Fly on Strangewings [Import]

Product Description:
2003 remastered reissue of UK folk-rock classic originally issued in 1970 by Marian Segal with Silver Jade. The album was Melody Maker's 'Album Of The Month' when it was originally released & 30 years later Mojo Magazine named it one of the top ten UK folk albums of the 70s. It's scheduled to include three previously unreleased bonus tracks, 'Big Yellow Taxi', 'Carolina In My Mind' & 'Chicago Radio Spots', plus extensive historical liner notes. Lightning Tree.

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Average customer rating:

Fly on Strangewings Jade Manufacturer: Lightning Tree ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000R3K0PK Release Date: 2007-07-25

Album Description

Limited Edition reissue of this rare 1970 Folk-Rock album. Jade were a very popular UK live act in the '70, but they only managed to record one studio album. Fly On Strangewings features a host of guest artists including members of Spencer Davis Group, Pentangle, Colosseum, Jefferson Starship and John Wetton from King Crimson. Fans of early Sandy Denny should check this out. Lightning Tree. 2007.

Album Details

Single CD in a Limited Edition of 2000 Copies featuring a Mini LP Styled Card Gatefold Sleeve Replicating the Original Vinyl Sleeve Design, with Booklet.

Average customer rating: At last! Well, almost ... Very fine underrated gem, good folk-rock Sweet harmonies Very Good British Folk/Rock

Fly on Strangewings Jade Manufacturer: Import [Generic] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD British Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music Folk | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000B19SL Release Date: 2003-12-30

Tracks:

1. Amongst Anenomes
2. Raven
3. Fly on Strangewings
4. Mayfly
5. Alan's Song
6. Bad Magic
7. Clippership
8. Five of Us
9. Reflections on a Harbour Wall
10. Mrs. Adams
11. Fly Me to the North
12. Away from the Family
13. Big Yellow Taxi [#][*]
14. Carolina in My Mind [*]
15. Chicago Radio Spots [*]

Album Description

2003 remastered reissue of UK folk-rock classic originally issued in 1970 by Marian Segal with Silver Jade. The album was Melody Maker's 'Album Of The Month' when it was originally released & 30 years later Mojo Magazine named it one of the top ten UK folk albums of the 70s. It's scheduled to include three previously unreleased bonus tracks, 'Big Yellow Taxi', 'Carolina In My Mind' & 'Chicago Radio Spots', plus extensive historical liner notes. Lightning Tree.

Album Details

Reissue of Rare Early Seventies UK Folk/Rock Album with Female Vocalist Marianne Segal. Includes Unreleased Bonus Tracks and Us Radio Adverts.

Customer Reviews:

At last! Well, almost ..........2007-02-18

I've been waiting for years for this album to be released on CD, and now at last it has been. Except, of course, Amazon doesn't have it ... Time to go hunting for it further afield.

The first time I played Jade, 'way back when I'd bought the vinyl, I thought they were a bit so-so -- as someone else says, they could maybe have done without quite so many strings. But then, as I played the album more, I realized that, no, it was right the way it was. The album grew on me, and became a strong favorite.

Even though Ms Segal can't spell "anemones" ...

Very fine underrated gem, good folk-rock.......2006-01-23

First of all, I agree with the other reviewers comments about this album and how they sound. Marian Segal definitely has a great and wonderful voice, very similar to Sandy Denny, and I also agree that the songs she wrote are very fine songs indeed. She had a great talent for songwriting as well as singing, and all of the originals on this CD are very good, and even the cover songs are done quite well. This album is a real gem for those who collect any British folk rock from the late 60's and early 70's, and when I first heard this, I was very pleased with it, there's not one bad song on it, and the music and the playing of the instruments by the other members is excellent as well, but it's Marian Segal's beautiful vocals that makes this one and only album by Jade a classic, and I higly recommend getting this if you like groups like Fairport Convention, Trees, Tudor Lodge, Mellow Candle, and many others. It really is a great album!

Sweet harmonies.......2005-09-20

Jade is one of the (nowadays) lesser known folkrock bands of the late 60s, and it's really nice to have this record back into print.
Apparently all songs have been written by Marian(ne) Segal (except for a few bonus tracks), and most of them are really fine with great melodies and tender lyrics. All instruments are handled deftly, while the trump card must be the vocals: miss Segal has an excellent voice (though a bit too heavy on the vibrato methinks) and the harmony singing is stunning!
On the other hand I am less impressed by the overall sound: as the songs themselves are quite pretty the addition of strings is making them rather too sweet.
In short, Jade is more like Sandy Denny solo than Sandy Denny with Fairport, more like Tudor Lodge than Trees, and with a tendency towards an american folk sound.
The accompanying booklet contains detailed historic information about the band by Marian(ne) Segal herself.

Very Good British Folk/Rock.......2003-11-04

Very comparable to Fairport Convention and Sandy Denny albums of the same era. Marian Segal has a great voice and writes some fine songs. The album has an autumnal feel to it that's typical of British Folk/Rock of the late 60's and early 70's. The extra tracks, Big Yellow Taxi and Carolina in My Mind, are interesting takes on the Joni Mitchell and James Taylor songs, but it's original tunes like Fly On Strangewings, Fly Me to The North, and Amongst Anenomes that make this an album worth adding to your collection.

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