Druid - Toward The Sun 1975 FULL VINYL ALBUM (progressive rock)
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Songs / Tracks Listing
1. Voices (8:14)
2. Remembering (5:24)
3. Theme (5:26)
4. Toward the Sun (5:08)
5. Red Carpet for an Autumn (3:09)
6. Dawn of Evening (10:03)
7. Shangri-La (10:08)
Total Time: 47:32
Something incredible happened in the seventies, the music reached a pinnacle of human beauty,
Renaissance with Annie Haslam epitomized the period.
It has been said and I've always thought that 1973 was the year that all of these great artists put out their best work there are numerous examples Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Brain Salad Surgery Spectrum close to the edge Selling England by the pound, everything from Jethro Tull to David Bowie seems to have fully blossomed in 1973.
@@davidwalters7867 IVE GOT A LOT OF LESSOR KNOWN BANDS.
I agree. And also very Aquarian what with all the jazz fusion and progressive rock going on. Not to mention all the jazz-blues and blues-jazz festivals... Wish I could have been a musician during those years. I'm curious what a mundane astrologer would have to say about those times, musically or otherwise.
My theorie: less chemtrails ,less poisoned food, less genetic engineering. Then they developped the horror-shows.
The only reason people bash this band/album is because they sound like Yes. You might as well bash all of the greatest blues rock bands because they sound like Jimi Hendrix. I'm a huge Yes fan and there's still plenty of reason to listen to this gem of an album.
100% agree. When some band sounds like Yes, that's usually a good thing!
Brilliant mate.
Unusually tight and punchy live - sadly didn't transfer to vinyl at all. What the hell went wrong?
"Toward The Sun" is the debut album from Druid, a mid 70's prog-psych-rock band from England, who came to public attention by winning a 1974 unsigned band contest orchestrated by Melody Maker magazine. Because of the contest the band went on to perform on 'The Old Grey Whistle Test' TV show and then went on to record 2 albums. After the demise of Druid, bassist Neil Brewer and singer Dane Stevens briefly formed the Never Never Band with a more commercial sound, while drummer Cedric Sharpley went on to play with singer Gary Numan in the band Tubeway Army. Keys player Andrew McCrorie-Shand went on to work with other performers of the era such as Curved Air, Leo Sayer, Sally Oldfield, Billy Ocean and Sarah Brightman. After living the rock n' roll life, McCrorie-Shand then began to work for the children's production company Ragdoll Productions, and composed music for TV shows such as Teletubbies, Brum, Tots TV, Boohbah, Rosie and Jim, The Adventures of Abney & Teal, Twirlywoos, B.O.T., Popshop and the Beasties. He has not returned for the remake of Teletubbies, although the new show features orchestral versions of his original theme. Later, after years in the music business, bassist Neil Brewer then became the third host of the children's TV show 'Rosie and Jim' from 1997-2000."
DRUID:
*Dane Stevens - Guitars, Vocals
*Andrew McCrorie-Shand - Keys
*Neil Brewer - Bass
*Cedric Sharpley - Drums, Percussion
Je connaissais pas très bien ce groupe. Il est bien sûr un successeur de Yes mais aussi un frère de Star Castel, Athmosphera, England
Kayak, Pré, Aleph et maintenant Wobbler
Keyboardist Andrew McCrorie-Shand composed the music for the children's program Teletubbies...
I feel like Cedric Sharpley's drumming on "The Pleasure Principle" by Gary Numan was critical to the albums success, it really tied everything together, he had a different drummer before then.
the old grey whistle twst.....what the fuck
@@boboy1000 Indeed, it was Gary's uncle Jess Lidyard! He's on The Plan, Tubeway Army, & Replicas.
Unfortunately the seventies record companies started going for sales and commercial values. There were so many amazing bands with great musicians that have been overlooked and lost in time when music was alive and kept progressing sadly those days are gone
There were so many good bands who produced wonderful albums that were never heard as much as they should have been.
Look up Souls of Inspyration. I love their album.
@@realkoko-loco Will do.Thanks.
very... very... very good and magic music!
можно поставить в один ряд с группами Caravan, Camel, Genesis, Yes, Gentle Giant, Jethro Tull, ELP...
Totally agree, just made the same comment in response to another person, lol.
You are right stink, thanks to you tube I’m also discovering many great sounding bands from the 70”s
A really amazing album!
I'm a Yes and progressive rock follower and think this sounds simply enchanting, very glad listening this music,!
Amazing, dig it! Reminds Yes a lot... Greetings from Brazil!
Definitely on the Yes side of Prog! :D
The number of incredible bands from the 70s seems endless but of course you eventually run out. AFTER digging up another 3,000 great albums! Druid is obviously Yes-influenced but have their own great sound. GREAT Mellotron, a huge favorite of mine. Dane's voice is so high, though, maybe the highest male voice ever. Yes (no pun intended) even higher than Jon Anderson. Not my cuppa tea but he fits their sound perfectly. They came too late to ride the progressive rock popularity wave, but they're a nice addition for all collectors of fine, golden era prog. Thanks for posting this!
