BarryL
05-12-2004, 07:30 AM
I recently purchased Neal Morse (Spock's Beard frontman) CD of Transatlantic demos. The man plays all of the instruments on the demos. He is just as good in the studio as the whole band together. Be it guitars, drums, keyboards, bass, the man is solid on each of them.
Of the seven tunes, five are recorded on his home DAT studio and two are cassette snippets. Of the five DAT, three are finished songs: Hanging in the Balance, which became Stranger In Your Soul; We All Need Some Light; and Bridge Across Forever.
The 22 minute demo of Full Moon Rising is a bit weaker, with strained vocals and la la la's inserted where lyrics still had to be written.
An interesting recording for Morse fans and Transatlantic fans.
Next up is SMPTe as mixed by Roine Stolt. I'll let you know what the difference is after I've done a comparison and a few listens.
These are available from Radiant Records in the U.S. Stolt's Hydrophonia solo album is also available again. It's completely instrumental, and sounds like early Flower Kings without vocals. There's nothing too way out here, but it should appeal to Flower King fans. Not a must have IMO.
Of the seven tunes, five are recorded on his home DAT studio and two are cassette snippets. Of the five DAT, three are finished songs: Hanging in the Balance, which became Stranger In Your Soul; We All Need Some Light; and Bridge Across Forever.
The 22 minute demo of Full Moon Rising is a bit weaker, with strained vocals and la la la's inserted where lyrics still had to be written.
An interesting recording for Morse fans and Transatlantic fans.
Next up is SMPTe as mixed by Roine Stolt. I'll let you know what the difference is after I've done a comparison and a few listens.
These are available from Radiant Records in the U.S. Stolt's Hydrophonia solo album is also available again. It's completely instrumental, and sounds like early Flower Kings without vocals. There's nothing too way out here, but it should appeal to Flower King fans. Not a must have IMO.