Jade Warrior - Released (remastered/mini-lp sleeve)
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15-REPERTOIRE 1052
Mini-lp sleeve reissue, newly and nicely remastered from the original master tapes by Eroc. The original release of this 1971 album was quite a poor transfer, so this is worth a purchase if you like this album.
"Jade Warrior was (and is) an enigmatic and unique band with an uncategorizable sound that evolved over a lengthy career going through several different phases. Core members Tony Duhig (guitar) and Jon Field (percussionist/flute) had worked together in the late sixties in a psychedelic band called July. After July called it a day, the two worked together on various studio-based musical projects that ultimately led to Jade Warrior Mark 1, then joined by Glyn Havard (bass & vocals). For their second album Released (1971), their rock edge was ratcheted up a notch or two with the addition of guests on saxes and kit drums, resulting in tracks like opener "Three Horned Dragon King", "Minnamato's Dream", and the fifteen minute rock jam "Barazinbar". And their quieter side was represented well with hauntingly beautiful pieces like "Yellow Eyes" and "Bride of Summer". Where the first album featured an array of sonic possibilities, this is an album that highlighted the contrasts within that sound."-Peter Thelen/Gnosis