Bruford - One Of A Kind (1979) {2019, CD/DVD Expanded & Remixed}

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Artist: Bruford
Title: One Of A Kind
Year Of Release: 1979 / 2019
Label: Winterfold Records #WFBX2
Genre: Jazz Rock, Fusion, Progressive Rock
Quality: FLAC (Img+Cue,Log) / MP3 CBR320 | DVD5: MPEG-2, NTSC 720x480 (16:9), VBR / DD 5.1, 48/16, 448 kb/s; DD 2.0, 48/16, 384 kb/s
Total Time: 00:52:09 | 00:47:06 + 00:51:49
Total Size: 317 / 148 Mb (Full Scans) | 2,58 Gb
WebSite: Album Preview

One of a Kind is an album by the British band Bruford. It was released in 1979 and is a collection of progressive melodies with much jazz exploration, in style that can be defined within the limits of jazz fusion. The group led by drummer Bill Bruford features guitarist Allan Holdsworth, bassist Jeff Berlin and keyboardist Dave Stewart. Some of the material ("Forever Until Sunday", which features an (originally) uncredited Eddie Jobson on violin, and "The Sahara of Snow") was originally performed live by U.K. on its 1978 tour, but taken for use on this album when Holdsworth and Bruford exited that band. Stewart's "Hell's Bells" used a fragment penned by his former National Health colleague Alan Gowen (the 3-chord pattern underlying the guitar solo).

Bill Bruford ended his brief affair with U.K. and condensed his original outfit to a quartet, releasing a second album of sinewy, celebratory jazz/rock fusion, One of a Kind. Good-humored twists and turns abound in the music, punctuated by Bruford's steadying if slightly subversive rhythms, Allan Holdsworth's flashes of fire, Jeff Berlin's insistent bass, and Dave Stewart's remarkably colorful keyboards. At the heart of many of these songs is an uplifting melody, a trait shared with fusion artists like Weather Report and Jean-Luc Ponty, though Bruford's outfit favors a faster pace than the former and pursues more musical avenues in a single song than the latter. When he takes to tuned percussion, Bruford can even sound like Frank Zappa (both bands have a funky side to them). Standout cuts this time include "Hell's Bells," "Fainting in Coils" (which, in an indirect link to his previous employers, would have felt at home on Robert Fripp's Exposure), "Five G," and "The Sahara of Snow." The remaining tracks are a little less muscular, and the band's strength would seem to lie in fusion propelled by the complex rhythmic patterns of Bruford and Berlin (i.e., when the band leans closer to the rock side of the fusion family). Those who enjoy their fusion with a healthy dose of rock will find One of a Kind a fair match for anything from Return to Forever or Brand X. Note that many of these songs also appear in live versions on the beat-the-boots release The Bruford Tapes.

~ Dave Connolly, All Music

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Bruford - One Of A Kind (1979) {2019, CD/DVD Expanded & Remixed}

Track List CD:

2017 Remixed

01. Hell's Bells [3:47]
02. One of a Kind - Part One [2:20]
03. One of a Kind - Part Two [4:02]
04. Travels with Myself - And Someone Else [6:15]
05. Fainting in Coils [6:54]
06. Five G [4:46]
07. The Abingdon Chasp [4:52]
08. Forever Until Sunday [5:48]
09. The Sahara of Snow - Part One [5:22]
10. The Sahara of Snow - Part Two [3:24]
11. Five G (Previously Unreleased Out-Take) [4:39]

Personnel:
Allan Holdsworth - electric guitar
Dave Stewart - keyboards, synthesizers
Jeff Berlin - bass
Bill Bruford - percussion, drums, speaking the role of the Mock Turtle on "Fainting in Coils"

With:
Eddie Jobson - violin on "Forever Until Sunday"
Anthea Norman Taylor (currently Mrs. Brian Eno) - speaking the role of Alice on "Fainting in Coils"
Sam Alder (of E.G. Records) - voice of the narrator on "Fainting in Coils"
John Clark - electric guitar on "Manacles" (instead of Holdsworth, who did not tour for this album)

Track List DVD:

2017 Surround Version [00:47:06]

01. Hell’s Bells
02. One Of A Kind - Part One
03. One Of A Kind - Part Two
04. Travels With Myself - And Someone Else
05. Fainting In Coils
06. Five G
07. The Abingdon Chasp
08. Forever Until Sunday
09. The Sahara Of Snow - Part One
10. The Sahara Of Snow - Part Two

Original 1979 Version [00:51:49]

01. Hell’s Bells
02. One Of A Kind - Part One
03. One Of A Kind - Part Two
04. Travels With Myself - And Someone Else
05. Fainting In Coils
06. Five G
07. The Abingdon Chasp
08. Forever Until Sunday
09. The Sahara Of Snow - Part One
10. The Sahara Of Snow - Part Two
11. Five G Out-Take

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