Nucleus [Original recording remastered] [Import]

Product Description
The Swedish Prog Rock Group's Second Album from 1995 Picks Right Up from their Debut "Vedom" with their Special Blend of Mellotrons, Distorted Rhodes Piano and "Frippertronic" Guitars. The Band Stretches Out Musically a Bit More on this Outing as the Strive to Create their Own Distinctive Voice and Transcend their Influences.

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Average customer rating: How Jazz-Rock was Born. British anyways. Great Music from a Forgotten Era What a sound! British underground jazz-rock

Elastic Rock/We'll Talk About It Later Nucleus Manufacturer: Bgo - Beat Goes on ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Solar Plexus / Belladonna Labyrinth/Roots Under the Sun / Snakehips Etcetera Live in Bremen Alleycat/Direct Hits ASIN: B0000072M0 Release Date: 2002-02-15

Tracks:

1. 1916
2. Elastic Rock
3. Striation
4. Taranaki
5. Twisted Track
6. Crude Blues, Pt. 1
7. Crude Blues, Pt. 2
8. 1916 (Battle of Boogaloo)
9. Torrid Zone
10. Stonescape
11. Earth Mother
12. Speaking for Myself, Personally, In My Own Opinion, I Think...
13. Persephone's Jive

Tracks:

1. Song for the Bearded Lady
2. Sun Child
3. Lullaby for a Lonely Child
4. We'll Talk About It Later
5. Oasis
6. Ballad of Joe Pimp
7. Easter 1916

Album Description

UK two-fer for the British prog-rock act combines the 1970 albums, 'Elastic Rock' & 'We'll Talk About It Later', both are unavailable domestically. Beat Goes On Records. 1994.

Album Details

2 CD Set

Customer Reviews:

How Jazz-Rock was Born. British anyways........2005-07-21

Nucleus's first two albums are some nice pieces of history in the field of jazz-rock. Elastic Rock is kind sounds like Nucleus rushed thought the pieces,but the album does has good rifts and solos mostly by Jenkins and Carr. Highlights on this album here are Twisted Track,an original by Speeding and Peter Brown, that features some nice country blues guitar by Speeding,Torrid Zone and Persephones Blues. Songs like Stonescape,Striantion and Speaking of Myself... are indulgent ideas. Next is a more polished,funk-filled We'll Talk About it Later. Song For a Bearded Lady is a classic and sounds a little better then Hazard Profile from Soft Machine inwhich had Jenkins and Marshall in it, but the song is a gritty funk number with some heavy distored wah-wah piano and slick guitar work. Sun Child follows the theme but with some of the most complex rhythm by Clyde and Mrshall. The gloomy Lullaby For a Lomesome Child is next with a basic rift and head but no solo. The Title Track is a disorganized piece with Speeding holding it together. The long Oasis is an odd piece,you can really get it in your head. Ballad of Joe Pimp is fun to listen to. The unknown singer and simple-minded lyrics get tedious kind of. Easter 1916 is a reprise off of Battle of Boogaloo with some gruff vocal lines making you think of Willam Shatner, but the end of the song is the best with Brian Smith and John Marshall going free-form on us, kind of like Jupiter by Coltrane. A highly recommended double set to own. Recommendation: Six by Soft Machine.

Great Music from a Forgotten Era.......2004-09-30

This CD reminds me that the In a Silent Way did not spring full blown from the forehead of Miles Davis. The first disc is an excellent example of In a Silent Way style modal jazz. It's no wonder from listening to this that the addition of 2 Englishmen made the Miles stuff leap so far ahead. The second disc is even better in my estimation. Some amazing guitar work from the underappreciated Chris Spedding. Great themes from Karl Jenkins and terrific playing from the whole ensemble. A worthwhile purchase for anyone who enjoys the music that Miles made in this era. The fact that the band is led by trumpeter Ian Carr only makes the comparisons more obvious. There's only one Miles, but this stuff holds its weight on its own merits.

