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Shroom Productions -SP98005, 1998
Featuring material from the January Sound Sessions of 1977 and material from 1978 and 1980.Palm Mystery (CD, 62:43);
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MJBrady
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Published on: 12 Jan 2002
What a fun archival collection of music this is. Hands, a long forgotten progressive rock/fusion band from Texas, branched out from from another great band called Prism. They are a 70's band, and thus owe nothing to their contemporaries of this era, as they are as original as any band from this time. Borrowing from a menagerie of musical influences, Hands keeps your attention with the same kind of quirky arrangements as bands like Happy the Man, Mirthrandir, & Gentle Giant, and their use of a wide array of instruments makes for a unique sound, that is always in transition, both traditional rock, and untraditional orchestral instruments are used extensively throughout the album, just look at the musicians credits and you will see what I am referring to. I can only give this cd one knock, and that is the sound quality is obviously dated, but that fact in no way takes away from the significance of this great music, as it is well worth the price to discover one of progs great lost treasures.
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CREDITS
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PROGGNOSIS SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY
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1. Mystic Cross
2. Candor
3. Whorl
4. King's Mischief
5. Murderer's Thumb
6. New Skies
7. Phalanges
8. Abracadaver
9. Loop of Humor
10. Ditty
11. Zone of Balance
12. A Narrow Bridge
13. Mount of Luna
14. I Foreign I
15. Complete Survival
16. Sooner Then You Think
17. Arduous Ventures
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Skip Durbin
Flutes, Saxes, oboe, clarinet, various other woodwinds, keyboards, percussion, backup vocals, composer
Steve Parker
Bass, guitar, keyboards, drums, percussion, trombone, vocals, composer
Ernie Myers
Guitars, mandolin, drums, percussion, vocals, composer
Paul Bunker
Viola, violin, vitar, quatro, keyboards, percussion, backup vocals, composer
Michael Clay
Keyboards, piano, tubular bells, electric guitar
John Rousseau
Drums, tuned percussion, percussion, backup vocals
Extra Hands:
David Carlisle - Bass
Mike Barreyre - Guitar
Sonny Sollel - Sax
Tom Reed - Vocals
Shannon Day - Keyboards
Gary Stone - Vocals
Mark Menikos - Violin
John Fiveash - Drums and Percussion
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