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Old 01-17-2009, 02:23 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I found itstrange that at least a few people here talk about Soft Machine, Caravan, and Hatfield and the North, but no one appears to have heard of Egg. they've got a great keyboard player(Dave Stewart, who later plays in Hatfield and the North) and bassist(Mont Campbell).

heres some stuff(audio only, because there isnt any live footage of them, sadly....)

YouTube - Egg - Enneagram

YouTube - Egg - A Visit To Newport Hospital

YouTube - Egg - Long Piece No. 3: Part Two

YouTube - Egg - Germ Patrol

Also, as an interesting note, the amazing steve hillage was a member on guitar, but left before they recorded their first album.
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Old 01-17-2009, 03:21 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I don't like Egg as much as the big Canterbury bands, but they're still pretty cool -they would have been bigger if Hillage stayed with them.

I hear their new boxset (The Metronomical Society) is quite good.
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Old 01-17-2009, 03:27 PM   #3 (permalink)
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I agree, it would have done them good to keep him. although on "the civil surface" Steve Hillage guests on a couple tracks.

If you want to hear what they sounded like with steve hillage, early on, try and find the cd "Arzachel", which is basically Uriel(egg w/steve hillage). Its more of a psychadelic album than the egg stuff: YouTube - Arzachel - Clean Innocent Fun (1969)
YouTube - Arzachel - Queen St. Gang
YouTube - Arzachel - Leg (1969)

and The Metronomical Society is really good, but the sound quality could have been a bit better on some of the songs.

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Old 01-17-2009, 07:25 PM   #4 (permalink)
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I have their albums, it's just not my favourite Canterbury band. "The Civil Surface" is the album I know the best and it's good.
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Old 01-17-2009, 07:35 PM   #5 (permalink)
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they're not my favorite either, but probably my second favorite(soft machine wins IMO), with Hatfield in a close third
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Old 01-17-2009, 07:37 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Of the Canterbury bands, I'm currently enjoying Camel and Caravan the most at the moment.
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Old 01-17-2009, 07:41 PM   #7 (permalink)
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almost forgot about caravan! yeah I like them as well. "nine feet underground" is one of my favorite epic-length songs, along with "mumps"(hatfield and the north
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If we're talking about short lived Canterbury groups here, Khan and Gilgamesh don't seem to get enough attention, though I certainly wish Egg had been around longer.

Caravan and Soft Machine are thought of as the best for good reason though: the former of the two's sound basically defined Canterbury for other acts to follow.
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Old 01-18-2009, 03:30 AM   #9 (permalink)
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There's a small heap of them. Yesterday, I listened to Quiet Sun's album "Mainstream" .. another I've yet to see mentioned here.

Of Caravan, of course the whole grey and pink album is awesome. I also thoroughly enjoy For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night although I try not to overplay it.

I've also fallen a bit in love with Camel's "Music Inspired by the Snow Goose" lately.
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If we're talking about short lived Canterbury groups here, Khan and Gilgamesh don't seem to get enough attention, though I certainly wish Egg had been around longer.

Caravan and Soft Machine are thought of as the best for good reason though: the former of the two's sound basically defined Canterbury for other acts to follow.
true, "space shanty" was awesome, but I have always thought of khan as a kind of one-off sort of thing
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