Spyglass Guest

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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

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.

Greenslade spyglass guest spirit of the dance

Track listing

"Spirit of the Dance" (music: Dave Greenslade) – 5:08
"Little Red Fry Up" (music and lyrics: Dave Lawson) – 5:11
"Rainbow" (music and lyrics: Dave Lawson) – 4:20
"Siam Seasaw" (music: Tony Reeves) – 4:43
"Joie De Vivre" (music: Dave Greenslade, lyrics: Martin Hall) – 8:25
"Red Light" (music and lyrics: Dave Lawson) – 2:27
"Melancholic Race" (music: Dave Greenslade) – 4:15
"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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