CMU - Open Spaces (Reissue) (1971/2008)
Artist: CMU
Title: Open Spaces
Year Of Release: 1971/2008
Label: Esoteric Recordings
Genre: Art Rock, Prog Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Quality: Flac (image, .cue, log)
Total Time: 40:59
Total Size: 243 Mb (scans)
WebSite: Album Preview
Title: Open Spaces
Year Of Release: 1971/2008
Label: Esoteric Recordings
Genre: Art Rock, Prog Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Quality: Flac (image, .cue, log)
Total Time: 40:59
Total Size: 243 Mb (scans)
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:
1. Henry (L. Odell, R. Odell) - 4:42
2. Voodoo Man (L. Odell, R. Odell) - 4:35
3. Slow And Lonesome Blues (Ed Lee) - 5:06
4. Chanticleer (J. Gordon, L. Odell, Ed Lee, T. Mortimer) - 6:10
5. Japan (Sanders, arr. CMU) - 2:44
6. Clown (J. Gordon, Ed Lee) - 2:34
7. Mystical Sounds (L. Odell, R. Odell) - 3:11
8. Open Spaces (Ed Lee, T. Mortimer) - 11:34
Line-up::
Jim Gordon - Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
Ian Hamlett - Guitar
Larraine Odell - Vocals
Leary Hasson - Keyboards
Roger Odell - Drums
Ed Lee - Bass
Terry Mortimer - Guitar, Fuzz Guitar, Organ, Piano
A weird eclectic group that ended up recording two albums on a folk specialist label Transatlantic, CMU is not a folk rock group as often described. Their line-up was never really stable during the group's existence, but at the time of their debut album, they were a sextet featuring male and female vocals (something very common in folk and folk rock circles), but also multi-instrumentalists like guitar/flute or keyboards/guitars/violin.
Opening on the quirky and mad Henry track, CMU offers a cool eclectic music that borders pop music, but remains "rock" enough to interest most progheads, with plenty of tempo changes and fun twists. Voodoo Man is a blues with an early-Doors vibe. As you'll guess by reading the title of the following track, we have another blues-rock track, this time more pedestrian and acoustic and overstaying a bit its welcome, even if it has a controlled chaos passage and ending. Chantecleer is probably the most experimental track of the album with its electronics twiddlings..
Opening on the quirky and mad Henry track, CMU offers a cool eclectic music that borders pop music, but remains "rock" enough to interest most progheads, with plenty of tempo changes and fun twists. Voodoo Man is a blues with an early-Doors vibe. As you'll guess by reading the title of the following track, we have another blues-rock track, this time more pedestrian and acoustic and overstaying a bit its welcome, even if it has a controlled chaos passage and ending. Chantecleer is probably the most experimental track of the album with its electronics twiddlings..