GYGAFO — Legend Of The Kingfisher (1973-1993) MONO | Background Series | Two Version | FLAC (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless

Gygafo's early-'70s album only made it to the acetate stage at the time, though it was eventually resuscitated for CD release in the early '90s. Though it's competent British progressive rock, and adequately recorded, there's nothing about the band that demanded a wide audience or a place of its own in the art rock pantheon. It's fair prog rock with some folk and hard rock influences, including some sinuous ebb-and-flow guitar lines, well worked-out vocal harmonies, haunting melodic figures, and classically flavored keyboard passages. The songwriting is neither terrible nor noteworthy, and in the fashion of the time, the tracks can meander on a bit too long, though it's not grossly self-indulgent. The CD finishes with a couple of tracks recorded in 1974, at a later date than the rest of the material. Richie Unterberger
Tracklist :
1. Solid Man Song - 3:54
2. A Room with a View - 5:35
3. Waiting for the Rain/Entertaining Winds of Long Ago/Season's Weather (Comning Home) - 12:07
4. And a Timne Tot Hink (Box 1) - 4:43
5. Today I Am - 5:44
6. The Legend of the Kingfisher - 9:56
7. What You Don't Know (Won't Hurt You) - 8:49
8. Nineteen Eighty Four - 5:18
All songs by Gygafo.
Credits :
John Atkinson - Vocals, Guitar, Mandolin, Flute, Glockenspiel
Paul Kent - Bass
Pete Nickson - Drums, Percussion
Charlie Speed - Guitar, Vocals
Eddie Stringer - Keyboards, Piano, Vocals
Mike Levon - Saxophone, Air Guitar, Producer