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Of Queues and Cures

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Released
  
December 1978

Length
  
52:02

Of Queues and Cures (1978)
  
D.S. Al Coda (1982)

Release date
  
December 1978

Recorded
  
July 1978

Producer
  
Mike Dunne

Artist
  
National Health

Label
  
Charly Records

Of Queues and Cures wwwprogarchivescomprogressiverockdiscography

Genres
  
Progressive rock, Jazz fusion, Psychedelic rock, Hard rock, Avant-garde jazz

Progressive rock albums
  
The Rotters' Club, The Polite Force, Space Shanty, The Civil Surface, Matching Mole's Little Red

Of Queues and Cures (also identified as Of Queues & Cures) is the second album recorded by the progressive rock and jazz fusion group National Health, one of the last representatives of the artistically prolific Canterbury scene.

Contents

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Track listing

  1. "The Bryden Two-Step (For Amphibians), Pt. 1" (Dave Stewart) - 8:54
  2. "The Collapso" (Stewart) - 6:19
  3. "Squarer for Maud" (John Greaves) - 11:51
  4. "Dreams Wide Awake" (Phil Miller) - 8:50
  5. "Binoculars" (Pip Pyle) - 11:45
  6. "Phlâkatön" (Pyle) - 0:09
  7. "The Bryden Two-Step (For Amphibians), Pt. 2" (Stewart) - 5:31
  8. "Paracelsus" (Excerpt) (Bonus Track)
  9. "The Apocalypso" (Bonus Track)

Personnel

  • Dave Stewart - Organ and electric piano (tracks 1-5, 7), piano (tracks 1-3, 7), minimoog (tracks 3-5, 7)
  • Phil Miller - Guitar (tracks 1-5, 7)
  • John Greaves - Bass (tracks 1-5, 7), piano innards (track 3), crooning (track 5)
  • Pip Pyle - Drums (tracks 1-5, 7), breakage (track 2), percussion (track 3), handclaps (track 3)

    • Also:

  • Selwyn Baptiste - Steel drums (track 2)
  • Rick Biddulph - Bass on 6, bass & organ solo (track 4)
  • Peter Blegvad - Spoken word excerpt (track 3)
  • Georgie Born - Cellos (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7)
  • Mike Dunne - Engineer, Producer
  • Brian Gaylor - Engineer
  • Jimmy Hastings - Clarinets (tracks 3, 5), bass clarinet (track 3), flute (track 5)
  • Phil Minton - Trumpet (track 1), trumpets (track 5)
  • Paul Nieman - Trombones (tracks 1, 5)
  • Keith Thompson - Oboe (tracks 3, 5)

    • Reception

    The Allmusic review by Dave Lynch awarded the album 4 stars and states "Of Queues & Cures is one of the last and finest examples of the instrumental Canterbury sound on record during the 1970s.".

    Songs

    1The Bryden 2-Step (For Amphibians) - Part 18:56
    2The Collapso6:19
    3Squarer for Maud11:52

    References

    Of Queues and Cures Wikipedia
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