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Artist | Cressida
Title | The Vertigo Years Anthology 1969-1971
Genre | Progressive Rock Format | Album
Source | CDDA Time | 105:49
Label | Esoteric Recordings Store | 2012
Catalog | ECLEC 22348 Rip | 2015
Bitrate | 222 kbps Size | 177.71 MB
Freq | 44.1 kHz Encoder | Lame 3.98.4
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CD 1/2
01. One Of A Group 3:40
02. Winter Is Coming Again 4:45
03. Lights In My Mind 2:47
04. Home Is Where I Long To Be 4:07
05. Time For Bed 2:21
06. Depression 5:07
07. Down Down 4:18
08. To Play Your Little Game 3:24
09. Cressida 3:59
10. The Only Earthman In Town 3:38
11. Tomorrow Is A Whole New Day 5:23
12. Spring '69 2:20
13. Lights In My Mind (Previously Unreleased Demo) 3:14
14. Mental State (Previously Unreleased Demo) 3:40
CD 2/2
01. Survivor 1:33
02. Reprieved 2:32
03. Summer Weekend Of A Lifetime 3:24
04. Lisa 5:08
05. Asylum 3:33
06. Goodbye Post Office Tower Goodbye 2:49
07. Let They Come When They Will 11:48
08. Munich 9:38
09. Situation (Previously Unreleased) 3:35
10. Depression (BBC Radio 1 Session: Sound Of The Seventies) 4:26
11. Winter Is Coming Again (BBC Radio 1 Session: Sound Of The 4:40
Seventies)
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Cressida was a British art rock band formed at the tail-end of the 1960s in
the shadow of (and their music very much in thrall to) the Moody Blues,
with a heavy organ and Mellotron sound courtesy of keyboard player Peter
Jennings. The original lineup of Jennings, Angus Cullen (vocals, guitar),
John Heyworth (guitar), Kevin McCarthy (bass), and Ian Clark (drums) was
signed to Polydor's progressive rock imprint, Vertigo Records. The group
had a dense, lyrical sound, and Cullen's singing was of a pleasing, almost
pop nature, in a vein similar to Justin Hayward, Paul McCartney, et al.
Their self-titled debut album was filled with hauntingly beautiful melodies
and relatively accessible, straightforward song structures. It was somewhat
derivative of antecedents such as the Moody Blues, but it did well enough
to justify a follow-up in 1971.
Heyworth had departed by the time of the second album, entitled "Asylum",
replaced by John Culley and Paul Martin Layton (of the New Seekers) on
guitar, and with Harold McNair added on flute as well. That album, produced
by Ossie Byrne, was more ambitious instrumentally and, surprisingly, given
Byrne's previous work with the Bee Gees and Eclection, less focused on
Cullen's vocals. By 1972, however, the group had run out of steam and
recording contract, and they never really had a chance to develop a
history. Ian Clark moved on to a brief stay with Uriah Heep and John Culley
became a member of Black Widow.
2012 2CD anthology from progressive rock legends Cressida. One of the
finest groups to sign to the legendary Vertigo label in 1969, Cressida's
unique progressive rock style earned them a loyal fan base in the early
1970s, with their legend growing over the ensuing decades and their
followers growing. The band's self-titled debut album was recorded at
Wessex Studios with Ossie Byrne producing, and was one of the earliest
releases on Vertigo. Cressida went through a difficult phase with line-up
changes.
The new line-up recorded Cressida's second LP, "Asylum", later in 1970 but
it was released posthumously in 1971, the band having broken up in
September 1970. This anthology has been compiled by the group themselves
and is a fine tribute to an inspiring band and has been newly remastered
from the original master tapes covering every track Cressida recorded for
Vertigo Records, and features a booklet with new essay.
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