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National Health (album)

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Released
  
February 1978

Length
  
49:58

Recorded
  
February - March 1977

Producer
  
Mike Dunne

Genre
  
Jazz fusion, progressive rock, neo-classical, avant-garde

Label
  
Affinity Records, Get Back Records

National Health is the first album recorded by the progressive rock and jazz fusion group National Health, one of the last representatives of the artistically prolific Canterbury scene. Although it was created during the rise of punk, the album is characterized by lengthy, elaborate and mostly instrumental compositions that combine prog and jazz elements.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Tenemos Roads" – 14:43 (Dave Stewart)
  2. "Brujo" – 10:19 (Alan Gowen)
  3. "Borogoves (Excerpt from Part Two)" - 4:16 (Dave Stewart)
  4. "Borogoves (Part One)" - 6:37 (Dave Stewart)
  5. "Elephants" - 14:37 (Alan Gowen, Dave Stewart)

Personnel

  • Phil Miller - electric guitar
  • Dave Stewart - acoustic piano, electric piano, organ (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5), Clavinet (track 3)
  • Pip Pyle - drums, glockenspiel (tracks 2, 5), pixiphone (track 5), gong (track 1), cowbell (track 1), tambourine (track 1), finger cymbals (track 2), shakers (track 2), bells (track 2)
  • Neil Murray - fretless bass guitar

    • with

  • Alan Gowen - acoustic piano (tracks 2, 5), electric piano, moog synthesizer
  • Jimmy Hastings - flute (tracks 1-3, 5), clarinet (tracks 3, 4), bass clarinet (track 1)
  • John Mitchell - percussion (track 1), güiro (track 2), temple block (track 2), conga (track 3)
  • Amanda Parsons - vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5)

    • References

    National Health (album) Wikipedia
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