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Another band I am currently listening to, thanks to Wikipedia for dates and some info.
National Health were a progressive rock band associated with the Canterbury scene and were Founded in 1975, the band included members of keyboardist Dave Stewart's band Hatfield and the North and Alan Gowen's band Gilgamesh, the band also included guitarists Phil Miller and Phil Lee and bassist Mont Campbell as original members.
The band were named after Stewart's National Health glasses. Bill Bruford (previously of Yes and King Crimson) was the initial drummer but was soon replaced by Pip Pyle. Campbell was replaced by Neil Murray and then John Greaves.
A frequently changing lineup, toured extensively and released their first album, National Health in 1977. Although it was created during the rise of Punk, the album is characterized by lengthy, mostly instrumental compositions. Their second record Of Queues and Cures, which included Peter Blegvad (recitation on "Squarer For Maud") and Georgie Born (cello), is currently held as the fourth best record ever (of 53,000 candidate records) on the Gnosis website. After the May 1981 death of Gowen, remaining members reconvened to record the album D.S. Al Coda, a set of compositions by Gowen, most previously unrecorded.
The original albums and additional archival material have subsequently been released on CD on the Esoteric label that re-issues a lot of progressive music.
The intro of National Health's 'Binoculars' was used as a sample on American rock band Deftones' Black Moon.
This lengthy tune called "Elephants" is from their eponymously titled album.
This ia also from the same album
National Health were a progressive rock band associated with the Canterbury scene and were Founded in 1975, the band included members of keyboardist Dave Stewart's band Hatfield and the North and Alan Gowen's band Gilgamesh, the band also included guitarists Phil Miller and Phil Lee and bassist Mont Campbell as original members.
The band were named after Stewart's National Health glasses. Bill Bruford (previously of Yes and King Crimson) was the initial drummer but was soon replaced by Pip Pyle. Campbell was replaced by Neil Murray and then John Greaves.
A frequently changing lineup, toured extensively and released their first album, National Health in 1977. Although it was created during the rise of Punk, the album is characterized by lengthy, mostly instrumental compositions. Their second record Of Queues and Cures, which included Peter Blegvad (recitation on "Squarer For Maud") and Georgie Born (cello), is currently held as the fourth best record ever (of 53,000 candidate records) on the Gnosis website. After the May 1981 death of Gowen, remaining members reconvened to record the album D.S. Al Coda, a set of compositions by Gowen, most previously unrecorded.
The original albums and additional archival material have subsequently been released on CD on the Esoteric label that re-issues a lot of progressive music.
The intro of National Health's 'Binoculars' was used as a sample on American rock band Deftones' Black Moon.
This lengthy tune called "Elephants" is from their eponymously titled album.
This ia also from the same album
