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Pathfinder (album)

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Released
  
1972

Producer
  
Beggars Opera

Release date
  
1972

Genre
  
Progressive rock

Length
  
37:53

Artist
  
Beggars Opera

Label
  
Vertigo Records

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Pathfinder (1972)
  
Get Your Dog Off Me! (1973)

Similar
  
Waters of Change, Act One, Lose a Life

Beggars opera 1972 pathfinder full album


Pathfinder is the third album by the Scottish progressive band Beggars Opera, published in 1972.

Contents

Overview

The Mellotron, as found on its predecessor Waters of Change had all but vanished. The music here is pretty much early '70s song-based progressive, typical of the British scene of the time, dominated by the Hammond organ. It is quite an accessible album with catchy and solid melodies.

Personnel

  • Ricky Gardiner - lead guitar, vocals
  • Martin Griffiths - lead vocals
  • Alan Park - keyboards
  • Gordon Sellar - bass, acoustic guitar, vocals
  • Raymond Wilson - drums
  • Technical
  • Barry Ainsworth, Roger Wake - engineer
  • Peter Goodfellow - sleeve illustration
  • Songs

    1Hobo4:25
    2MacArthur Park8:20
    3The Witch6:07

    References

    Pathfinder (album) Wikipedia