What a sound!.......2004-08-21

Ian Carr & Nucleus is a genuine pioneer of British Jazz-Rock Fusion blending free-jazz with psychedelic improvisational rock elements. There is true spirit in their works, far from nowadays pathetic fusion music. Highly-recommended!!!

p.s.: You can see free MP3 file above on this page. Just stop trying to judge IC & Nucleus by it because it is the song of the completely different group with the same name. Amazon should correct this.

British underground jazz-rock.......2002-05-27

I'm quiet surprised to be the first to review this fantastic album. Led by trompetist Ian Carr, and supported by Karl Jenkins and John Marshall (before joining Soft Machine) this band just realized this two albums in 1971. I just can highly recommend this one to anyone who likes Soft Machine and those british jazz-rock bands.

Average customer rating: Good Jazz-Rock.

Solar Plexus / Belladonna Ian Carr & Nucleus Manufacturer: Bgo - Beat Goes on ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music New Age | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Elastic Rock/We'll Talk About It Later Labyrinth/Roots Under the Sun / Snakehips Etcetera Alleycat/Direct Hits Live in Bremen ASIN: B00006CY64 Release Date: 2002-10-28

Tracks:

1. Elements I & II
2. Changing Times
3. Bedrock Dreadlock
4. Spirit Level
5. Torso
6. Snakehips Dream
7. Belladonna
8. Summer Rain
9. Remadione
10. Mayday
11. Suspension
12. Hectors House

Album Description

UK two-fer for one of the earliest pioneers of electronic jazz-rock & a major force in British jazz since 1970. Featuring the 1971 album Solar Plexus & 1972's Belladonna, both originally released on Vertigo & now highly collectable. Guests include Kenny Wheeler, Harry Beckett, Brian Smith, Tony Roberts, Karl Jenkins, Chris Spedding, Brian Smith, Dave Macrae, Alan Holdsworth & Roy Babbington. 12 tracks on 2 CDs. 2002.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Two Original Early 70's Vertigo Albums Reissued on One CD. These Jazz Classics features all Star Musicians Like Kenny Wheeler, Chris Spedding, Allan Holdsworth, Karl Jenkins, Dave Macrae, Roy Babbingston and Harry Beckett.

Customer Reviews:

Good Jazz-Rock........2003-05-22

Good Jazz-Rock. Allan Holdsworth plays guitar on Belladonna.

Average customer rating: It's a Brazillian smooth breeze!!!

Cameo Joyce Cooling Manufacturer: Nucleus ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music Brazilian Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music International Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Revolving Door Third Wish Playing It Cool [Enhanced CD] This Girl's Got to Play Keeping Cool ASIN: B00005R0B1 Release Date: 2001-10-01

Tracks:

1. It's You
2. The Way Out
3. Voo Doo Chicken
4. Ve
5. Glad Rap
6. It's Time I Go
7. It's On You
8. Dori

Album Description

"Voo Doo Chicken," "Ve" and "Glad Rap" showcase Cooling's fascination for Brazilian music, but at the same time she's able to incorporate her stinging , modern style of guitar-playing faintly reminiscent of Emily Remler. Plus, Cooling is a good singer as well. She clearly has what it takes to develop her artistry and record more fine, programmable sides. We're knocked out." - the Gavin Report

Customer Reviews:

It's a Brazillian smooth breeze!!!.......2001-12-10

Here comes a real great Brazilian breeze. Joyce Cooling, contemporary fusion guitar master, also did had an especial time sharing with her Brazilian friends long time ago. Cameo brings you finest Brazilian groove long after its first release. Jay Wagner of VIVA BRAZIL and Joyce, with their finest combination, created a Brazilian AOR classics. Highlight of this album is " It's you", recently known as club classic hit in UK and Japan. Just relax and listen to a long awaited smooth grooves.

Average customer rating: Pure Prog Excitement Heavy, Crunchy Swedish Prog of The First Order!

