, 2002 Review by Stephen Ellis I had never had an opportunity to see this band before even though I have been a serious fan since 1972. It seems they never toured in the southern states for some reason! I had "tripped" to every one of their CD's (well actually LP's back then) and when reading of their show, lights included, I could only dream of what such a musical adventure would be like.
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Nektar front-man Roye Albrighton passed away while this album was being prepared for release. I've read that this was actually his last live performance with the band.
Nektar - Magic Is A Child Review by Gary Hill 1977's Magic Is A Child was never considered by fans to be among Nektar's best, because it is a lot more accessible and less prog rock-oriented than the majority of their catalog. The album's low esteem is really less about the quality of this album, though and more about the incredibly high quality of the rest of the band's repertoire.
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Nektar - Man In The Moon Review by Gary Hill In the 1980's hair metal and new wave were king. It must have been really hard to be a prog band in those days because so many of them felt the urge to jump on the pop bandwagon to try to stay afloat.
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I really wish I'd gotten this CD a month or so earlier. It would have been a perfect fit in our October issue because it definitely has a spooky angle to it.
Nektar - Recycled Review by Gary Hill Recycled is arguably the masterwork by this fairly obscure progressive rock band. Basically an epic piece divided into 11 movements, Recycled utilizes the tools of progressive rock (both unique and reminiscent of other bands) to create a very interesting piece of work.
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Nektar - Recycled (Remaster) Review by Gary Hill In the world of '70's progressive rock there are the clear leaders of the pack, bands like Genesis, Yes, Kansas and King Crimson. These groups achieved both critical and commercial succes while producing their brand of the complex musical form.
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Nektar - Remember The Future Review by Gary Hill There are those who consider Remember The Future to be the creative peak of Nektar's career. Certainly there are reasons to buy into that philosophy.
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Nektar - Remember The Future (Remaster) Review by Gary Hill Another classic album from the progressive rock cult legends Nektar, this is part of their series of remasters of their back catalog. This album, a concept one consisting of two extended pieces (technically one piece, but limitations of the vinyl LP time format necessitated their splitting it into two sections) is one of the most impressive pieces of work from the band, and arguably the genre in general.
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I am a big fan of pretty much anything Billy Sherwood is involved with and I love Supertramp, so when I heard Sherwood was in charge of assembling an all star tribute to Supertramp, I was excited.
This album is fully instrumental. It’s a great disc, too. Some of the music here has appeared elsewhere (although most of the time in different arrangements)
This four-CD set has some great music contained within. We get some of the bigger prog acts in terms of songs from Renaissance, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Electric Light Orchestra, Procol Harum and Yes.
