David Whitehead

This should have been released 30 years ago!, 4. Juli 2011

As a died-in-the-wool Yes fan, the promise of a new album, 10 years after Magnification ("Time is Time" DID seem like the closing of the Yes' chronicles), was a thrill. Ok, the expansion of We Can Fly From Here was a bit of a surprise, especially as I already had the song as a bonus track on The Buggles' 2nd album. The first listen was an "Ah yes, that bit was Fly From Here" and then, during "Life On A Film Set", I thought "Hey, I've heard this TOO!". Indeed I had as it was another Buggles demo, polished up for 2011. Also, I was interested to hear Benoit David's voice.

So, what about the actual album? Well, it's MUCH shorter than anything the group have released since the 80s… Mehr dazu

A transformation!, 11. Juni 2010

For me, Hergest Ridge had always been, well, a bit dull. After the excitment and novelty of TB and before the thrills of Ommadawn, this was the one that didn't make the grade. But as a lifelong Oldfield fan (over 30 years now), I bought the Deluxe Edition. And wow! So different! I never really thought that the different mixes could make such a difference. The 2010 mix sounds almost like a rerecording and the 1974 mix, available for the first time on CD, is a cut above the 1976 Boxed mix which was on every CD up to now. Being a fan of the "thunderstorm" section of Part 2 (with all the multi-tracked guitars), it was always a mystery to me why 90-odd seconds of it just repeated themselves… Mehr dazu

Warum wird dieses Album vergessen?, 21. März 2007

Dieses Album war das Erste von der Gruppe aus Bietigheim. Ja, es mag ganz anders klingen wie Abenteuerland oder Mächtig Viel Theater - auch super Platte - aber sie waren jung und noch am Anfang. Diese Platte gehört viel mehr in Sammlungen von Progressiv oder Neo-Prog - es könnte fast von Marillion, Genesis oder sogar Yes stammen. Für eine Platte, die ursprünglich nur bei Konzerten verkauft wurde, ist die Qualität des Spielens einwandfrei und die Melodien auch super. Warum wird dieses Album vergessen? Unbedingt reinhören!