Marc-Almond - 1972 - Rising (full album)

Meir Rivkin 2014-09-03

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Mark–Almond were an English band of the late 1960s and early 1970s, who worked in the territory between rock and jazz.

In 1970 Jon Mark and Johnny Almond formed Mark-Almond (also occasionally referred to as The Mark-Almond Band). The melancholy tones of saxophonist Almond were an integral part of the group's sound, and Almond frequently played flute as well, including the bass flute. Characterized by a blend of blues and jazz riffs, latin beats, and a mellow rock aesthetic, and in contrast to the heavier guitar-driven rock of his contemporaries, composer and band leader Mark worked at producing warm and melodic works.
Mark-Almond's first two albums, Mark-Almond (1971) and Mark-Almond II (1972) were recorded for Bob Krasnow's Blue Thumb label, and were noted for their embossed envelope-style album covers. For the first album, "The Ghetto" received many plaudits and from the second "One Way Sunday" was a hit for them in the United States and received radio airplay on album-oriented rock stations in Boston, Massachusetts in 1970. The group then recorded two albums for Columbia Records, Rising (1972) and the live album, Mark-Almond 73 (1973), by which time the group's members had grown to seven.

Credits:
Bass, Percussion, Backing Vocals – Colin Gibson
Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals – Dannie Richmond
Engineer – Bernie O'Gorman
Flugelhorn, Trumpet, Cornet, Flute [Concert Flute], Saxophone [Tenor], Oboe, Backing Vocals, Percussion – Geoff Condon
Lead Vocals, Guitar [Classical And 12-string Guitar], Electric Guitar, Percussion, Composed By, Arranged By – Jon Mark
Piano [Concert Piano], Electric Piano, Guitar [Classical Guitar], Electric Guitar, Vocals [2nd Vocals], Percussion – Ken Craddock
Saxophone [Baritone, Tenor, Alto And Soprano Saxophone], Vibraphone, Flute [Bass, Alto And Concerto Flute], Percussion, Backing Vocals – Johnny Almond

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark-Almond

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