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Kaleidoscope: Tangerine Dream

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On November 24, 1967, “Fontana” label released “Tangerine Dream”, the debut Kaleidoscope album. It was recorded February – September 1967,and was produced by Dick Leahy.

Personnel:

  • Peter Daltrey – vocals, keyboards
  • Eddy Pumer – guitar, keyboards
  • Steve Clark – bass, flute
  • Dan Bridgman – drums, percussion

Track listing:

All lyrics by Peter Daltrey, all music by Eddy Pumer.

  1. Kaleidoscope
  2. Please Excuse My Face
  3. Dive into Yesterday
  4. Mr. Small, the Watch Repairer Man
  5. Flight from Ashiya
  6. The Murder of Lewis Tollani
  7. (Further Reflections) In the Room of Percussion
  8. Dear Nellie Goodrich
  9. Holidaymaker
  10. A Lesson Perhaps
  11. The Sky Children

BadBadNotGood: III

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On May 6, 2014, “Innovative Leisure” label released “III”, the third BadBadNotGood studio album. It was recorded in 2014, at “Revolution Recording” and “Studio 69” in Toronto, and was produced by Frank Dukes, Matthew Tavares, Chester Hansen and Alexander Sowinski.

Personnel:

  • Matthew Tavares – piano, keyboards, synthesizer, electric guitar
  • Chester Hansen – bass guitar, upright bass, electric guitar, synthesizer, sampler
  • Alexander Sowinski – drums, percussion, synthesizer, sampler, photography
  • Leland Whitty – tenor and baritone saxophone, bass clarinet; violin, viola
  • Tommy Paxton-Beesley – electric guitar, violin, cello, strings arrangements
  • Tom Moffat – trumpet
  • Stephen Koszler – engineer, mixing
  • Frank Dukes – engineer assistant
  • Matt MacNeil – engineer assistant
  • João Carvalho – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Matthew Tavares, Chester Hansen and Alexander Sowinski.

  1. Triangle
  2. Can’t Leave the Night
  3. Confessions
  4. Kaleidoscope
  5. Eyes Closed
  6. Hedron
  7. Differently, Still
  8. Since You Asked Kindly
  9. CS60

The Boo Radleys: Ichabod and I

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In July 1990, “Action Records” label released “Ichabod and I”, the debut Boo Radleys (The) studio album. It was recorded in March 1990, and was produced by Sice, Martin Carr, Tim Brown and Steve Hewitt.

Personnel:

  • Sice – vocals
  • Martin Carr – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Tim Brown – bass guitar, keyboards
  • Steve Hewitt – drums, percussion

Track listing

All tracks by Martin Carr.

  1. Eleanor Everything
  2. Bodenheim Jr.
  3. Catweazle
  4. Sweet Salad Birth
  5. Hip Clown Rag
  6. Walking 5th Carnival
  7. Kaleidoscope
  8. Happens to Us All

David Lindley

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On March 3, 2023, David Perry Lindley died aged 78. He was musician (violin, acoustic and electric guitar, lap steel guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, upright and electric bass, cittern, bağlama,  gumbus,  charango,  cümbüş,  oud  and zither. Lindley was founding member of the bands Kaleidoscope and El Rayo-X, recorded and performed with Ry Cooder, Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, Curtis Mayfield, Dolly Parton, Waren Zevon, Graham Nash, Stephen Stills, James Taylor, David Crosby, Terry Reid, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Toto, Rod Stewart, Dan Fogelberg, Joe Walsh, Henry Kaiser, G. E. Smith, Wally Ingram, Hani Naser, Leonard Cohen, The Youngbloods, America, Maria Muldaur, Iain Matthews, Lonnie Mack, Karla Bonoff, Jimmy Barnes, Emmylou Harris, Tanita Tikaram, Marshall Crenshaw, Shawn Colvin, Jerry Joseph, Dzukis Kuche, Ben Harper, Jordan Zevon, Rickie Lee Jones, Arlen Roth and The Sound Field.

Kaleidoscope: Faintly Blowing

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In April 1969, “Fontana” label released “Faintly Blowing”, the second Kaleidoscope studio album. It was recorded 1968 – 1969, and was produced by Dick Leahy.

Personnel:

  • Peter Daltrey – vocals, keyboards
  • Eddy Pumer – guitar, keyboards
  • Steve Clark – bass, flute
  • Dan Bridgman – drums, percussion

Track listing:

All lyrics by Peter Daltrey, all music by Eddy Pumer.  

  1. Faintly Blowing
  2. Poem
  3. Snapdragon
  4. Story from Tom Bitz
  5. (Love Song) for Annie
  6. If You So Wish
  7. Opinion
  8. Bless the Executioner
  9. Black Fjord
  10. Feathered Tiger
  11. I’ll Kiss You Once
  12. Music

Kaleidoscope: Side Trip

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In June 1967, “Epic” label released “Side Trips”, the debut Kaleidoscope (US band) studio album. It was recorded 1966 – 1967, and was produced by Barry Friedman.

