Album
Of Queues And Cures
1978 · Jazz, Rock
Rare pressing on Gatefold
Of Queues And Cures is a Rock album by National Health, originally released in 1978. On Gatefold: 26 pressings tracked.
About
National Health's 1977 debut album and its follow-up, <i>Of Queues and Cures</i>, were only separated by a year, but the latter release revealed some major changes for the band who blazed into being at the tail end of U.K. prog/jazz-rock's Canterbury scene. While the debut featured several vocals by guest Amanda Parsons, <i>Queues</i> is almost entirely instrumental. And where the first record sported a two-keyboardist team of Alan Gowen and Dave Stewart (no, not the Eurhythmics member), Stewart goes it alone here. In fact, the album is something of a spotlight for Stewart's playing. From his freaky, frenetic, effects-laden organ solo on "Dreams Wide Awake" to his fluid synthesizer statements on "The Bryden 2-Step (for Amphibians)," he emerges as an enormously gifted musician. <i>Queues and Cures</i> leans more toward burning jazz fusion than the expansive prog rock of the previous album, but it bears an equal amount of complexity in the compositions, to which each band member contributed.
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Tracklist
- 1The Bryden 2-Step (For Amphibians) [Part 1]8:49
- 2The Collapso6:19
- 3Squarer for Maud11:48
- 4Dreams Wide Awake8:50
- 5Binoculars11:45
- 6Phlakaton0:08
- 7The Bryden 2-Step (For Amphibians) [Part 2]5:31
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Prog Rock
- layered
- playful
- cerebral
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Dave StewartKEYBOARDS ORGAN, ELECTRIC PIANO ORGAN, ELECTRIC PIANO, LINER NOTES
- John GreavesBASS BASS, OTHER BASS, PIANO
- Phil MillerGUITAR
- Pip PyleDRUMS DRUMS, OTHER DRUMS, PERCUSSION, HANDCLAPS
- Georgie BornCELLO
- Jimmy HastingsBASS CLARINET CLARINET CLARINET , BASS CLARINET
- Keith ThompsonGUEST , OBOE OBOE
- Paul NiemanGUEST , TROMBONE TROMBONE
- Phil MintonGUEST , TRUMPET TRUMPET
- Rick BiddulphBASS BASS, ORGAN
- Selwyn BaptisteGUEST , STEEL DRUMS STEEL DRUMS
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 26 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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