Brand X - The Bottom Line: New York City, New York, USA October 31, 1978 (Pre-FM) - Emperor Nobody Remaster

Brand X
The Bottom Line
New York City, New York USA
October 31, 1978
Pre-FM Recording - Emperor Nobody Remaster
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Front Cover Only

01 The Ghost of Mayfield Lodge
02 Earth Dance
03 Black Moon
04 Access to Data
05 percussion solo/The Poke
06 Deadly Nightshade
07 Nuclear Burn

Total time: 1hr 34mn 57sc
disc break goes after Track 03

Mike Miller - guitar
Peter Robinson - keyboards
Percy Jones - bass
Morris Pert - percussion & keyboards
Mike Clark - drums
John Goodsall - guitar, Tracks 04 & 05

Tracks 01-05 are from the late set
Tracks 06 & 07 are from the early set

I woke up this morning and looked out my back window and once again it's snowing. I put on a pot of coffee and changed my plans as to what music to play this Sunday Morning. I know most people think of Brand X as a Jazz Extension of The Progressive Rock genre but I consider them more as a Jazz Fusion unit. Either way their music is so fitting for the flurry of large flakes whirl winding around my back yard...

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Brand X (w/ Phil Collins) - BBC Maida Vale Studios, London, England xx-xx-1976 (FM)

Brand X (w/ Phil Collins)
BBC Maida Vale Studios
London, England
February 26, 1976 & July 15, 1976
FM Broadcast Recordings
MP3 224kbps
Cover Art Included

01 Kugelblitz 11:11
02 Born Ugly 7:18
03 The Ancient Mysteries 7:44
04 Why Should I Lend You Mine 9:02
05 Malaga Virgin 9:02

Tracks 01-03 February 16, 1976
Tracks 04-05 July 15, 1976

total playing time: 44mn 19sc

John Goodsall guitar
Percy Jones  bass
Phil Collins drums
Robin Lumley keyboards

I was on a Genesis kick this week (expect some Steve Hackett solo material this week) so I thought I would pull this Brand X show out for one of the Sunday Jazz posts. I had a friend who only knew Phil Collins from his solo music and the later Commercial Era of Genesis. He would refer to Phil as the Cabbage Patch Kid. So one day I pulled out this Brand X recording and played it for him. He loved it, then I told him Phil Collins played the drums for Brand X at the time. His response was "Wow Cabbage Patch Kid can play the drums, who knew". 

For those who have not heard Brand X this is some serious stuff, if you like Jazz Fusion by all means download this recording!

I got this from Big O a great place for bootlegs from a variety of genres and artists.

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