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Saturday, November 26, 2011

The Bevis Frond - Sprawl (1994 uk, great heavy acid psych rock revival, 2016 remaster and expanded)



1994 and Nick is back in Golddust Studios, this time with a whole bunch of mates, including Canterbury Scene stalwart Jimmy Hastings on Flute, and the immensely talented Andy Ward, ex-Camel, on Drums.

The album is restored to its original vinyl running order, spread, or sprawled maybe, over two discs. You can burn it as two CDs, with the second disc starting with Right On (Your Hippie Dream).

Nick is really on form here, and its difficult to single out particular tracks. Right On is a long jam featuring Current 93's David Tibet's intoning vocal, and everyone else throws something into the pot. The Puller and Oh Gideon are incredibly well observed songs, lyrically and musically beautiful.

Anodyne is great, and the speeded up live version always went down a storm - Bari Watts did a really good cover of it on his solo album, for all you Outskirts of Infinity fans. The album really benefits from the original running order.

Nick was touring a fair amount at this time, and the touring band was based around Andy Ward on drums and Adrian Shaw on Bass.
Bevis Frond-bandcamp


Tracks
Disc 1
1. I Know Were Going - 6:15
2. Awake! - 11:53
3. Innerwheel - 4:45
4. 41 Years - 3:01
5. Love You More - 4:26
6. The Puller - 8:53
7. Oh Gideon - 6:48
8. 74/GinghamRag - 5:40
9. Right On (Hippie Dream) - 21:02
All songs by Nick Saloman


Disc 2
1. Boa Constrictor - 2:53
2. Remember Me - 4:42
3. I Bought My Love A Lapdog - 7:02
4. Madrigal - 3:02
5. New Alexandria - 4:32
6. Anodyne - 5:07
7. See You - 1:11
8. Sister John - 5:49
9. Dry Rain - 5:22
10.Melmex - 5:26
11.Untogether - 2:45
12.Christmas Eve - 2:28
13.Three Mile Wall - 4:32
14.Hard Life - 4:05
15.The Illegal Raffling Of The Equator - 12:48
All compositions by Nick Saloman

The Bevis Frond
*Nick Saloman - All Instruments, Vocals
*Andy Ward - Drums
*Jumi Hastings - Flute
*Tony Aldridge - Violin
*David Tibet, Ade Shaw, Dean Carter, Mick Donovan - Vocals

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14 comments:

  1. Μάριε ευχαριστώ πολύ για αυτή εδώ την ανάρτηση!!

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  2. oldfuzzface:thanks for sharing this heaviness Marios.

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  4. I've heard about The Bevis Fron frequently, at last a chance to hear them, many thanks.

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  5. I'm a big fan of BF's late 80's and early 90's releases - not so much the later poppier stuff. Thanks a lot Marios. @DanP: check out any of the other albums up to about '94 - lotta neo-psych tracks!

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  6. Any chance for a re-up on The Bevis Frond?....

    I know it would be very excellent............

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  7. Can I second that request for a re-up of this album, please?

    Thanks in advance!

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  8. ....Bevis...Frond...Sprawl...Fixed.....

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  9. Would love to get the 2016 double disk reissue with lots of bonus tracks if anyone has it.

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  10. The Bevis Frond - Sprawl dead link
    please reup

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  11. The Bevis Frond - Sprawl, reposted...

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  12. Do you have their cd Triptych from 1988? If so do you want to share it here? Would be great.

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  13. Marios,thank you for your fast reaction.I will patiently be looking forward to it.

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