Classic 1983 Prog Album By The Gardening
Club Reissued With Bonus Tracks!
Gonzo Multimedia has reissued the debut
album by the Gardening Club! Originally released in 1983, this Prog influenced
record was “the right album at the wrong time.” It has now been re-released with
an additional five studio tracks complementing the albums original twelve
tracks.
The CD package sports the
original Gardening Club cover and includes a 24 page illustrated lyric booklet,
created especially for this re-release by musician/artist, Martin
Springett.
Says
Martin, “I am thrilled that this music is finally seeing the light of day. I
felt at the time that it was special, the perfect marriage of my art and music,
influenced as I was by all the classic Prog music of my youth, and the
wonderfully over the top and imaginative packaging. I have been in Canada for
many years now, but as many listeners have told me, I have retained my 'English
sound.'”
“The record sounds like the ‘70s; channels
the aesthetic and narrative attributes of Middle Ages poetry and art; was
released during the heyday of futurist pop, and is now being reimagined more
than 30 years later.” - Jeff Low, Broken Pencil
“Now this is that classic prog rock sound
that we all love so deeply and dearly...Just a gorgeous, inimitable, eternal
album, that deserves to live forever.” - Julian
Ryan, Discogs.com
Martin Springett was born in the U K but
moved with his family to Canada in 1965. In 1969 in Vancouver he recorded an
album of settings of Tolkien's poems from Lord Of The Rings and the Hobbit.
Alas, Christopher Tolkien did not allow the record to be released. Martin played
in bands and toured in Canada and the U S, but returned to England in 1971 to
seek a record deal. He toured in Europe with a band called Gateway Driver, based
in Hanover. Upon returning to Canada, a move to Toronto meant entering a new
musical landscape and a Vancouver pal, Don Geppert, now a respected engineer in
the Toronto music scene worked with Martin on an LP called The Gardening Club,
which was released in 1983. Martin has continued to write create and record
music in the intervening years, releasing six independent CD's.
Martin and his band mates, Norm Macpherson,
producer and guitarist, and James Macpherson, drums and synths, recently
completed a new Gardening Club album called The Riddle. Martin is now putting
the finishing touches to the art that will accompany this record.
To purchase The Gardening Club: http://www.gonzomultimedia.co.
For more information: http://gardeningclubmusicandar
Press inquiries: Glass Onyon PR, PH:
828-350-8158 (US), glassonyonpr@gmail.com
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