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ARTIST
THIRD EAR BAND
TITLE
Mosaics: The Albums 1969-1972
FORMAT
3CD
LABEL
ESOTERIC RECORDINGS
CATALOG #
ECLEC 32771CD
ECLEC 32771CD
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
5/24/2024
"
Third Ear Band
was one of the earliest signings to EMI's Progressive imprint, Harvest Records. The band was formed in 1968 around a nucleus of
Glen Sweeney
(percussion),
Paul Minns
(oboe),
Richard Coff
(Violin, Viola) and
Mel Davis
(cello). Third Ear Band were unique in their exploration of exotic baroque music fused with experimental rock. Signing to Blackhill Enterprises in 1969, the quartet opened for many of the legendary Hyde Park free concerts by
Pink Floyd
,
The Rolling Stones
, and
Blind Faith
. Their debut album,
Alchemy
, released in July 1969, was championed by legendary DJ
John Peel
and is regarded as one of the most striking and original works of the era with its unique gothic improvisational music. The band's self-titled second album was released in June 1970 and saw
Ursula Smith
replace Mel Davis on cello. Third Ear Band gained good reviews in the underground music press, but the group was always fluid with their line-ups and Ursula Smith and Richard Coff departed the band in September 1970 to be replaced by
Ben Cartland
and
Paul Buckmaster
. Cartland soon departed and
Denim Bridges
was recruited on electric guitar along with former
High Tide
member
Simon House
on violin and VCS 3 synthesiser. This line-up of the group was approached by film director
Roman Polanski
to write and record the soundtrack to his gritty film adaption of
Shakespeare
's
Macbeth
. The darkly evocative and eerie music of Third Ear Band fitted perfectly with Roman Polanski's cinematic vision of the acclaimed Shakespearian drama which starred
Jon Finch
,
Francesca Annis
, and
Martin Shaw
. In March 1972 the soundtrack album
Music From Macbeth
was released on Harvest, but it would be the band's final album.
Mosaics: The Albums 1969-1972
gathers together the three Third Ear Band albums released by Harvest in a clamshell box and is the ideal introduction to the band and their uniquely haunting and evocative music."
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