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█▒ Artist - Waterloo ▒█
█▒ Title - First Battle ▒█
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█▒ Genre - Rock Year - 1970 ▒█
█▒ Format - Album Time - 66:48 ▒█
█▒ Label - Disques Vogue Source - Web Store ▒█
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▌░ 01. Meet Again 3:05 ░▐
▌░ 02. Why May I Not Know 3:09 ░▐
▌░ 03. Tumblin' Jack 2:36 ░▐
▌░ 04. Black Born Children 3:44 ░▐
▌░ 05. Life 2:48 ░▐
▌░ 06. Problems 3:02 ░▐
▌░ 07. Why Don't You Follow Me 3:32 ░▐
▌░ 08. Guy In the Neighbourhood 2:56 ░▐
▌░ 09. Lonesome Road 2:51 ░▐
▌░ 10. Diary Of An Old Man 11:00 ░▐
▌░ 11. Plastic Mind 4:29 ░▐
▌░ 12. Smile 3:53 ░▐
▌░ 13. I Can't Live With Nobody But You 3:44 ░▐
▌░ 14. The Youngest Day 7:37 ░▐
▌░ 15. Bobo's Dream 5:02 ░▐
▌░ 16. Bad Time 3:20 ░▐
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▌░ Belgian band Waterloo's only album, First Battle, was ░▐
▌░ originally released in February of 1970, a crucial time of ░▐
▌░ transition for European rock; this was the tipping point ░▐
▌░ where the expansive sounds of psychedelia lost some of their ░▐
▌░ trippiness and began moving toward a technically complex ░▐
▌░ progressive rock style. Though King Crimson and Yes had ░▐
▌░ released their first albums by this time, prog was still very ░▐
▌░ much in its infancy, and First Battle falls squarely under ░▐
▌░ the proto-prog umbrella, retaining trace elements of ░▐
▌░ psychedelia but definitively leaning into a more ░▐
▌░ sophisticated, classical-influenced realm. ░▐
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▌░ One of Waterloo's key inspirations was the Nice -- a ░▐
▌░ proto-prog outfit if ever there was one -- and the influence ░▐
▌░ of both the Nice's Keith Emerson and the contemporaneous ░▐
▌░ sounds of Deep Purple's Jon Lord can be heard in the ░▐
▌░ fleet-fingered Bach-goes-beard-rock licks of organist Mark ░▐
▌░ Malyster. Malyster's riffs share the spotlight here with Gus ░▐
▌░ Roan's guitar work, which, in a manner typical for early ░▐
▌░ prog, often sounds a bit more earthbound and blues-based than ░▐
▌░ the keyboards. The top end of Waterloo's musical mix is ░▐
▌░ completed by singer Dirk Bogart's flute playing, which can't ░▐
▌░ help but put listeners in mind of Benefit-era Jethro Tull. ░▐
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▌░ As First Battle was merely a tentative step on prog's road to ░▐
▌░ excess, most of the songs are short and to the point, ░▐
▌░ maintaining a kind of muscular, Move-like psych-pop ░▐
▌░ sensibility, the lone exception being the 11-minute "Diary of ░▐
▌░ an Old Man," with it's bluesy/jazzy jams. The bonus cuts are ░▐
▌░ another story, though -- some of them feature the band's ░▐
▌░ second (post-album) lineup, which included saxophonist John ░▐
▌░ Van Rymenant and moved toward a more intense, jazz-tinged ░▐
▌░ style for a couple of singles. Shortly after these later ░▐
▌░ releases, Waterloo disintegrated, with a number of members ░▐
▌░ forming jazz/rock band Pazop. ░▐
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▌░ This release also contains some of their singles that did not ░▐
▌░ end up on the album (tracks 11-16). ░▐
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