Druid - Toward The Sun (1975) + Fluid Druid (1976) {2015, Japanese Reissues}

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Druid - Toward The Sun (1975) + Fluid Druid (1976) {2015, Japanese Reissues}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 620 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 333 Mb
Full Scans | 00:47:48 + 00:39:56 | RAR 5% Recovery
Progressive Rock, Symphonic Rock | Warner Music Japan #WPCR-16339/WPCR-16340

Formed in 1971 by old schoolmates Dane Stevens and Cedric Sharpley, along with local bass player Neil Brewer, Druid spent years playing clubs as a trio before winning a competition by Melody Maker for the best unsigned band. At this point they added Andrew McCrorie-Shand, a recent London College of Music graduate.

The Melody Maker prize included new instruments and a recording contract, and their debut album appeared in July 1975 among envious whispers by rival bands and music publications. The band had a difficult time shaking the charge of hype, and they were also charged in some quarters as being Yes soundalikes – Starcastle in the U.S. was later to be tarred with the same brush. (In fact, Druid was an opening act at a number of Yes concerts.) The Yes comparison, though an obvious one, is not entirely accurate. While Dane's vocals are clearly styled after Jon Anderson, and Neil Brewer's bass has the classic pick-driven Rickenbacker growl associated with Chris Squire, the rest of the band departs from the formula; McCrorie-Shand's unadorned keyboard parts, for example, have little in common with the lavishly baroque flash of Rick Wakeman or the martial Hammond pounding of Tony Kaye.

With the release of their second album in the spring of 1976, the band distanced themselves from their production and Melody Maker connections. It couldn't make up for the weaker material on their sophomore effort, and the band finally called it quits. Cedric Sharpley was to find success soon afterwards, though, by joining up with a new and unusual band led by an strange fellow named Gary Numan.

~ Paul Collins, All Music

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Druid - Toward The Sun (1975/2015)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 368 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 184 Mb
Full Scans | 00:47:48 | RAR 5% Recovery
Progressive Rock, Symphonic Rock | Warner Music Japan #WPCR-16339

Although it's not on the same level as the best progressive bands – the drums and keyboards are not really up to the challenge presented by the guitars – this album has been rather unfairly written off by some music critics. Their debut begins with their strongest composition: "Voices," whose multiple movements, chorus lyrics of "a million voices singing," broad washes of mellotron, and alternating guitar tones make it sound like an outtake from Yes's "The Ancient." The instrumental "Theme" has some fine jazz-prog sax soloing over a lush backing, and "Dawn of Evening" has a wonderfully taut bassline march pushed to the front of the mix.

~ Paul Collins, All Music


Track List:

01. Voices [08:16]
02. Remembering [05:28]
03. Theme [05:29]
04. Toward The Sun [05:07]
05. Red Carpet For An Autumn [03:11]
06. Dawn Of Evening [10:07]
07. Shangri-La [10:12]

Personnel:
Andrew McCrorie-Shand - keyboards
Dane - guitar, vocals
Neil Brewer - bass
Cedric Sharpley - drums, percussion

Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011

Отчёт EAC об извлечении, выполненном 28. мая 2015, 12:17

DRUID / Toward The Sun

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Интерфейс : Встроенный Win32-интерфейс для Win NT/2000

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Формат сэмплов : 44.100 Гц; 16 бит; стерео


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Druid - Fluid Druid (1976/2015)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 253 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 150 Mb
Full Scans | 00:39:56 | RAR 5% Recovery
Progressive Rock, Symphonic Rock | Warner Music Japan #WPCR-16340

Despite the more complex arrangements and varied lyrics of this album, it's somehow not as satisfying as their debut. Songs meant to sound grand simply sound pompous – a charge often (and tiresomely) leveled at prog bands, but warranted at times here. Similarly, Dane tries hard to shake his Jon Anderson label, but the overenunciated and mannered style that he adopts instead is grating; the result often veers fearfully close to Styx. There are some successful tracks, though – the pleasant interpolation of a children's choir and carousel organ in "Crusade," the soaring guitar solos on "Painters Clouds," and the pensive woodwinds and piano in the long instrumental intro of the album's high point, "Left to Find."

~ Paul Collins, All Music


Track List:

01. Razor Truth [05:44]
02. Painters Clouds [05:01]
03. FM 145 [02:10]
04. Crusade [07:52]
05. Nothing But Morning [04:12]
06. Barnaby [03:17]
07. Kestrel [03:39]
08. Left To Find [07:18]
09. The Fisherman’s Friend [00:47]

Personnel:
Andrew McCrorie-Shand - keyboards
Dane - guitar, vocals
Neil Brewer - bass
Cedric Sharpley - drums, percussion

Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011

Отчёт EAC об извлечении, выполненном 28. мая 2015, 13:32

DRUID / Fluid Druid

Дисковод: TSSTcorpCDDVDW SH-224DB Adapter: 4 ID: 1

Режим чтения : Достоверность
Использование точного потока : Да
Отключение кэша аудио : Да
Использование указателей C2 : Нет

Коррекция смещения при чтении : 6
Способность читать области Lead-in и Lead-out : Нет
Заполнение пропущенных сэмплов тишиной : Да
Удаление блоков с тишиной в начале и конце : Нет
При вычислениях CRC использовались нулевые сэмплы : Да
Интерфейс : Встроенный Win32-интерфейс для Win NT/2000

Выходной формат : Внутренние WAV-операции
Формат сэмплов : 44.100 Гц; 16 бит; стерео


TOC извлечённого CD

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