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DescriptionFruupp - Future Legends (2016) Mini LP SHM Blu-spec FLAC Beolab1700 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Fruupp - 1973 Future Legends (Mini LP Blu-spec CD Wasabi Japan 2016) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist...............: Fruupp Album................: 1973 Future Legends (Mini LP Blu-spec CD Wasabi Japan 2016) Genre................: Prog Rock Source...............: CD Year.................: 2016 Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520 Codec................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) Version..............: reference libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917 Quality..............: Lossless, (avg. compression: 56 %) Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit Tags.................: VorbisComment Information..........: CD IMAGE - LOG - CUE - SCANS --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tracklisting --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1973 Future Legends A strong debut effort that, despite some searing guitar work by Vince McCusker and a well-placed howl by Peter Farelly in “Decision,” remains a strangely low-key work. This may be due to the contemplative nature of Stephen Houston’s keyboard and string parts. The erstwhile title tracks that bookend the album are instrumental throwaways, but several of the intervening numbers are impressive in their range and instrumental prowess. “Olde Tyme Future” is an ultimately hopeful elegy for an Irish homeland that seems unable to escape its own bitter past, alternating stark vocals and organ-driven instrumentals. “Song for Thought” uses the old progressive structure of spiraling fugues easing into slow blues on the verses, and it works wonderfully here. 01 Future Legends 02 Decision 03 As Day Breaks With Dawn 04 Graveyard Epistle 05 Lord Of The Incubus 06 Olde Tyme Future 07 Song For A Thought 08 Future Legends Bonus Track 09 On A Clear Day --------------------------------------------------------------------- One of the hardest-working progressive bands to end up languishing in relative obscurity, Fruupp was begun in 1971 by guitarist Vince McCusker. After a brief musical apprenticeship in London, McCusker returned to Belfast and quickly pulled together a group of largely classically trained musicians; the lineup was unusual in that keyboardist Stephen Houston doubled on the oboe. (The unusual band name was taken from a Lectreset sheet.) The band’s resulting sound is not unlike Spring or early Genesis, with primary composers McCusker and Houston acting as foils for each other: Houston’s cello, oboe, and violin typically lend dark folk textures beneath McCusker’s aggressive guitar parts and Peter Farelly’s Celtic-influenced vocals. After two years of gigging, they shopped their demo tape around and were picked up by Pye Records for their Dawn label. Between 1973 and 1975, Fruupp released four albums, the last of which was produced by King Crimson alum Ian McDonald; the band also toured in support of Crimson. Despite playing hundreds of gigs per year throughout the U.K. and Europe during this period, their record sales never quite took off, and the band closed up shop after a final London gig at the Roundhouse in 1976. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sharing Widget |