Waters of Change

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Waters of Change
Beggars Opera - Waters of Change.jpg
Studio album by Beggars Opera
Released 1971
Recorded Command Studios and De Lane Lea Studios, London
Genre Progressive rock
Length42:03
Label Vertigo
Producer Bill Martin, Phil Coulter
Beggars Opera chronology
Act One
(1970)
Waters of Change
(1971)
Pathfinder
(1972)

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

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

With respect to its predecessor Act One , Waters of Change features a rather different sound, which is less derivative of The Nice and Deep Purple MK I, and it is often described as the band's best work. [1]

The Nice band

The Nice were an English progressive rock band active in the late 1960s. They blended rock, jazz and classical music and were keyboardist Keith Emerson's first commercially successful band.

Deep Purple English rock band

Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968. The band is considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although their musical approach changed over the years. Originally formed as a progressive rock band, the band shifted to a heavier sound in 1970. Deep Purple, together with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, have been referred to as the "unholy trinity of British hard rock and heavy metal in the early to mid-seventies". They were listed in the 1975 Guinness Book of World Records as "the globe's loudest band" for a 1972 concert at London's Rainbow Theatre, and have sold over 100 million copies of their albums worldwide.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Time Machine"Park/Griffiths/Gardiner8:00
2."Lament"Park/Wilson1:51
3."I've No Idea"Park/Griffiths7:42
4."Nimbus"Sellar/Griffiths/Gardiner3:43
5."Festival"Park/Griffiths/Erskine6:00
6."Silver Peacock (Intro)"Griffiths/Scott0:22
7."Silver Peacock"Park/Griffiths/Scott6:33
8."Impromptu"Gardiner/Scott1:14
9."The Fox"Gardiner/Griffiths/Scott6:52

Personnel

Ricky Gardiner is a guitarist and composer.

with:

Martin Birch is a British former music producer and sound engineer, who became renowned for engineering and producing albums by the British rock bands Deep Purple, Rainbow, Whitesnake, Black Sabbath, and Iron Maiden.

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References

  1. Reviews at Prog Archives