When it comes to high vocals, I think Geddy Lee is 'up there' among the highest.
At least when it comes to prog rock.
I saw them at Leeds Polytechnic. They were promoted by the great Bob Harris of Old Grey Whistle Test fame (he may even have been the album's producer). It was a damn good show, but I didn't have the money with me to buy the album. My friend bought a copy, but I never got round to purchasing. Haven't heard the album for years, but am enjoying re-acquainting myself with it. Thanks for posting.
This is a mostly ignored and criminally underrated Prog album . OK so the Yes influence is obvious but the composition and musicianship are second to none . Got this on it's release after seeing them on the OGWT and was mightily impressed . Sadly their second album "Fluid " was in my opinion a disappointment never scaling the heights of this outstanding debut .
Fantastic band. They had only two albums, this one and Fluid. I like this one better, but both are super. Some say they are Yes clones. They have learned a lot from Yes, but are quite distinctive. Too bad they got swept away by Punk Rock. Still lovely.
Buenísimo...realmente bueno. De verdad diría que es Yes. Gracias por facilitar esta joya. Desde Perú un abrazo a toda la comunidad progre.
Desde ciudad de Mexico gracias ,
1. Voices (0:00)
2. Remembering (8:15)
3. Theme (13:42)
4. Toward the Sun (19:10)
5. Red Carpet for an Autumn (24:15)
6. Dawn of Evening (27:28)
7. Shangri-La (37:32)
Harlequin Mass is also great band. Thank you very much for timecode.
ありがとう。
Great discovery. Had not heard of them before today! Despite my immense age and love of prog!
Muy buena banda, fantástica buen rock progresivo, se parece a Yes pero tiene su línea original, gracias por compartir, saludos desde Tulcán Ecuador Sudamérica.
It seems as though a lot of the lesser known prog bands have their "weakest link" in the vocal department. These vocals are beautiful and pure!!!
Not just the lesser known, I love most of them but Gabriel would often have to strain his voice, Lake would connect word endings and lose intonation because of it, Dream Theatre's vocalist is not liked by many too, King Crimson's other vocalist, Wetton, had an alcoholic's voice; objectively there are probably more. Look at Steely Dan too! I love them all anyway :D
Hay grupos que desgraciadamente , no pudimos conocer en los 70”s pero que analizando , andaban muy lejos de ser , grupos comerciales del montón , afortunadamente este grupo , es tan vanguardista desde aquel entonces , que no dudo pensar en lo actuales que se escuchan en 2022 , muchos grupos actuales de calidad , están tomando como base , a estos grupos para inspirarse con su material ! ( claro sin copiarlos ) 🖖😃🇲🇽
Yes clones, but extremely good,,,if I closed my eyes and do know better, I would think it's " YES ".
Beautiful adaption of the sound of Yes, Genesis a.o. - thank you for posting !
This sounds like the USA band Starcastle. Which sounds good, to be honest.
Ignore the naysayers - an absolute gem of an album
Few albums have touched my soul in such a way that i feel like i love being alive, this song makes me grateful and fortunate for everything i have❤
It's not a bad album. Singer does kinda sound like a castrated Jon Anderson though.
this was recommended to me randomly, i accidentally had my volume near full blast and the first song nearly blew my mind and split my reality apart, I was shocked but i felt like i just entered a world of eternal groove and pleasure, it was beautiful❤
Same!!
イエスそっくりだけど、もっと明るい印象、イエスのハードロック的な部分をポップスに変えたようなバンド、かなり高品質
good album, to me closer to caravan than Yes. too leisurely, episodic and lacking the dynamism, intensity, and overall compositional coherence of yes. but good in its own right for sure.
Parts of this album reminded me of Tales from Topographic Oceans, which to my mind is one of the most leisurely and least intense of Yes' classic output.
The more I listen to this, the more it makes me think of Tales of Topographic Oceans. Some lovely and interesting moments, but too many stretches of repetitive mid-tempo maundering.
Agree 💯! Meandering works for Druid though. Distinguishes them.
I love this album. Similar to Yes but I don't mind. There is something special in here.
Now there was this 2003 remaster with a different track order which worked way better. Anyone knows this one?
What an incredible debut LP!
One of the most beautiful albums ever made. Yes, a Yes resemblance, but I like it better than most of the Yes albums.
I totally agree!!
@@68ratwagon Me too!!!
Unique and dreamy, and Yes-ish for sure, but whether it surpasses the sheer power of The Yes album, well. On second listening I have second thoughts. All of them good.
