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Gardening Club, The - The Gardening Club
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"The Gardening Club" is
a re-edition of the originally released album in 1983 branded with the same
name. This is a project of an
Englishman living in the ocean, Martin Springett, who in the 70s and 80s of the
last century acted, rather with moderate success, in various rock
formations.
Wytwórnia Gonzo
Multimedia , which
has made a compact reissue of a long-forgotten album, added up to 12 original
tracks to 5 additional studio recordings, making "The Gardening Club" a massive,
74-minute volume and advertising it as "the right album released at the wrong
time". In fact, the year of the
release of this album is the new romantic era and the still-well-new
wave. Young people playing
progressive rock did not want to hear about it (well, except for the debuting in
the same year under the EMI Marillion group). No wonder that the
release of the album "The Gardening Club" passed almost
unnoticed. Does he have a chance to
rediscover now? Apparently Martin
Spingett is currently working on the second album
of The Gardening
ClubSo for sure from the
marketing point of view, the idea of re-edition of the album from 1983 is a
hit. The more so because the
resume is enriched with not only bonus recordings, but a fabulously colorful
24-page booklet in which you can find graphic illustrations (also by
Springetta!) Of each of the tracks on the album.
And
musically? On the album we are
dealing with sounds typical of the 70s and music maintained in the spirit of
King Crimson 'colorful albums' (Martin Springett's singing sometimes resembles
the voice of Adrian Belew), early Genesis, and above all a lot of acoustic
guitars, nice for the ear melody and good organic playing in the style of the
Camel group. For this type of
playing, the 'pastoral prog' label is often glued and, in my opinion, this term
fits well with the nature of The Gardening Club music. The album is a mixture
of vocal and instrumental pieces very well produced by Don Geppert, who made
sure that the noble sounds of the soprano saxophone played by Bob Brough did not
get blurred in the rock sound of The Gardening Club. Album sounds consistent,
has a nice 'flow'and despite the gigantic
portion of the music it contains, it is completely obeyed without nervous
movements in the form of skipping to the next tracks.
I would not call The
Gardening Club a 'lost masterpiece'. But this is a piece of
really nice music, which I recommend with a clear conscience to listeners
appreciating the old good music moods maintained in the spirit of the
characteristic Camelian sound.
CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM GONZO
 | The Gardening Club CD - £9.99 |
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