Nucleus Manufacturer: Musea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Progressive | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Gravity From Within Buried Alive Vemod A Time Of Day ASIN: B0000CAQ5M Release Date: 2003-08-25

Tracks:

1. Nucleus
2. Harvest
3. Book Of Hours (I. Pendulum Swing/II. The Book)
4. Raft
5. Rubankh
6. Here
7. This Far From The Sky
8. In Freedom

Album Description

Along with ANGLAGARD, ANEKDOTEN is the most famous example of the new Scandinavian School. This trend mixes dark and gloomy influences with an extreme energy a bit in the way of KING CRIMSON on "Red" or UNIVERS ZERO. The orchestration includes Mellotron and cello (All performed by pretty Anna Sofi DAHLBERG !) and allows to turn in one second from a vaporous atmosphere to the paroxysm of frenzy. "Vemod" (1993) can be considered as a total masterpiece, and "Nucleus" follows right in the wake. A music with a rare intensity which let any listener breathless. Not to be missed !

Customer Reviews:

Pure Prog Excitement.......2006-10-18

I have been breathlessly awaiting this CD since I heard some samples on the band's website. And guess what? I wasn't let down one iota! These cats can play some wicked good music! There is a Crimson vibe, but it is more reminiscent of their later releases in terms of intensity. About the time you relax during a delicious, dark atmospheric interlude, here comes a manic screaching guitar out of left field! So be prepared.... this could cause a coronary in some of our "seasoned" prog lovers. Bizzare time signature changes, dissonant chord structures (hold on, I'm salivating heavily!), awesome song structures and the lyrics aren't too shabby. This is tech- metal meets ambient, meets psych, meets you name it! Quite a smorgasbord. Certainly a disc that merits REPEAT listening (if you can take it!) The only, very slight disappointment is a lack of the beloved mellotron passages. Don't get me wrong, there is ample amount, but I also ordered Anekdoten's debut "Vemod" which should satisfy that craving. If I can't buy Anglagard anywhere, by God I'll take Anekdoten (not a bad replacement, I might add.) I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this to any of my Amazon brethern (or sistern!) Should be in anyone's prog collection.

Heavy, Crunchy Swedish Prog of The First Order!.......2004-09-24

Here, the band sure has come a long way from its beginnings as King Edward (a King Crimson cover band).

By and large, it's a loud 'n noisy maelstrom with a surprising amount of detail and nuance, balanced out by mournful cello and those spooky sounding Mellotrons. The rhythm section is relentless in its heaviness, insistent drumming coupled with angry distorted bass not unlike that of Magma at times. Add to this very tasteful Frippian guitar textures (not a lot of solo pyrotechnics here although Nikolas Berg is a more than capable axe-slinger).

The vocals are not the band's strong point exactly, they're not bad really but not really outstanding either. Compositionally, you can hear traces of the 1972-1974 editions of King Crimson but yet there's something markedly different.

I find it difficult to pick out a favorite track as they're all so strong and beautifully written. One that is VERY different from the rest is the closer "In Freedom", which after all the heaviness and gloom offers a ray of hope, underscored by lyrical cello and violins plus hazy Mellotron vibes (a sound not used very often). "Here" is the album's one "dirge" so to speak, buoyed along by funeral drumming and a mournful harmonium.

Like your Prog intense and toothy with lots of that good 'ol Mellotron? Do check this out!