I have the Portuguese edition of this wonderful album!
It even made my heart ache to know that keyboardist Andrew McCrorie Shand and bassist Neil Brewer, such talented musicians, ended up on the BBC making music and programs for children!!!
Agree.
I'm a big yes and prog fan . This is a great album . Well recorded , well thought out songs and transitions within. Another to add to my collection. Thanks for the down load. I just bought a mint copy on vinyl , can't wait to play it.
Reminds me of Yes!
The first song brought to me tears, that was beautiful! God bless you all!😭❤❤❤
A bit of camel, a bit of yes, a bit man Fred man's earth band, and live as I remember pri-album a lot like wishbone ash. Just influences. Great album.
I thought Star Castle were the ultimate Yes copy but upon hearing this no longer!
Both r in same vein.
Gotta love these Progressive album covers! My first strong memory was when I felt in love with Yessongs - mesmerizing! Also Trespass or Paseando Por La Mesquita are among my favourites. Progressive Rock is Art in the form of Music. The best Music ever.
Paseando por la mezquita es de el grupo MEDINA AZAHARA ??? - ¿Paseando por la mezquita is the first album from Medina Azahara Spain band ???
@@TheDantesqo Sí! Buenissimo album y artwork!
El primer album de Medina Azahara es una genialidad del año 79 con la formacion original y Miguel Galan a la guitarra. No se si conoces a Triana, escucha su primer album del 75 conocido como El Patio... el mejor disco de la historia !!!
@@loqueyotediga1968 I am a longtime hardcore international Progressive head and for me, Triana is the most emotional band ever. It is very sad that Jesus de La Rosa went so soon... One of the saddest stories in Rock history. I walked the long Calle Feria, playing singing Señor Troncoso, paying my homage to house number 147.
Thank you for posting this album, buddy!
Molto vicini agli YES il cantante è quasi vocalmente JON ANDERSON ed il bassista ha uno stile che ricorda molto quello di CHRIS SQUIRE penso che il basso usato sia un RICKENBACKER come quello che usava CHRIS SQUIRE RIP !!!!! D'accordo assomigliano molto agli YES ma SEMPRE tutta la vita questi che i gruppetti insulsi di oggigiorno !!!!!!! Almeno questi si ispiravano a grandi gruppi come in effetti erano e SONO tuttora gli YES !!!!!! Ma devo dire che anche i DRUID avevano il loro APPEAL !!!!!
"Red Carpet for an Autumn", one of the most beautiful prog songs ever.
Не слышал даже о них. Похожи, ессно на Йес, но всё же😊. Прекрасная музыка, о которой в СССРе никто неслыхивал, ибо кабзон😢. Как сказали бы - чудо чудное и диво дивное.
Love this album, it transports me back to the mid 70's. I was working in a telephone exchange in Hereford and during our overtime shift, one of the guys would play his album.
Здравствуйте❤, всем нравится🙃, и мне нравится, хороши,,,
I can say I've never heard this before. A lot of Yes and Genesis influence but with a twist. Like a winding road you don't know what's just ahead....
a beautiful classic prog album complex melodic compositions and orchestrations a real delight to listen
Fantastic album. I’d never heard of them and came across this by chance. I get the Yes links but they also remind me of Grobschnitt too.
Grobschnitt is from my hometown Hagen , Germany and has been one of my idols since my youth - same like YES !
@@christophcloren4740 Grobschnitt are an awesome band. Jumbo and Rockpommel’s Land are big favourites of mine. I found them by chance while channel surfing one night nearly 30 years ago after I came home from the bar drunk! A German channel was playing a Rockpalast gig and it was their Solar Music set from 1978. Have loved them ever since.
@@rhyshughes3845 Thank you for acknowledging Grobschnitt - one of the pioneers of Kraut-Rock - I know three of them personally ..... even they've not been so sophisticated in their arrangements like their idols YES or others like early Genesis or Pink Floyd, and didn't have the technical virtuosity of bands like DREAM THEATRE, nevertheless they've created a new style of rock theatre in German Rock of 70's also with comedy elements which other bands of this era like Birth Control ot Eloy or Scorpions didn't have .....
Or, like the former drummer of Grobschnitt, Joachim 'EROC' Ehrig, said: "Grobschnitt is the best amateur band from Germany" - so - let's accompany little EARNIE to his trip to ROCKPOMMEL'S LAND !! - All the best !!!
@@christophcloren4740 are Grobschnitt still active?
Don't forget starcastle
John Ottman, Andrew McCrorie-Shand, Alan Nu, John Frizzell, And Brian Tyler!? Ha!. Teletubbies And Tots TV And The Rest Of That TV Show Didn't Now.
Ótimas composições com uma suavidade musical muito interessante! Mais um excelente grupo de rock progressivo que conheço! Obrigado por compartilhar!
