Sunday, August 11, 2024

Ekseption - 3 Originals [3LP on 2CD 1969-1970] (2004)

Year: 1969, 1970, 1970 (CD 2004)
Label: Universal Music (Germany), 981 492-2
Style: Instrumental, Progressive Rock, Classical Crossover
Country: Haarlem, Netherlands
Time: 67:18, 73:18
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 415, 439 Mb

CD1: "Ekseption" (1969) & "Beggar Julia's Time Trip" (1970). CD2: "Ekseption 3" (1970).
Ekseption was a Dutch rock band active from 1967 to 1989, playing mostly-instrumental progressive rock and classical rock. The central character in the changing roster, and the only band member present on every album, was conservatory-trained trumpeter Rein van den Broek (10 September 1945 - 11 May 2015). The band saw some commercial success in the 1970s, having Dutch top ten hit singles with their adaptations of Beethoven's "Fifth" and Bach's "Air". The second album, Beggar Julia's Time Trip (1969), won the Dutch Edison Award for album of the year, and the first five albums all went gold.
Ekseption grew out of the high-school band The Jokers, which van den Broek formed in 1958. They changed their name to The Incrowd (after the Ramsey Lewis song) before discovering that name was already taken. Finally they settled on the name Ekseption in 1967. The group played jazz, pop and R&B covers, but in 1969, shortly after keyboardist Rick van der Linden joined, they were impressed by a gig of The Nice, and van der Linden decided to concentrate on producing classical rock, modern re-interpretations of classical works for rock band. Most of their subsequent albums contain both original songs and re-interpreted classical pieces.
It quickly became evident that van der Linden had assumed leadership of the group, and in a 1972 press release interview accompanying advance copies of the album Ekseption 5 he openly said so. After 1973's Trinity album he was asked to leave the group by his bandmates, and in the fall of that year he formed a new group Trace, during which time he was replaced by Dutch keyboardist Hans Jansen. Jansen took Ekseption in a jazzier direction, with two LPs of original compositions, but lackluster sales caused the band to break up in 1976. An offshoot band, named Spin, formed later that year and released two more albums, but success also eluded them. In 1978 Trace and Spin merged to become Ekseption once again. Periodic reunions (with new members) appeared until van der Linden's death in 2006.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekseption)

01. Peace Planet (03:33)
02. B 612 (04:10)
03. Morning Rose (03:06)
04. Piece for symphonic and rock group in A minor: a) part one: Passacaglia b) pa... (05:54)
05. The Lamplighter (03:02)
06. Bottle mind (02:47)
07. On Sunday they will kill the world (03:26)
08. Another history (04:36)
09. Rondo (Concerto no. 3 in c-minor) (05:27)
10. Ave Maria (02:36)
11. Body Party (03:33)
12. Monlope (04:58)
13. Monkey dance (02:42)
14. Choral (04:05)
15. Partita no. 2 in c-minor (05:46)
16. Piccadilly sweet (13:27)

01. Ekseption 1 - The 5th (03:25)
02. Dharma (03:28)
03. Little x plus (03:31)
04. Sabre dance (03:47)
05. Air (02:53)
06. Ritual fire dance (02:15)
07. Rhapsody in blue (04:02)
08. This here (04:12)
09. Dance macabre op. 40 (02:23)
10. Canvas (02:30)
11. Beggar Julia's time trip - Ouverture (03:22)
12. Prologue (02:21)
13. Julia (02:21)
14. Flying power (00:31)
15. Adagio (03:45)
16. Space I (00:43)
17. Italian Concerto (05:02)
18. Concerto (03:53)
19. Space II (00:25)
20. Pop giant (03:54)
21. Space III (00:21)
22. Feelings (03:07)
23. Epilogue (00:56)
24. Finale - Music for mind - Theme Julia (03:59)

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