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Description Ripped from original CD with Exact Audio Copy.  Art, cue sheet & Rip log included. All tracks are Properly tagged with art embedded in tag. Keef Hartley Band - 1970 - The Time Is Near (2005 Remastered Reissue) [EAC FLAC]  Keef Hartley Band  Keef Hartley Band in 1969 Wikipedia: Keith "Keef" Hartley (8 April 1944 – 26 November 2011) was an English drummer and bandleader. He fronted his own eponymous band, known as the Keef Hartley Band or the Keef Hartley Big Band, and played at Woodstock. He was later a member of Dog Soldier, and variously worked with Rory Storm, The Artwoods and John Mayall. Hartley was born in Preston, Lancashire. He studied drumming under Lloyd Ryan, who also taught Phil Collins the drum rudiments. His career began as the replacement for Ringo Starr as a drummer for Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, a Liverpool-based band. Subsequently he played and recorded with The Artwoods, then achieved some notability as John Mayall's drummer (including his role as the only musician, other than Mayall, to play on Mayall's 1967 "solo" record The Blues Alone). He then formed The Keef Hartley (Big) Band, mixing elements of jazz, blues, and rock and roll; the group played at Woodstock in 1969. They released five albums, including Halfbreed and The Battle of North West Six (characterised by a reviewer for the Vancouver Sun as "an amazing display of virtuosity"). After that Hartley released a 'solo' album (Lancashire Hustler, 1973) and then he formed Dog Soldier with Miller Anderson (guitar), Paul Bliss (bass), Derek Griffiths (guitar) and Mel Simpson (keyboards). They released an eponymous album in 1975, which had a remastered release in early 2011 on CD on the Esoteric label. Hartley died on 26 November 2011, aged 67, at Royal Preston Hospital in Preston. The Time Is Near  Artist: Keef Hartley Band (Feat. Miller Anderson) Title: The Time Is Near Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered Producer: Neil Slaven, Keef Hartley Release Date: August 1970, (2005) Label: Decca, Eclectic Discs Catalog: ECLCD 1027 Barcode: 5 060071 302729 Genre: Blues, Blues Rock, Jazz Rock Duration: 35:13 AllMusic Review by Jo-Ann Greene: At the time, the transformation from R&B into hard rock and prog rock seemed seamless, swept along a current of subtly shifting styles, a view today cemented by hindsight into inevitability. But all one has to do is listen to bands that fell by the wayside to see that the end result was in no way insured, and that other paths beckoned, only to quickly become cul-de-sacs. Drummer Keef Hartley established his reputation upon joining British blues legends John Mayall's Bluesbreakers in 1967, performing on four of their albums before his departure the following year. That same year, Hartley formed his eponymous band around the axis of himself, bassist Gary Thain, and singer/guitarist/composer Miller Anderson, with their musical horizons widened by a kaleidoscope cast of brass, keyboardists, and flügelhorn players. The group released The Time Is Near..., its third album, in 1970, a set that found the group moving into ever more esoteric pastures. Some critics complained the album was directionless, but au contraire, the band knew precisely where they were going and what their goal was -- to create a tapestry of sound that intricately weaves together American R&B with a decided Stax slant, intertwining funkier flavors with the brass flash of the earlier soul era, and criss-crossing it with jazz. Some songs are embroidered with a harder rock sound, others are threaded with bright splashes of Latin colors, and others still with more subdued acoustic passages. It takes several listens for the full aural impact to coalesce, a reflection of the song's lack of infectious hooks and strong melodies, a sign too of the band's growing proggy bend and jazzy leanings. But given enough time, the album begins to weave its spell, and its greatness starts to solidify. However, as a path to chart success, this album was a dead-end street; pop fans want instant gratification, and Time Is Near wasn't supplying that. But for more discerning audiences, this CD is a welcome return for a carefully crafted and gorgeously imagined set.  01. Morning Rain - 3:00 02. From The Window - 3:26 03. The Time Is Near - 10:09 04. You Can't Take It With You - 7:19 05. Premonition (Dave Caswell) - 4:24 06. Another Time, Another Place - 2:34 07. Change - 3:58 Personnel: Keef Hartley - drums, percussion, producer Miller Anderson - lead vocals, acoustic & electric guitar Henry Lowther - trumpet, flugelhorn, violin, piano, brass arrangements (01,07) Dave Caswell - flugelhorn, euphonium, trumpet, electric piano, brass arrangements (02-06) Jim Jewell - tenor saxophone (01,07) Lyle Jenkins - tenor saxophone, flute, baritone saxophone (02-06) Gary Thain - bass guitar Stewart Wicks - piano, organ (02,03) Del Roll - percussion (07) Note: This is not my rip My thanks to the original uploader    ♪♬♫ ENJOY! ♪♬♫ Related Torrents
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