Average customer rating: Great and not so great

Labyrinth/Roots Ian Carr & Nucleus Manufacturer: Bgo - Beat Goes on ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music Scotland | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Under the Sun / Snakehips Etcetera Solar Plexus / Belladonna Elastic Rock/We'll Talk About It Later Alleycat/Direct Hits In Flagrante Delicto ASIN: B00006L5CE Release Date: 2002-11-11

Tracks:

1. Origins
2. Bull Dance
3. Ariadne
4. Arena (Part 1)
5. Arena (Part 2)
6. Exultation
7. Naxos
8. Roots
9. Images
10. Caliban
11. Whapatiti
12. Capricorn
13. Odokamona
14. Southern Roots And Celebration

Album Description

Reissue of two original jazz-rock albums (originally released in 1973 on Vertigo Records), featuring Ian Carr, Kenny Wheeler, Roy Babbington, Dave MacRae, Norma Winstone, Tony Coe, Gordon Beck & many others. BGO Records. 2002.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Reissue of Two 1970's Jazz-rock Albums in a Two CD Set. Features Ian Carr, Kenny Wheeler, Roy Babbington, Dave Macrae, Norma Winstone, Tony Coe, Gordon Beck and Many Others.

Customer Reviews:

Great and not so great.......2005-05-12

"Roots" is a really solid, British 70's Fusion album and well worth buying. Great musicianship and very playable.
"Labyrinth" on the other hand is hard work. It has some truly great moments but they are sandwiched between passages of experimental nonsense. The sleeve notes actually quote Ian Carr as being apologetic for the compositional failings. Not a good sign but it shows he has integrity. I suspect that these two albums represent the best and the worst of Nucleus. (Just a hunch.) I'm sure there is someone out there who will suggest that I've got it all the wrong way around but what can you do.

Average customer rating: a garden of delight

In Flagrante Delicto Nucleus Manufacturer: Bgo - Beat Goes on ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Solar Plexus / Belladonna Alleycat/Direct Hits Live in Bremen Under the Sun / Snakehips Etcetera Labyrinth/Roots ASIN: B0000AVWXI Release Date: 2003-09-15

Tracks:

1. Gestalt
2. Mysteries
3. Jeyday
4. In Flagrante Delicto

Album Description

2003 reissue of the progressive rock act's 1978 live album features four tracks in a slipcase. BGO.

Customer Reviews:

a garden of delight.......2003-11-06

This is a great live record, recorded in Germany in 1977.

Four quietly sizzling and dazzling tracks. Trumpet/flugelhorn, electric piano/synthesiser and sax lines underpinned by brilliant grooves on percussion and superb bass playing, especially the solo on "Mysteries" by Bill Kristian, written by keyboard player Geoff Castle. All other tunes by Ian Carr.

One of my all time favourites from the Nucleus and Soft Machine catalogue.

Average customer rating:

Alleycat/Direct Hits Ian Carr , and Nucleus Manufacturer: Bgo ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Labyrinth/Roots Solar Plexus / Belladonna Under the Sun / Snakehips Etcetera In Flagrante Delicto Elastic Rock/We'll Talk About It Later ASIN: B00007E719 Release Date: 2004-05-17

Tracks:

1. Phaideaux Corner
2. Alleycat
3. Splat
4. You Can't Be Sure
5. Nosegay
6. Song For The Bearded Lady
7. Crude Blues Part One
8. Crude Blues Part Two
9. Suspension
10. Torso
11. Bull Dance
12. Taste Of Sarsaparilla
13. Roots

Album Description

Import twofer for the UK jazz-rock outfit combines their 1975 album for Vertigo, 'Alley Cat', with Vertigo's 1976 compilation 'Direct Hits'. BGO Records. 2004.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Edition of Two Original Albums in a Double CD Set. Nucleus' Final Album for "Vertigo" is Coupled Here with a "Best Of" Culled from all their Recordings for the Label. Includes Sleeve Notes by Ian Carr and Alyn Shipton.

Average customer rating:

Nucleus Anekdoten Manufacturer: Virta ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0009JOML0 Release Date: 2005-08-22

Tracks:

1. Nucleus
2. Harvest
3. Book of Hours: Pendulum Swing/The Book
4. Raft
5. Rubankh
6. Here
7. This Far from the Sky
8. In Freedom
9. Luna Surface [*]

Album Details

The Swedish Prog Rock Group's Second Album from 1995 Picks Right Up from their Debut "Vedom" with their Special Blend of Mellotrons, Distorted Rhodes Piano and "Frippertronic" Guitars. The Band Stretches Out Musically a Bit More on this Outing as the Strive to Create their Own Distinctive Voice and Transcend their Influences.

