Heaven - Brass Rock 1 (1971 uk great heavy brass rock jazz, 2008 Esoteric reissue - Flac)


Eu não sou um admirador de jazz-rock, mas um álbum de heavy/hard rock com metais e toques de jazz é outra história! Excelente álbum; desfrutem!


A nine man band with a five man horn section comprising everything from trombone to clarinet and flutes, two guitarists who where also the alternating lead singers (one harsh the other softer), a very dynamic drummer and a competent bass player; no keyboards except some acoustic piano on a couple of a tracks; all this translates in a muscular sound, often reminding B.S&T or Chicago not only because of the brass arrangements (which also have a soundtrack quality sometimes), but also on the vocals ( an (even) more powerful David Clayton Thomas) or the guitar sound and style that sometimes reminds Terry Kath’s. But some amateurism is felt on some of the horn players, which are not so skilled as those in the aforementioned bands and that at times seem to struggle to get a fluid sound on the complex arrangements; the song writing is rich and diversified;

The album starts with a Riff based Rock Blues, powered by a raucous double guitar attack and harsh vocals, with a swinging jazzy brass arranged middle part, and some adventurous wah filtered guitar; 

“This Time Tomorrow” is an instrumental track with a 6/8 Spanish feel, a softer acoustic guitar and flutes part, and a faster one with double e-guitar leads and nice horns harmonizing; 

Back to up tempo, this time with a Country feel and very Chicago-ish horns is “Never Say Die” whereas “Come Back” has a 60’s feel, soft voice and pop flavoured vocal line often broken by hi-speed drum fills, guitar, brass and flute urgent grooves and even a distorted guitar solo – somewhat surprising… 

Things get more proggy with “Song for Chaos” that starts with a mid tempo pumping bass driven 60’s vocal feel, changes to harsh vocals over a driving jazz rock pattern, a quiet brass interlude, a ethnic hand clapped part, swinging brass arrangements with guitar solo on top, a calm Spanish trumpet part over piano backing, and then a rolling distant bass lays the basis for a raunchy guitar lead as the intro part resumes;

“Morning Coffee” is another instrumental with quiet flutes arrangements enriched by some brass over clear guitar chords; a nice octaves jazzy guitar solo graces the middle part; 

With “Number One” things get back to Jazz Rock with blistering guitar riffs, harsh vocals and blaring horns ,the some being true for “Number Two” which has a more swinging vibe (more B.S.&T sounding too); 

“Dawning” that opens with sea and seagulls sounds has Yes like vocals over gentle double acoustic guitars arpeggios, piano backing and soaring flute lines; the sea sounds make the transition to “Got to Get Away” which starts with a melancholic bass fiddle soon joined by flugelhorn and clarinet; a bubbling bass introduces a vocal line on top gentle strummed e-guitar and staccato horns; it builds up with backing vocals and more horn arrangements; the drum enters to support a nice eastern sounding sax; Latin percussions and slide guitar chords and solos speed things up; the song climaxes with the two guitars trading solos and blaring horns as the vocals theme is reintroduced; 

At almost 60 minutes (I doubt it all fitted in a single LP, but no where in the CD issue is a mention to Bonus tracks – unless this was a double…) this is a nice showcase of possible alternative paths for Brass Rock Jazz fans.

Officially released on CD for the first time, this Esoteric Recordings reissue is digitally remastered from the original master tapes and restores the artwork of the album in full (by Comus Duke).




LINK:

http://minhateca.com.br/nelwizard/Heaven+-+Brass+Rock+1+(1971)+*5bFLAC*5d,444753135.rar(archive)












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  1. Me too i'm not a fan of jazz-rock, but this album is heavy and really Great!. I discovered this band by the box-set DVD video "The Story of Beat-Club", and despite that the Esoteric version is certainly better, i prefered purchased the 2005 Green Tree CD german edition, because there's 2 bonus tracks "Hangin' On" and "Funny Lines" not on this edition. This album has recently been reissued on LP in a multi fold-out cover (exactly like the original), essential for vinyl maniacs.
    In the brass-rock genre with guitars in front, but more easy to listen, my favorites remains the 2 fabulous albums of Sod "Sod" (US 1971, Decca DL-75316) and "Face The Music" (US 1972, Decca DL-75353), not current but still findable at a cheap price. Sadly no cd reissue until now.
    Thanks, Nelwizard.

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  2. LINK:

    EAC >Flac+.cue+log+full scans (600 dpi)

    http://depositfiles.org/files/mysd2duoq

    or
    http://netkups.com/?d=de81605cab8e8

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    1. NEW LINK:

      http://minhateca.com.br/nelwizard/Heaven+-+Brass+Rock+1+(1971)+*5bFLAC*5d,444753135.rar(archive)

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  3. great band, great album, thanks. fidel

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  4. Excelent album.Many thanks for ESOTERIC reissue,because they sounding great...

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  5. May you post a new link, please?

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  6. netkups and depositfiles are off-line :-(

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  7. NEW LINK:

    https://mega.nz/#!TJVEHBjR!iiDz9b3Cmlevo59-oWvQ7IwShQGsA7hqWmu2FNKr-KA

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  8. Você é incrível sempre colocando link novo!! Obrigado irmão!!!

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  9. I got it in my LP-collection ... it's a double-album, therefore the length ...

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  10. Hello Nelwizard,
    Do you have similar funk group called SOD - 1971 - SOD in lossless format ?
    Thanks in advance.
    Cheers,
    The Tutorial Machine [PNF]

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