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D.S. Al Coda

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Released
  
1982

Length
  
46:14

Release date
  
1982

Recorded
  
October-November, 1981

Artist
  
National Health

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Label
  
Blueprint Records / Floating World

Producer
  
National Health, Nick Bradford

Genres
  
Canterbury scene, Jazz fusion

Canterbury scene albums
  
Afters, The Civil Surface, Live 1990, Kew Rhone, Waterloo Lily

National health portrait of a shrinking man 1982


D.S. Al Coda is the third and final album by the progressive rock and jazz fusion group National Health. It is a tribute to former member Alan Gowen, who died of leukaemia in May 1981, and consists solely of compositions written by him. Most of these had not been recorded in the studio before, although "TNTFX" and "Arriving Twice" both appeared earlier on albums by Gowen's other band Gilgamesh.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Alan Gowen.

  1. "Portrait Of A Shrinking Man" - 5:35
  2. "TNTFX" - 3:12
  3. "Black Hat" - 4:52
  4. "I Feel A Night Coming On" - 6:37
  5. "Arriving Twice" - 2:22
  6. "Shining Water" - 8:52
  7. "Tales Of A Damson Knight" - 1:56
  8. "Flanagan's People" - 5:18
  9. "Toad Of Toad Hall" - 7:30

Personnel

National Health

  • Dave Stewart - Synthesizer, organ, electric piano
  • Phil Miller - Electric guitar, acoustic guitar
  • John Greaves - Bass guitar
  • Pip Pyle - Drums, electronic drums

    • Additional musicians

  • Elton Dean - Saxello (1, 4)
  • Ted Emmett - Trumpet (1)
  • Barbara Gaskin - Vocals (7)
  • Jimmy Hastings - Flute (3, 6, 9)
  • Amanda Parsons - Vocals (7)
  • Richard Sinclair - Vocals (3)
  • Annie Whitehead - Trombone (1)

    • Songs

    1Portrait of a Shrinking Man5:35
    2TNTFX3:12
    3Black Hat4:51

    References

    D.S. Al Coda Wikipedia
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