Beautiful record. Just a pity EMI didn't put a bit more into recording, mastering and producing this great music, as they did with Queen.
:)...Thanks for the upload...PROG FOR LIFE!
Should've had a lot more backing, musicianship is fuckin' brilliant.
POUCOS CONHECEM,SÓ OS DINOSSAUROS DO ROCK.
RADIO ELDO-POP RIO -------
Incrível é que também foi prensado no Brasil em, 1975
It has that fat bass sound of early YES .
Who else thinks they sound like Yes or Yes sounds like them
While I agree with all of the Yes comparisons, I also hear some Budgie in there on a couple of songs! All of us old people wish we could have had an easy way to access this great stuff, like we do today!
Studio Album, released in 1975.
Line-up / Musicians
- Dane / guitars, vocals
- Andrew McCrorie-Shand / keyboards, choral arrangements
- Neil Brewer / bass
- Cedric Sharpley / drums & percussion
Just as Triumvirat copied a lot of things from ELP and still made wonderful records, Druid had a lot of influence from Yes and made this wonder that deserved to be heard more.
What a voice from dane stevens I have tears when I listen to this album what great a great prog group don't make them like that any more
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Yes...they listened to a lot.
What a beautiful album. From start to finish it is unique and excellent.
Pocos los conocen,que gran disco.
I like their "Fluid Druid" better, but this is a gem too.
It is Yes? No
No? Yes
They atrnt As dynamic As Yes but theyrre more prog than Rush who are not really a prog Band.
a pesar de que se asemeja a yes, esta banda tiene lo suyo, buen grupo
Рига. Очень краниво, но где то слышалось. Музыканты конечно суппер
It's a nice band, beauty songs, but without originality. Overly similar to Yes.
I remember seeing Druid at City University & they were probably the most memorable of all the acts I saw at 'City Rock'. I had their poster on my wall for years afterwards.
It's pleasant, if highly derivative. They clearly wanted to be Yes but lacked the required virtuosity.
There's plenty of virtuosity here, in fact more than you've ever had or ever will. Just being honest
Surprisingly good. Thank you !
Great Musicians, Excellent Vocals.
Ê som lindo
Muito, bom, este, vinil,,, 👍👍
Vocalistas una pasada gracias
They remind me YES.
Нехилая музычка, похоже на "Yes". Спасибо, уважаю.
Brilliant... so glad to discover this... awesome work!
Envio mis agradecimientos con mucho amor desde Santiago del estero Argentina. Feliz navidad a todos
Simplemente y grandiosamente una obra de arte!!! Viajo al espacio al escuchar esto porque simplemente es maravilloso. No entiendo porque Yes no los demandó jejejejeje 😂 gracias emBLIcko por compartir joyas tan magníficas. Saludos
This is a great album!
Nice prog band,.
Excellentissimo ! ❤️
I'm happily surprised
Album magnifico. Grande prog... W il prog!!!
Beautiful!!!!!
Somebody knows the line up??
Music for dreaming"""""""""
They sound like camel
Som para mentes evoluídas
Not my cup of tea, but I enjoyed its calming effect. Thank you for the upload anyway.
The bass is Very Chris squire.
Would have thought this was post"77" Yes, vocalist sounds like Anderson almost.
This is great it does sound like 1970 yes.
so hard to find anything about them on the internet and especially what happened to Dane, he was such a great singer and wrote some wonderful songs which I can still sing along to today. A huge talent Lost x
bellissimo
I listened this amazing album 3 years ago or something, here in RUclips, but first track was a beautiful and melancholic piano intro, I dont know if this intro was part of album. Thank you for share this epic record.
WOBBLER IMPERIAL WINTER WHITE.
I hear shades of this in Glass Hammer... beautiful symphonic progressive rock. Lots of brilliantly played Hammond, beautiful Mellotron. Fantastic stuff! I wish I'd known of Druid... err, decades ago. Why people slag this off as a Yes bite... so epphing WHAT! I love Yes; obviously so did these guys (the singer - what needeth be saidyawl). If you enjoy something, isn't THIS all that matters??
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L' ARTWORK di copertina di chi è ??? Dato che la band si avvicinava stilisticamente abbastanza agli YES perché non hanno incaricato ROGER DEAN a fare le copertine ???
very melodic and accessible
Bought the album when it come out, absolutely loved it, very "Yes". Stupidly sold it. Hope the guys are well.
Me lembrou YES
After listening to this is there anyone who actually believes 'Mirror To The Sky'' is really Yes but not Druid making a comeback.
Did not know. It was a pleasant surprise. Congratulations.
Cover and music seems from Yes
Very nice. Pleasant. I never can get enuf mellotron! And quality voiced singing.
I remember buying it when I came out someone saying the sound like yesHello I’m a big fan of this quite a good album I can still listen to it