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Released
  
August 1974

Spyglass Guest (1974)
  
Time and Tide (1975)

Release date
  
1974

Length
  
39:10

Artist
  
Greenslade

Label
  
Mercury Records

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Recorded
  
Morgan Studios No. 3, London

Producer
  
Greenslade, Jeremy Ensor

Genres
  
Progressive rock, Rock music, Rock and roll

Similar
  
Greenslade albums, Progressive rock albums

Greenslade spyglass guest 1974 full album


Spyglass Guest is the third studio album by British progressive rock band Greenslade, released in 1974. It is their most commercially successful album to date, having reached number 34 in the UK Albums Chart. It was the final recording bassist Tony Reeves made with the group, leaving Greenslade shortly after the LP was completed.

Contents

Greenslade spyglass guest spirit of the dance


Track listing

  1. "Spirit of the Dance" (music: Dave Greenslade) – 5:08
  2. "Little Red Fry Up" (music and lyrics: Dave Lawson) – 5:11
  3. "Rainbow" (music and lyrics: Dave Lawson) – 4:20
  4. "Siam Seasaw" (music: Tony Reeves) – 4:43
  5. "Joie De Vivre" (music: Dave Greenslade, lyrics: Martin Hall) – 8:25
  6. "Red Light" (music and lyrics: Dave Lawson) – 2:27
  7. "Melancholic Race" (music: Dave Greenslade) – 4:15
  8. "Theme for an Imaginary Western" (music: Jack Bruce, lyrics: Pete Brown) – 3:52

Personnel

Greenslade
  • Dave Lawson — keyboards (except on "Spirit of the Dance"), vocals
  • Dave Greenslade — keyboards (except on "Little Red Fry Up", "Rainbow", and "Red Light")
  • Tony Reeves — bass guitar
  • Andrew McCulloch — drums, percussion
    • Additional personnel
  • Clem Clempson — electric guitar on "Little Red Fry Up" and "Siam Seesaw"
  • Andy Robert — acoustic guitar on "Siam Seesaw"
  • Graham Smith — violin on "Joie de Vivre"
  • Jeremy Ensor — recorded rain on "Rainbow", co-producer
  • Greg Jackman — recorded church noises on "Joie de Vivre", engineer
  • Lindsay Kidd — assistant engineer

    • Songs

    1Spirit of the Dance5:11
    2Little Red Fry-Up5:07
    3Rainbow4:21

    References

    Spyglass Guest Wikipedia
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