Newsgroup: it.arti.musica.rock.progressive
Titolo: (Protoprog) Dancer.

Secondo Tapestry la (ri)scoperta più importante degli ultimi anni.
Il Faraone ne parlò in termini entusiastici.
Disco completamente inedito ristampato recentemente su Kissing Spell,
non esiste ancora la scheda su Tapestry, quello che segue è tutto
ciò che sono riuscito a trovare.
Il disco è veramente molto bello.
An extract from Isle of Wight Rock - a music anthology:
In my mind three innovators came from Island rock, Anthony Minghella, Tony
Walton and Paul Athey. I first came across Tony Minghella in a little band
from school. That song of his 'You, Me and The Whip', he was writing about
sexual perversions, flying in the face of adversity. The Waltons were one of
the most innovative bands the Isle of Wight ever had. - Mike Jolliffe
All three of Mike Jolliffe's named innovators were involved in Dancer.
Anthony Minghella and Paul Athey in the band and Tony Walton as roadie. Well
known local bouncer cum impresario Wilf Pine took a fancy to Dancer's Tales
of the Riverbank a lengthy tour-de-force that was built around Anthony
Minghella's You, Me and the Whip opus.
Wilf Pine signed Dancer to Worldwide Management when we were residents at
Julisa's Ventnor. They also looked after Black Sabbath, Yes, The Groundhogs
and Gentle Giant. Dancer were funded with American money and when we got off
the boat we were taken up to the studios at Barnes in a white Rolls-Royce.
Gentle Giant were brought in to assist on the album but when Wilf Pine saw
the standard of musicianship in the band he exclaimed '******** hell! We don
't need them! - Mike Jolliffe
The album Dancer recorded at Olympia Studios in Barnes was produced by
Groundhogs guitarist Tony McPhee. The band were in fear of McPhee who
"imposed strict discipline" during the recording sessions.
It took twenty-two hours to record Tales of the Riverbank. Wilf Pine went
mad. The track was recorded in a number of sections. The guy cutting the
tape was spot on, it's probably a skill that's gone now. The LP was recorded
over a period of a month, we went up three or four times. Tony McPhee had
his arm in plaster, he still did the solo at the end of the track. - Mick
Cuffe Dancer's bassist
The album was never released. Tapes have since surfaced which confirm this
is one album that deserves a CD release.
Tony Minghella's 'You, Me and the Whip' theme is there with the words
re-written, you can hear his keyboard work. Tony McPhee does the end guitar
solo, we thought we would let him a little play. It's the change of mood and
colours that you get on a riverbank, we used to talk it through. We found an
old bit of Jimi Hendrix tape on the studio floor and put it on backwards. -
Mike Jolliffe explaining Dancer's Tales of the Riverbank
Also on the intended album is a fifteen minute version of the Soft Machine's
'Why Am I So Short?' which features Tony McPhee on moog synthesiser and
Anthony Minghella on mellotron. 'Mac's Cafe' was the intended single from
the album.
It would have been better to have left the track 'America Woods' all
acoustic. It was one of the tracks that didn't have much time spent on it. -
Mick Cuffe Dancer's bassist
With Dancer falling apart there was no point in releasing the album which
judging from the tapes we have heard should be laid before those discerning
collectors.
(so we made a start five years after the book came out):
Mind the Houses by Dancer comes from the Tales of the Riverbank album which
remained unreleased as the band were already on the verge of breaking up
when it was recorded. Mind the Houses is performed by Dancer on
Vaguely Sunny - Isle of Wight Rock anthology CD, price £10 p&p

 Il disco è veramente molto bello.
A me interesserebbe di più leggere un tuo approfondimento personale, è
possibile?
Magari in italiano..
Dancer è il nome del gruppo?
Il titolo del cd?
w

 Il titolo del cd?
Tales of the Riverbank

 solo di flauto, batteria e percussioni / finale con mellotron.
sembra interessante, mo' me lo segno...
non sarà noioso?
;-)
grazie
w

 ;-)
loffio*, è il termine esatto.
:-)
*TM wire154

 *TM wire154
Su ebay ancora non c'è, comunque è segnato
w