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Артист: Mellow Candle Альбом: Swaddling Songs 1972, Жанр: British Folk-Rock Формат файла: eac-cue-log-wv-scans-iso Ссылка: CD 4 clicks Нахождение: eDonkey/Kademlia

спасибо всё той же подозрительной личности



Beautiful singing, July 8, 2005
Reviewer: prog "Shachar" (Israel)
Another lost treasure from early seventies.
Very unique music, specially the combination of the two voices of Clodagh and Alison.
I think that this album is a combination of Pentangle and Reneissance, although the music is less symphonic and less sophisticated.
The songs are well written and are like little stories with fine music.
It sometime amazes me what made a band succussful?
Why didn't that band made it?
I think the answer is complicated and not for me to define.
Listen to this band, inhale the soft voices and enjoy it from the first sound of Heaven Heath.



Review by Jon Pruett
Filled with multi-layered harmonies and complex arrangements, this unfortunately underlooked album of beautiful, flowing, and wonderfully recorded British folk-rock (originally released in 1972) has been a favorite of record collectors for years. Luckily, the strength of the music holds up beyond its scarcity. Not merely electric updates of lost traditional numbers, the album works because it establishes a voice and a sound that is truly compelling. The arrangements range from the zigzagging light progressive bent of the opener, "Heaven Heath," to the more storming tempo changes of "Dan the Wing." Strewn across the record is some truly remarkable guitar work, with the blanks filled in with lush violin and piano fills. The high-toned, occasionally strained interplay of Alison Williams and Clodagh Simonds may not always reach the notes as they ought to be reached (this rings especially true on the bombastic "The Poet and the Witch," an otherwise fine song), but their voices have their own peaceful rewards. The vocals see most of their limitations during the more up-tempo numbers -- which is fine, seeing that this record is able to soar on the quieter moments. On "Silver Song" (the one track that was actually released as a single with "Dan the Wing" during Mellow Candle's short tenure at Decca's Deram Records offshoot), the band falls into a mid-paced ethereal haze, within which it finds its strongest points. Gliding guitars and equally haunted vocals wrap around each other in a fog of vaguely mystical lyrics. The crystal clear recording and the lack of reliance on overly fantastical lyrics make Swaddling Songs sound remarkably current. Anyone who is able to track down the CD reissue will be more than pleased with this lost treasure.



Amazing album, long forgotten, July 5, 2004
Reviewer: K. Ralske
It's amazing that an album this good could be lost to the ages. This was given to me by a friend who likes all sorts of B-level 60s and 70s music....he likes stuff just because of its 60s or 70s-ness. This album is totally not like that! It holds up as a great piece of work, not just a period piece. It's every bit as good as the best of Fairport Convention or Sandy Denny or even early Yes, but doesn't sound like anything but itself. Mellow Candle were, for one magic moment, the best group in the world

Ёёёёёё! Это даже МегаЁЁЁЁЁЁ! А качество звука - этож нереально! ЁЁЁЁ!

Вот тя разбирает...)) ну что ж, Пентангл - это гут, ренессанс - тоже, посмотрим на это...