Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Khan - Space Shanty -1972 {Out of Print}

Thanks to Just Johnny and rockandrollarchives.net!

Khan - Space Shanty -1972
Studio Recordings @ 320
{Out of Print}

Khan was a short lived British prog rock band. Space Shanty was the only album as far as I know but it is a beauty. It features some great guitar work from Steve Hillage and any album that has Dave Stewart on keyboards has a head start. The sound is Canterbury-based, and the album would appeal to Caravan and Hatfield and the North fans, but there is more than that here. Hillage was a great rock guitarist and some of the riffs are heavy. Accompanied by Stewart's screaming keyboards the band rocks. Nick Greenwood and Eric Peachey are a solid rhythm section. Space Shanty is one of the forgotten albums of prog but well worth checking out.


Tracks:
All tracks written by Steve Hillage except where noted.
01. Space Shanty (incl. The Cobalt Sequence And March Of The Sine Squadrons) - 8:59
02. Stranded (incl. Effervescent Psychonovelty No.5) - 6:35
03. Mixed Up Man Of The Mountains (Steve Hillage, Nick Greenwood) - 7:12
04. Driving To Amsterdam - 9:21
05. Stargazers - 5:31
06. Hollow Stone (incl. Escape Of The Space Pilots) - 8:16
Bonuses:
07. Break The Chains (Steve Hillage, Nick Greenwood) - 3:23
08. Mixed Up Man Of The Mountains (First version) (Steve Hillage, Nick Greenwood) - 4:24


Personnel:
- Steve Hillage - guitars, vocals
- Nick Greenwood - bass, vocals
- Eric Peachey - drums
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- Dave Stewart - organ, piano, skyceleste, marimbas
- Neil Slaven - producer





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3 comments:

  1. This wasn't the first Hillage/Stewart collaboration - blogreaders will have already spotted this one:

    http://floppybootstomp-ii.blogspot.com/2015/01/arzachel-self-titled-1969.html.

    Meanwhile, I have two great radio broadcasts of Hillage gigs from 1977 and 1979; shout out if you want them!

    Cheers, Dave Sez.

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  2. Details of the two radio gigs are here (but links dead):

    http://soundaboard.blogspot.com/search/label/Steve%20Hillage

    Cheers, Dave Sez.

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  3. Thanks for posting this - I kinda like Hillage's stuff in spite of myself, so I'm eager to check this out.

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