Personnel:

  • David Perry Lindley – banjo, fiddle, mandolin, guitar, harp guitar, 7-string banjo
  • David Solomon Feldthouse – saz, bouzouki, resonator guitar, veena, goblet drum, dulcimer, fiddle, twelve-string guitar
  • Chris Darrow– bass, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, autoharp, harmonica, clarinet
  • Fenrus Epp – violin, viola, bass, piano, organ, harmonica
  • John Vidican – percussion
  • Mike Goldberg – production supervisor
  • Arnold Shaw – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Egyptian Gardens – Solomon Feldthouse
  2. If the Night – Chris Darrow
  3. Hesitation Blues – Charlie Poole
  4. Please – Solomon Feldthouse, Mark Freedman
  5. Keep Your Mind Open – Chris Darrow
  6. Pulsating Dream – Chris Darrow, Solomon Feldthouse, David Lindley
  7. Oh Death – Dock Boggs
  8. Come on In – traditional, arranged by David Lindley
  9. Why Try – David Lindley
  10. Minnie the Moocher – Cab Calloway, Clarence Gaskill, Irving Mills

Гражданская Оборона: Заче́м сня́тся сны?

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On May 9, 2007, “Выргород” label released “Заче́м сня́тся сны?”, the 26th “Гражданская Оборона”, and  the last lifetime Egor Letov album. It was recorded July – September 2006, and was produced by Egor Letov.

Personnel:

  • Egor Letov- vocals, guitars
  • Alexander Chesnakov- guitars, bass, organ
  • Natalia Chumakova- vocals, bass, organ
  • Pavel Peretolchin- drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Egor Letov, except where noted.

  1. Glory to Psychonauts
  2. Someone Else
  3. Fireworks
  4. So a Hurricane
  5. Radiance
  6. Dance for the Dead
  7. Where We Are
  8. Decline
  9. Where
  10. Stunning View From the Window
  11. Kaleidoscope
  12. To You
  13. I Feel Not in My Pants – Oleg Lishchenko
  14. It’s All With You
  15. Frisky
  16. Outside of All Measurements
  17. Rabbits
  18. At Night
  19. Autumn

Transatlantic: Kaleidoscope

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On January 27, 2014, “Inside Out Music” label released “Kaleidoscope”, the fourth  Transatlantic studio album. It was recorded in 2016, and was produced by Neal Morse, Roine Stolt, Pete Trewavas and Mike Portnoy.

Personnel:

  • Neal Morse— vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitars
  • Roine Stolt— vocals, electric guitars, percussion, additional keyboards
  • Pete Trewavas— vocals, bass guitar
  • Mike Portnoy— vocals, drums
  • Rich Mouser— pedal steel guitar
  • Chris Carmichael— cello
  • Daniel Gildenlöw— vocals
  • Rich Mouser — mixing
  • Jerry Guidroz — engineer
  • Thomas Ewerhard — design, layout
  • Per Nordin — Transatlantic Ship
  • Joey Pippin — band photos
  • Jerry Guidroz — Kaleidoscope photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy, Roine Stolt and Pete Trewavas, except where noted.

  1. Into the Blue
  • Overture
  • The Dreamer and the Healer
  • A New Beginning
  • Written in Your Heart
  • The Dreamer and the Healer (reprise)
  1. Black as the Sky
  2. Beyond the Sky
  3. Kaleidoscope
  • Overture
  • Ride the Lightning
  • Black Gold
  • Walking the Road
  • Desolation Days
  • Lemon Looking Glass
  • Ride the Lightning (reprise)

Procol Harum: Same

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In September 1967, “Regal Zonophone” label released the debut, self-titled Procol Harum album. It was recorded in June 1967, at “Olympic Studios” in London, and was produced by Denny Cordell. “Classic Rock” magazine included it in its list of the “50 Albums That Built Prog Rock”. It 2007, “Rolling Stone” magazine included it in its list of the “The 40 Essential Albums of 1967”.

Personnel:

  • Gary Brooker– vocals, piano
  • Robin Trower– guitar
  • Matthew Fisher– organ
  • Dave Knights– bass
  • J. Wilson– drums
  • Ray Royer– guitar
  • Bill Eyden– drums
  • Eddy Offord, Frank Owen, Gerald Chevin, Keith Grant, Laurence Burridge – engineer
  • Simon Platz – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Gary Brooker and Keith Reid, except where noted.

  1. Conquistador
  2. She Wandered Through the Garden Fence
  3. Something Following Me
  4. Mabel
  5. Cerdes (Outside the Gates Of)
  6. A Christmas Camel
  7. Kaleidoscope
  8. Salad Days (Are Here Again)
  9. Good Captain Clack
  10. Repent Walpurgis – Matthew Fisher

Kaleidoscope: Side Trips

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In June 1967, “Epic” label released “Side Trips”, the debut Kaleidoscope album. It was recorded 1966-1967, and was produced by Barry Friedman.

Personnel:

  • David Perry Lindley –banjo, fiddle, mandolin, guitar, harp guitar, 7-string banjo
  • David Solomon Feldthouse – saz, bouzouki, resonator guitar, veena, goblet drum, dulcimer, fiddle, twelve-string guitar
  • Christopher Lloyd Darrow –bass, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, autoharp, harmonica, clarinet
  • Fenrus Epp – violin, viola, bass, piano, organ, harmonica
  • John Vidican –percussion
  • Arnold Shaw – liner notes
  • Mike Goldberg – production supervisor

Track listing:

  1. Egyptian Gardens – David Solomon Feldthouse
  2. If the Night – Christopher Lloyd Darrow
  3. Hesitation Blues – Charlie Poole
  4. Please – David Solomon Feldthouse, Mark Freedman
  5. Keep Your Mind Open – Christopher Lloyd Darrow
  6. Pulsating Dream – David Lindley, Christopher Lloyd Darrow, David Solomon Feldthouse
  7. Oh Death – Dock Boggs
  8. Come on In – traditional, arr. by David Lindley
  9. Why Try – David Lindley
  10. Minnie the Moocher – Cab Calloway, Clarence Gaskill,Irving Mills