Rainbow Band
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Lainaus Piotr Tucholskin sivuilta:
Rainbow Band/Midnight Sun
If I have to choose just one record as a example of Danish 70-ies rock I would have no doubts that it must be the first album of Rainbow Band. The band was called a super group - Peer Frost (one of best Scandinavian guitar players) was a former member of Young Flowers, Bent Hasselmann (sax, flute) and Lars Bisgaard (vocal) played in Maxwells, Bo Stief (bass) and Niels Brønsted (piano) were skillful jazz musicians, Carsten Smedegaard was a drummer in the lesser known group The Beathovens.
They released the album in 1970 – it is excellent refined changing tempo progressive jazz-rock with complex rhythms and expanded jazzy chords. The music was composed mainly by Brønsted and Hasselmann and the zen-buddhist lyrics were written by Andy Levin and Bisgaard. This album has an interesting history. In 1970, when record was about to appear in shops, Lars Bisgaard left the group. He was replaced by Allan Mortensen (ex-Tears). Musicians made decision to re-record the album. Some tracks were re-mastered with new vocal, some were re-recorded, two tracks Nobody and B.M. (that were recorded on the original album as one composition) were split. The only new composition is Sippin’ Wine, written by Mortensen. The vinyl appeared with the same cover design – beautiful painting by Anne Marie Brauges. Soon after, the Canadian group Rainbow Band registered their name and the Danish band had to change it. Under a new name Midnight Sun, they released the same album again in different sleeve design by Roger Dean. Let’s try to compare both records. Certainly, they seem to be very similar, but the first one is more refined and tasteful. Bisgaard’s vocal is calm comparing to Mortensen’s more aggressive and jazzy. The whole Midnight Sun’s album has feeling more like fusion jazz-rock.
On the next album Mortensen was replaced by Frank Lauridsen (playing also harmonica). This work is less refined than previous ones. First track Can You Hear the Music Play flows into pop-rock but later is much better. Hesselmann plays sax more like Karsten Vogel. It interplays well with sharp sound of Frost’s guitar (A La Turca). There are also more subtle moments like Winds Gonna Blow. It is surely difficult to find comparison to first self-titled album but Walikng Circles is worth listening. The group recorded one more record Midnight Dream that is one step towards easier rock with pop tendencies. For me the best track is Batum that bases on traditional song.
Discography:
As Rainbow Band:
1. Rainbow Band – 1970 Sonet
As Midnight Sun:
2. Midnight Sun – 1971 Sonet
3. Walking Circles – 1972 Sonet
4. Midnight Dream – 1974 Sonet
Reissues:
[1]+[2] 2LP - Sonet 1979
[2]+[3] 2LP - Sonet 1980
[2] CD - Black Rose Records 1999
[3]+[4] CD - Free Records 2000
If I have to choose just one record as a example of Danish 70-ies rock I would have no doubts that it must be the first album of Rainbow Band. The band was called a super group - Peer Frost (one of best Scandinavian guitar players) was a former member of Young Flowers, Bent Hasselmann (sax, flute) and Lars Bisgaard (vocal) played in Maxwells, Bo Stief (bass) and Niels Brønsted (piano) were skillful jazz musicians, Carsten Smedegaard was a drummer in the lesser known group The Beathovens.
They released the album in 1970 – it is excellent refined changing tempo progressive jazz-rock with complex rhythms and expanded jazzy chords. The music was composed mainly by Brønsted and Hasselmann and the zen-buddhist lyrics were written by Andy Levin and Bisgaard. This album has an interesting history. In 1970, when record was about to appear in shops, Lars Bisgaard left the group. He was replaced by Allan Mortensen (ex-Tears). Musicians made decision to re-record the album. Some tracks were re-mastered with new vocal, some were re-recorded, two tracks Nobody and B.M. (that were recorded on the original album as one composition) were split. The only new composition is Sippin’ Wine, written by Mortensen. The vinyl appeared with the same cover design – beautiful painting by Anne Marie Brauges. Soon after, the Canadian group Rainbow Band registered their name and the Danish band had to change it. Under a new name Midnight Sun, they released the same album again in different sleeve design by Roger Dean. Let’s try to compare both records. Certainly, they seem to be very similar, but the first one is more refined and tasteful. Bisgaard’s vocal is calm comparing to Mortensen’s more aggressive and jazzy. The whole Midnight Sun’s album has feeling more like fusion jazz-rock.
On the next album Mortensen was replaced by Frank Lauridsen (playing also harmonica). This work is less refined than previous ones. First track Can You Hear the Music Play flows into pop-rock but later is much better. Hesselmann plays sax more like Karsten Vogel. It interplays well with sharp sound of Frost’s guitar (A La Turca). There are also more subtle moments like Winds Gonna Blow. It is surely difficult to find comparison to first self-titled album but Walikng Circles is worth listening. The group recorded one more record Midnight Dream that is one step towards easier rock with pop tendencies. For me the best track is Batum that bases on traditional song.
Discography:
As Rainbow Band:
1. Rainbow Band – 1970 Sonet
As Midnight Sun:
2. Midnight Sun – 1971 Sonet
3. Walking Circles – 1972 Sonet
4. Midnight Dream – 1974 Sonet
Reissues:
[1]+[2] 2LP - Sonet 1979
[2]+[3] 2LP - Sonet 1980
[2] CD - Black Rose Records 1999
[3]+[4] CD - Free Records 2000
Toi Rainbow Bandin levy on kiva sekoitus menevämpiä kipaleita kuten levyn avausraita josta tuleekin mieleen Burnin Red Ivanhoe eikä vähiten laulusta todella hyvä kappale välistä levyllä mennään jazzrockin puolelle. Levy sisältää hienoa kitarointia eikä muutenkaan voi moittia soittajia. Kummiskin minusta noi levyn rockaavimmat palat on paremmistoa.
Midnight Sunin versio on tavallaan raaenpi ja suoraviivasempi versio samasta levystä eikä kyllä niin mielenkiintoinen.
Nyt löytyikin melkoisen kattava saitti Tanska-progesta.
Kyllä on tuo RAINBOW BAND albumi komeaa katsottavaa.
Taitaa vaan alkup. vinyyli maksaa satoja euroja jos myytävänä jossain olisikin. Tutkimusmatkalle pääsee osoitteesta:
http://www.geocities.com/piotrt.geo/Tarkus/Denmark/denmark1.htm
Nyt löytyikin melkoisen kattava saitti Tanska-progesta.
Et siis vilassu tuota yllä tarjottua linkkiä? ;)
Nyt löytyikin melkoisen kattava saitti Tanska-progesta.
Et siis vilassu tuota yllä tarjottua linkkiä? ;)
No kappas! Enpä häntä huomannutkaan, mutta pääasia, että hyvä sivusto on nyt mahdollisimman monien tiedossa kahden
linkin voimin.