Pathfinder (album)

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Pathfinder
Beggars Opera - Pathfinder.jpg
Studio album by Beggars Opera
Released 1972
Genre Progressive rock
Length37:53
Label Vertigo
Producer Beggars Opera
Beggars Opera chronology
Waters of Change
(1971) Waters of Change1971
Pathfinder
(1972)
Get Your Dog Off Me!
(1973)Get Your Dog Off Me!1973

Pathfinder is the third album by the Scottish progressive band Beggars Opera, published in 1972.

Progressive rock is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States throughout the mid to late 1960s. Initially termed "progressive pop", the style was an outgrowth of psychedelic bands who abandoned standard pop traditions in favour of instrumentation and compositional techniques more frequently associated with jazz, folk, or classical music. Additional elements contributed to its "progressive" label: lyrics were more poetic, technology was harnessed for new sounds, music approached the condition of "art", and the studio, rather than the stage, became the focus of musical activity, which often involved creating music for listening, not dancing.

Beggars Opera were a progressive rock band from Glasgow, Scotland, formed in Glasgow in 1969 by guitarist Ricky Gardiner, vocalist Martin Griffiths, and bassist Marshall Erskine. The line-up consisted of Ricky Gardiner (guitar/vocals), Alan Park (keyboards), Martin Griffiths (vocals),(born 8 October 1949,Newcastle upon Tyne) Marshall Erskine (bass/flute) and Raymond Wilson (drums). After working together building parts of the M40 Motorway near Beaconsfield, the lads moved back to Glasgow to look for an organist and drummer and found Alan Park and Ray Wilson. After an intensive time in rehearsal they took up residency at Burns Howff club/pub in West Regent Street in the center of Glasgow. Tours of Europe followed and the band found success in Germany, appearing on German TV’s legendary “Beat Club” then at the First British Rock Meeting in Speyer in September 1971.

Contents

Overview

The Mellotron, as found on its predecessor Waters of Change had all but vanished. The music here is pretty much early '70s song-based progressive, typical of the British scene of the time, dominated by the Hammond organ. It is quite an accessible album with catchy and solid melodies. [1]

<i>Waters of Change</i> 1971 studio album by Beggars Opera

Waters of Change is the second album by the Scottish progressive band Beggars Opera, published in 1971.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Hobo"4:40
2."MacArthur Park"8:20
3."The Witch"5:26
4."Pathfinder"3:44
5."From Shark to Haggis"6:38
6."Stretcher"4:50
7."Madame Doubtfire"4:15
Total length:37:53

Personnel

Ricky Gardiner is a guitarist and composer.

Technical

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References

  1. Reviews at Prog Archives