Label: Burning Airlines (UK), PILOT 56a
Style: Psychedelic Rock, Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 61:43
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 387 Mb
Founded in London, UK in 1967 - Renamed as Fairfield Parlour in 1970 - Disbanded in 1972
The
English band KALEIDOSCOPE (not to be confused with American band
KALEIDOSCOPE which existed at the same time and played basically
psychedelic rock too) is an almost forgotten band from the late sixties
and early seventies.
The band started its recording activities in
1967 as KALEIDOSCOPE, but the band was formed back in 1963 with the name
THE SIDEKICKS and changed to THE KEY later. In the beginning, the
line-up was Eddie Pumer on guitar, Steve Clark on bass and Danny
Bridgman on drums, but they later needed a new vocalist and Peter
Daltrey joined (he played keyboards too). They played local venues and
released singles, but when they signed a contract with Phillips, they
changed the name of the band and started playing their own psychedelic
rock compositions instead of the covers they used to play before. The
combination of Pumer's musical arrangements and Daltrey's lyrics was the
main power of the group.
In 1967 was released their first album,
'Tangerine Dream'. The album comprises fine psychedelic songs with
experimentations and arrangements like many of the top psychedelic and
early progressive bands from that age (THE BEATLES, PINK FLOYD, THE
MOODY BLUES). They got lots of airplay and recorded many BBC sessions,
but didn?t sell well. They eventually released more singles, like 'Jenny
Artichoke', which was a success, but sold poorly, and another album,
'Faintly Blowing'. It was released in 1969, showing a progression of
it's predecessor in terms of sound. Although still psychedelic, the
compositions were getting more progressive. The album unfortunately
failed to chart.
They released a final single, 'Balloon', before
changing the name to FAIRFIELD PARLOUR and becoming totally progressive
oriented. The band didn't achieve success and they were unlucky at the
time, failing to chart and having problems (including some sabotage) in
all great gigs they had, including the famous Isle of Wight, which they
were the responsibles for the 'Theme Song' of the festival (released
under the name of I LUV WIGHT).
WHITE FACED LADY was their last
album, recorded in 1971 partly with the help of Mike Pinder, from THE
MOODY BLUES. The album was a conceptual double-album with many
orchestral arrangements. The band had a deal with Vertigo at that time,
but the responsible quit Vertigo and moved to CBS. So they were to
release it on CBS, but CBS refused to release their album and it stayed
shelved for twenty years, being released in 1991 by a label they created
just to release the album, Kaleidoscope Records, under the name of
KALEIDOSCOPE, although recorded under the FAIRFIELD PARLOUR encarnation
of the band. The band split in 1972 due to the lack of results and luck
(they were offered less than 20 dollars to play the last gigs). So this
was the end of this great psychedelic and progressive rock band which
had talent to be one of the major progressive rock acts of their age but
died prematurely due to bad luck in the crucial moments. It is highly
recommended because they were one of the first progressive rock bands
that evoluted with the genre and made a fantastic work, mainly their
excellent conceptual album 'White Faced Lady'.
(progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=2282)
01. Aries (03:18)
02. Bordeaux Rose (02:38)
03. In My Box (01:59)
04. By Your Bedside (02:34)
05. Soldier Of The Flesh (03:37)
06. I Will Always Feel The Same (01:47)
07. Free (04:16)
08. Emily (05:15)
09. Chalk On The Wall (01:04)
10. The Glorious House Of Authur (02:44)
11. Monkey (02:19)
12. Sunnyside Circus (02:42)
13. The Drummer Boy Of Shiloh (03:15)
14. Just Another Day (02:33)
15. Caraminda (01:59)
16. Song For You (01:19)
17. I Am All The Animals (01:01)
18. Bordeaux Rose (New Version (04:22)
19. Baby, Stay For Tonight (03:03)
20. Medieval Masquerade (02:37)
21. Eye Witness (03:05)
22. Let The World Wash In (04:07)
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