I am honestly astonished by how good this album is. Peter Cook is at the top of his game. The music is ingenious. It needs to be revived as a popular stage show or film!
This album taught me how worthless the opinion of critics is. Why any of them still exist is beyond me. No matter what you think of this album musically (or of Peter Cook's radio play) you have to hand it to them for pushing the limits of...well, of just about everything. But they didn't merely push the limits, they created an amazing work that still stands today. Now, lead me in with a count of 17 then wave your baton!
'Blint's Tune'! Astonishing. 33 years on, it's still fresh. For all the naysayers who deride Godley and Creme as clever-clever studio boffins putting style above substance, listen to the beautiful piano solo from 8.24 to 11.10.
On the day it was released, I taped it off a LP rock station in it's entirety, and when the cassette wore out, I bought the new boxed set on the cutout rack for 5 bucks, still have it. Hearing it again today is a flashback to another world. So glad it was posted.
Many thanks for posting this amazing epic weird-as-all-hell album. This REALLY needs a re-release on CD! Even the abbreviated "Music From Consequences" album remains out of print and obscenely expensive. For an epic trippy time, listen to this and Frank Zappa's "Civilization Phase III" back to back!
@Cosmik Debris except for the musical genius part, which FZ was...using genius as it ought to be used, not just another way to say extremely good or awesome or amazing or whatever. FZ was a bonafide genius in the field of music, while others were very good indeed.
Although there are a few good tracks, this album's attitude was to determine not to go anywhere. It could have been a fine single album of a collection of the strongest tracks, which I know existed in limited release and for radio. The amount of material and extended instrumental bits never amount to anything and I think it was formidable enough to just exhaust the average listener.
I remember seeing Godley and Creme on the BBC's Old Grey Whistle Test in 1977 demonstrating their new fangled Gismo guitar contraption, I couldn't wait to get hold of this box set album. ( i wonder if that Whistle Test interview is available on TH-cam anywhere)? .. i might have the audio somewhere on an old C90 cassette tape gathering dust in a box somewhere.
I also remember that show. After seeing that I even went to visit the guy they worked with at the University in Manchester and saw some of the prototypes. Biggest problem was durability of the plucking wheels as I recall.
I am honestly astonished by how good this album is. Peter Cook is at the top of his game. The music is ingenious. It needs to be revived as a popular stage show or film!
The most underrated Album of the seventies.
Genius!
I think its the worst Album of the seventies, sorry
No taste
This album taught me how worthless the opinion of critics is. Why any of them still exist is beyond me. No matter what you think of this album musically (or of Peter Cook's radio play) you have to hand it to them for pushing the limits of...well, of just about everything. But they didn't merely push the limits, they created an amazing work that still stands today. Now, lead me in with a count of 17 then wave your baton!
'Blint's Tune'! Astonishing. 33 years on, it's still fresh. For all the naysayers who deride Godley and Creme as clever-clever studio boffins putting style above substance, listen to the beautiful piano solo from 8.24 to 11.10.
The piano, the voices, the Gizmo, the story--all six sides of this gem.
An underrated work of genius
On the day it was released, I taped it off a LP rock station in it's entirety, and when the cassette wore out, I bought the new boxed set on the cutout rack for 5 bucks, still have it. Hearing it again today is a flashback to another world. So glad it was posted.
My local Rock FM station (in Vancouver Canada) played the entire album the day it was released, too! I still own my original vinyl copy.
Many thanks for posting this amazing epic weird-as-all-hell album. This REALLY needs a re-release on CD! Even the abbreviated "Music From Consequences" album remains out of print and obscenely expensive. For an epic trippy time, listen to this and Frank Zappa's "Civilization Phase III" back to back!
@Cosmik Debris except for the musical genius part, which FZ was...using genius as it ought to be used, not just another way to say extremely good or awesome or amazing or whatever. FZ was a bonafide genius in the field of music, while others were very good indeed.
Amazing piece of art and getting better with age. "Its not a good omen when goldfish commit suicide".
Brilliant when it was first created and, given the climate change scenario of today, even more so now. A masterpiece in all departments.
the first 8 minutes of this side sound like a variation on gershwin's rhapsody in blue
not
Fantastic! Thanks so much for uploading this.
Although there are a few good tracks, this album's attitude was to determine not to go anywhere. It could have been a fine single album of a collection of the strongest tracks, which I know existed in limited release and for radio. The amount of material and extended instrumental bits never amount to anything and I think it was formidable enough to just exhaust the average listener.
I remember seeing Godley and Creme on the BBC's Old Grey Whistle Test in 1977 demonstrating their new fangled Gismo guitar contraption, I couldn't wait to get hold of this box set album. ( i wonder if that Whistle Test interview is available on TH-cam anywhere)? .. i might have the audio somewhere on an old C90 cassette tape gathering dust in a box somewhere.
I also remember that show. After seeing that I even went to visit the guy they worked with at the University in Manchester and saw some of the prototypes. Biggest problem was durability of the plucking wheels as I recall.
THANK YOU for posting!!!!!
If you're not a pigeon don't eat corn. That's what I always say!
@shame69 I am surprised at how great this is. I just read AMG calling this album a travesty. Sounds beautiful, thoughtful and passionate to me.
If you're not a pigeon don't eat corn.
It's Blint with a bee flat
are we sure this isn't just a 6 part advert for their Gizmo?
sadly, even my prog m8ys don't seem to be able to chill out enough to give this beauty a proper go :(
If Lennon and McCartney had written this I wonder what the critics would ahve said.
They would have said, this is a waste of vinyl...
a meister-piece
wow
Blint's tune