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Rare Bird's unpolished but sturdy brand of early progressive rock was built on their heavy keyboard implementations, as they were one of the few bands to produce music without the employment of an electric guitar. Using only a couple of keyboards, a bass guitar, and drums, Rare Bird represented the simplest form of synthesizer prog, but their music ranged anywhere from busy and rambunctious to light and delicate sounding. Sympathy is a compilation that takes five songs from their 1969 self-titled debut album and four tracks from 1970s As Your Mind Flies By and unites them conveniently on one disc. Starting off with the modest, elementary organ runs in "Sympathy," the album moves on to more layered pieces like "Bird on a Wing" and "What You Want to Know," highlighting the sometimes strained vocals of Steve Gould. Hippie-esque grooves and portions of '60s psychedelia surface time and again throughout the music, but are soon drenched with the electronic surge of Graham Field's organ. Without the complexity or the multi-layered intricacies that other progressive bands were fusing into their music, Rare Bird stuck to a format that singled out the workings of each instrument so that overlapping very rarely occurred. As a result, their inherent musical methods were easy to appreciate as this type of raw prog began to deteriorate among a busier-sounding group of bands like Emerson, Lake & Palmer and King Crimson, as well as the advent of German progressive music and Krautrock. Sympathy is a fine example of this band's unembellished style of progressive rock.
© Mike DeGagne /TiVo
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Danny Thompson, Producer - John Anthony, Producer - Rare Bird, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
(C) 1990 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1990 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1969 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Virgin Records Ltd.
John Anthony, Producer - Rare Bird, Composer, MainArtist - Steve Gould, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Ashton, Drums, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - David Kaffinetti, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Graham Field, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1990 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1990 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1969 Virgin Records Limited
John Anthony, Producer - Rare Bird, Composer, MainArtist - Steve Gould, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Ashton, Drums, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - David Kaffinetti, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Graham Field, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1990 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1990 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1969 Virgin Records Limited
John Anthony, Producer - Rare Bird, Composer, MainArtist - Steve Gould, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Ashton, Drums, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - David Kaffinetti, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Graham Field, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1990 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1990 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1969 Virgin Records Limited
John Anthony, Producer - Rare Bird, Composer, MainArtist - Steve Gould, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Ashton, Drums, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - David Kaffinetti, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Graham Field, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1990 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1990 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1970 Virgin Records Limited
John Anthony, Producer - Rare Bird, MainArtist - Steve Gould, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Ashton, Drums, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - David Kaffinetti, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Graham Field, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
(C) 1990 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1990 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1969 Virgin Records Limited
Rare Bird, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Steve Gould, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Ashton, Drums, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - David Kaffinetti, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Graham Field, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1990 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1990 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1970 Virgin Records Limited
Rare Bird, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Steve Gould, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Ashton, Drums, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - David Kaffinetti, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Graham Field, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1990 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1990 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1970 Virgin Records Limited
Rare Bird, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Steve Gould, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Ashton, Drums, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - David Kaffinetti, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Graham Field, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1990 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1990 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1970 Virgin Records Limited
Album review
Rare Bird's unpolished but sturdy brand of early progressive rock was built on their heavy keyboard implementations, as they were one of the few bands to produce music without the employment of an electric guitar. Using only a couple of keyboards, a bass guitar, and drums, Rare Bird represented the simplest form of synthesizer prog, but their music ranged anywhere from busy and rambunctious to light and delicate sounding. Sympathy is a compilation that takes five songs from their 1969 self-titled debut album and four tracks from 1970s As Your Mind Flies By and unites them conveniently on one disc. Starting off with the modest, elementary organ runs in "Sympathy," the album moves on to more layered pieces like "Bird on a Wing" and "What You Want to Know," highlighting the sometimes strained vocals of Steve Gould. Hippie-esque grooves and portions of '60s psychedelia surface time and again throughout the music, but are soon drenched with the electronic surge of Graham Field's organ. Without the complexity or the multi-layered intricacies that other progressive bands were fusing into their music, Rare Bird stuck to a format that singled out the workings of each instrument so that overlapping very rarely occurred. As a result, their inherent musical methods were easy to appreciate as this type of raw prog began to deteriorate among a busier-sounding group of bands like Emerson, Lake & Palmer and King Crimson, as well as the advent of German progressive music and Krautrock. Sympathy is a fine example of this band's unembellished style of progressive rock.
© Mike DeGagne /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:02
- Main artists: Rare Bird
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Charisma Catalogue
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1990 Virgin Records Limited ℗ 1970 Virgin Records Limited
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