1. Prophet 9:48
2. Country morning 7:09
3. Living life backwards 2:04
4. Things may come and things may go 5:05
5. High flying electric bird 4:20
6. Someone like you 5:48
7. Walk for charity run for money 5:32
8. Then I must go and can I keep 3:52
9. My love's gone far away 2:49
10. Golden country kingdom 3:13
11. Firesong 6:02
12. Country morning 6:49
13. High sorrow 3:27
14. Raining pins and needles 3:36
15. Aeroplane head woman 6:38
16. Station song platform two 3:37
1. Highland song 16:57
2. If they could only see me now 12:03
3. Got a letter from a computer 5:49
4. Thousands on a raft 7:06
5. Broken magic 6:58
6. Can't get off the planet 6:06
7. Flying hero sandwich 3:20
8. My last band 5:07
9. Dawn of a night wasp 6:56
10. Aeroplane head woman 7:37
Pete Brown - Vocals, Percussion
Dave Thompson - Keyboards
Jim Mullen - Bass, Guitar
Rob Tait - Drums
John Mumford - Trombone (1)
Paul Seeley - Banjo (1)
Roger Brunn - Bass (1)
Steve Glover - Bass, Percussion (2)
AMG:
"It has to hurt to be dumped from the band you lead, but that's what happened to Pete Brown with the Battered Ornaments - and to add insult to injury, right on the eve of a prestigious support slot opening for the Rolling Stones at London's Hyde Park in 1969. But Brown, already an acclaimed poet who'd penned many of the lyrics for Cream, dusted himself off and founded Piblokto!. This, their first album, was actually far more accessible and commercial than his work with the Battered Ornaments. The inventive title track percolates, and 'High Flying Electric Bird' (which was the B-side of the band's first single) features Brown on the highly unusual rock & roll slide whistle, mimicking a birdsong. But it's 'Golden Country Kingdom' that's the highlight; long and involved, it's a wonderful and highly affecting piece of prog rock that stands as the best thing Piblokto! ever put on tape. It stands as a contrast to the more laid-back 'Firesong,' although 'My Love's Gone Far Away' offers a more soulful organ sound.
..This album was remembered as much for its cover as anything else - a picture of a model Titanic and a model Concorde sinking in a puddle, as rafts of toast ferry thousands of baked beans to the shore. Musically it was some good jazz-rock, with the emphasis not always on Brown's vocals and elliptical lyrics, as Jim Mullen's 'Highland Song' offered an inventive, lengthy instrumental as the disc's centerpiece. The title cut has a Pink Floyd edge, surprising given Brown's predilection for jazz and blues, but it works well in the context. Guitarist Mullen is co-writer throughout, while the rhythm section of Rob Tait and Steve Glover swing rather than plod. 'Station Song Platform Two' employs Mellotron to full prog rock effect, while 'Got a Letter from a Computer' seems eerily ahead of its time for the early '70s. This was the last gasp of this incarnation of Piblokto!, but there's no doubt they went out on a high note."
Things may Come And Things May Go + Scans
Thousands on a Raft
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Things may Come And Things May Go + Scans
Thousands on a Raft