BRIAN DAVISON Every which way V Rare Orig UK Pink Charisma Prog The Nice NM
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Description
Brian Davison's
Every Which Way
Very Rare original UK LP released on Charisma Records in 1970. 1st UK pressing on the Pink Scroll label, the sleeve is Fully laminated.
Matrix No's
Side One - CAS 1021 A-1U
Side Two -CAS 1021 B-2U
Brian Davison (also sometimes known as Brian "Blinky" Davison) was best known in music for his work with the Nice, from 1967 through 1970. As the drummer for the pioneering progressive rock band, he cut an impressive swathe across the British music scene of the late '60s, freely intermingling jazz, classical, and rock influences -- and he did it all before Carl Palmer, Michael Giles, Bill Bruford, or any of the other giants of prog rock percussion of the '70s were known, or had even recorded.
A few months after the disbanding of the Nice, drummer Brian Davison put together a new group he wanted to call Every Which Way and recorded what turned out to be his only solo album. Released in 1970, it was received with indifference and remains to this day cruelly underrated. While fellow ex-Nice Keith Emerson went on to form the widely successful prog rock trio Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Davison recruited unknown musicians to find a new sound miles away from the classical pomp of his former band. The result is a delightful rock album, very delicate and soft for the most part, tinged by blues and soul and reminiscent of Savoy Brown's albums of the early '70s, but also of Brian Auger's Oblivion Express. Most importantly, Davison never takes a leading role, keeping his drumming intelligent and efficient, but firmly anchored in the background. Keyboardist/singer Graham Bell wrote most of the material. Guitarist John Hedley (who disappeared after this LP) does a great job in the more energetic "All in Time." Future Procol Harum bassist Alan Cartwright puts his distinctive touch to the music. Saxophonist/flutist Geoffrey Peach (later in Lake) plays with much soul, evoking a cross between Elton Dean circa Soft Machine's Third and Mel Collins circa King Crimson's Islands. The music is deceptively simple, with exquisite arrangements and gripping vocals. The opener, "Bed Ain't What It Used to Be," pioneers a genre of restrained blues rock ballads that would become more common in the 1990s. "The Light" is the other highlight and sounds like Van der Graaf Generator playing the blues. Simplicity has rarely sounded so compelling. Every Which Way is an unsuspected treasure hidden among the piles of minor prog rock-related albums of the 1970s.
TRACKS ARE :-
Side One
1. Bed Ain't What It Used to Be
2. Castle Sand
3. Go Placidly
Side Two
1. All in Time
2. What You Like
3. The Light
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Released on Charisma Records in 1970
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Catalogue Number CAS 1021
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Record is in Near Mint condition
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Sleeve is in Ex ++ condition
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