Average customer rating: Live Nucleus

Hemispheres Nucleus Manufacturer: Hux Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Middle Earth Masters Matching Mole Hopper Tunity Box Live in Bremen Soft Mountain ASIN: B000FZEQ32 Release Date: 2006-07-24

Tracks:

1. Cosa Nostra
2. Elastic Rock
3. Stonescape
4. Single Line
5. Twisted Track
6. 1916
7. Persephone's Jive (Live In Europe, March 1970)
8. Song For The Bearded Lady
9. Tangent
10. We'll Talk About It Later
11. Snakehips Dream
12. Hemisphere (Live In Europe, February 1971)

Product Description

1. Cosa Nostra
2. Elastic Rock
3. Stonescape
4. Single Line
5. Twisted Track
6. 1916
7. Persephone’s Jive Live in Europe, March 1970
8. Song For The Bearded Lady
9. Tangent
10. We’ll Talk About It Later
11. Snakehips Dream
12. Hemisphere Live in Europe, February 1971

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Live Nucleus.......2007-02-03

Here we have a dozen live tracks, recorded in March 1970 and February 1971, cagily described as "live in Europe" (possibly because the venue would not license their release). Straight off the soundboard, the sound quality is everything one could hope for, with excellent fidelity in mono (first set) or stereo (second set) and only minimal polite applause between tracks.

The band is only 6 months old in the first set, touring to support their debut album and it shows in the long, jamming, not-particularly-gelled sound. It is the sound of six talented soloists following the barest of charts. John Marshall in particular stands out as a powerhouse drummer holding the explosive ensemble together as best he can.

By the second set, 11 months and two more albums later, they've grown into a cohesive working unit with less emphasis on showoff soloing and more on tight unison themes and mutual support.

The cover includes the standard Nucleus story by Nigel Cross and a few archival travelog photos, though unfortunately none of the band in performance. Humorously the roadside photos from their trip to the Newport Jazz Festival are listed under "Nucleus European Tour" (!)

This release makes a nice adjunct to the Cuneiform release "Live in Bremen" recorded three months later in the midst of the band's first (but by no means last) personnel changes.

Average customer rating: This CD is worth it's weight in Platinum!!! $14 is a bargain

Stranger Things Kristin Mainhart Manufacturer: khromozomes ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0007YN4NE Release Date: 2005-03-25

Tracks:

1. Chomping
2. Sign Your Name In Gold
3. Cary Grant
4. Turn Other Cheek
5. Pain
6. Stranger Things
7. Panic
8. Gonna Make It
9. Damned
10. Boyfriend
11. Monotonous
12. Clueless Girl
13. Silently Aware
14. Tainted Love ( A Tribute)

Product Description

Khromozomes exist somewhere in New York City; a mad scientist, whose underground musical laboratory is the nucleus for experiments that break down the viral strains of monotony infesting the hip-hop landscape. With a mixture of plush instrumentals and wicked beats, Khromozomes concocts an elixir of moody tracks guaranteed to sooth the boredom blues, or double your money back Kristin Mainhart is the Voice. Khromozomes provides the Beats. Hip-hop, Trip-hop, call it what you will; it’s music that will open your eyes, even as it moves your body.

Customer Reviews:

This CD is worth it's weight in Platinum!!! $14 is a bargain.......2005-05-26

This CD speaks for itself....
Kristin Mainhart has DEFINITELY got something special with this one... For a wider preview of her hot new CD, Check her out at her home website: www.khromozomes.com

Keep doing your thing girlfriend!!! Sounds Good:)

P.S. Where is "The SWING" song? I hope you will release it in the future... it's one of my favorite compositions from you

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