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Lisnaholic · 01-25-2016, 10:47 AM

I can't believe that yesterday was the very first time that I heard anything by Third Ear Band. Their first album, Alchemy, came out in 1969, so they are real pioneers in several different areas. It's as if Soft Machine met GodSpeedYouBlackEmperor while on holiday in India and they decided to jam together with the locals. Anyway, this clip runs for 15 mins, so you can work out their sound for yourselves:-

^ Although the two tracks here aren't named, in length if nothing else they are typical of the album I'm starting out with: an officially self-titled album that fans have labelled Elements because there are just 4 tracks, each devoted to one of the 4 elements. Fabulous stuff, imo.

01-25-2016, 10:47 AM	#20 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	I can't believe that yesterday was the very first time that I heard anything by Third Ear Band. Their first album, Alchemy, came out in 1969, so they are real pioneers in several different areas. It's as if Soft Machine met GodSpeedYouBlackEmperor while on holiday in India and they decided to jam together with the locals. Anyway, this clip runs for 15 mins, so you can work out their sound for yourselves:- ^ Although the two tracks here aren't named, in length if nothing else they are typical of the album I'm starting out with: an officially self-titled album that fans have labelled Elements because there are just 4 tracks, each devoted to one of the 4 elements. Fabulous stuff, imo. __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953 Last edited by Lisnaholic; 01-25-2016 at 07:55 PM. Reason: typo