Dear Mr. Time - Grandfather (uk 1970)

Dear Mr. Time - Grandfather (uk 1970)

Formed: United Kingdom

Members:
* Chris Baker (guitar, vocals),
* John Clements (drums, percussion),
* Barry Everitt (vocals, organ, piano, harpsichord),
* Dave Sewell (bass, vocals),
* Jim Sturgeon (saxophone, flute, guitar, vocals)

Tracks:
01. Birth - The Beginning 4:01
02. Out of Time 4:30
03. Make Your Peace 5:23
04. Your's Claudia 2:54
05. Prelude (To "Your Country Needs You?") 3:01
06. Your Country Needs You? 3:40
07. A Dawning Moonshine 3:50
08. Years and Fortunes 4:09
09. A Prayer For Her 2:57
10. Light Up a Light 3:26
11. On a Lonely Night 4:19
12. Grandfather 2:44

Dear Mr Time were an obscure British outfit who straddled the late-period psych/early prog divide with their sole album, a concept piece entitled Grandfather. It (loosely, of course, in true concept album style) tells the story of one man's life from his birth around the turn of the century to his own death, as recounted by his grandson. Birth - The Beginning makes for a pastoral enough start, but the pace picks up quickly enough as the story races towards the protagonist's experiences as a soldier in the trenches. The rest of the album veers between acoustic and electric, but quality's maintained throughout, avoiding the 'only two or three decent tracks' syndrome. On reflection, the concept actually owes a little to the Pretty Things' seminal SF Sorrow, but it's a very different album and, let's face it, a fairly universal subject.No-one's credited with Mellotron, so I'll assume keyboard player Barry Everitt was responsible for the excellent MkII strings on Prelude (To Your Country Needs You?) and the rather shorter part in closer Grandfather. Pity they didn't use it more, but there you go. Incidentally, the cellos in Prelude are real.All in all, this is really rather good, and undeservedly obscure, especially when you consider some of the third-rate stuff that's been available for years. The CD appears to've been pressed from a vinyl copy, but the surface noise isn't too bad, and rather a slightly crackly copy than none at all! A welcome addition to the field of UK psych/prog reissues, with a couple of good 'Tron tracks. Assuming you can find it, buy.
~ By planetmellotron.com.
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First-ever official reissue of Essex-based band Dear Mr. Time's highly-regarded and much sought-after psych/prog concept album Grandfather. Heavily influenced by the Moody Blues and early King Crimson, Grandfather was recorded in mid-1970 and issued by the tiny Square Records in February 1971, but was only pressed in a total quantity of 1000 copies. This definitive release is taken from the original master tapes, and adds five superb home demos recorded around the same time as the album by guitarist and chief songwriter Chris Baker. It tells the group's story for the first time, and includes many previously unpublished photographs." Includes a 16-page booklet.
~ By forcedexposure.com.
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This is an obscure progressive concept album which now interests some collectors. It is similar at times to The Moody Blues, and the project featured comment on the life of one man from the turn of the century until the time of his death.. The 45 Prayer For Her was a track from the album.
~ from Tapestry of Delights.
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Reminiscent of the Moody Blues..... light, gentle english soft rock of a very easygoing kind. The rear cover depicts a bunch of long-haired stack-heeled polite groovers who drove trucks in the day and worked in the post-office, lolling about on a sunny day in Hyde Park or Kensington Palace Gardens, with a bigger bunch of Chelsea Pensioners looking on in amiable puzzlement at these rockin fellahs. Really quite charming in a simple way, like me. I own only a handful of rare Vinyl, this is a copy i got very cheap because its covered in scratches and virtually unplayable - this makes it sound even more of a strange time-capsule of that dim and distant infinitessimally small sunny day on the rear cover. I only played it once.
~ By Mykepsych (RYM).

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The Miners of Muzo - Make My Day (Holland 1988)

The Miners of Muzo - Make My Day (Holland 1988, MMLP 016)

Formed: October 1981, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

Members:
* Léon "Lee" Lemmen (bass, guitar, vocals),
* Moniek van Dusseldorp (keyboards, 1981-82),
* Ruud Diederiks (drums, 1981-82),
* Hans Vroom (guitar, backing vocals),
* Daan Appels (organ, piano, vocals, 1982-94),
* Marc van Gennip (drums, 1982-84),
* Gert-Jan Smits (drums,1984-present),
* Marc Lemmen (bass, 1985-93),
* Ben (bass)

Related Artists: Funrazor, Masai, Pat Mears Band

* Engineer: Doctor 'P' Funk
* Producer: Theo Van Eenbergen
* Written By: Léon Lemmen (tracks: A1 to B3, B5) .
(B4. Suicidal Flowers - Written By: Crystal Chandlier).

Recorded: January 1988 at Tango Studio, Eindhoven Holland.

Tracks:
A1. 88 Doctors
A2. Cycle Mellow Man
A3. Coral
A4. Deathcom
A5. From S.F. To L.A.
B1. Sandman
B2. White Lightning
B3. Rock 'N Roll Bishop
B4. Suicidal Flowers
B5. Born To Be... (Make My Day)

The Miners of Muzo are a guitar band from Tilburg, the Netherlands. They have been around since the early eighties.
The band is named after a 1980 BBC documentary on poor Colombian farmers digging for emeralds in old abandoned Columbian state mines.
Their style developed from trashy, sixties inspired garage rock to a less limited kind of rockmusic, leaving room for other musical influences… as long as there’s the love of song and guitar… and rock’n roll…
From 1984-1993 the Miners recorded eight lp’s/cd’s. The albums were released on independant record labels in Holland (Eksakt, Columbus, Silenz), France (GMG, Spliff), Germany (Music Maniac), England (Ediesta) and Greece (?). They also contributed to several complilation albums in France, Holland and Germany. For a period of 6-7 years The Miners enjoyed some popularity in France. They also did well in Holland, Germany, Belgium and Switzerland. They played the USA (SXSW 1991)and Czecho Slovakia (Prague 1989) as well.
The Miners never split up. From 1993-2003 the Miners just didn’t do much, but now they are working again in their own Smithsonic Lemonhead Studios. Check out Recordings 2003-2006 on lastfm.
Read more…
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Miners+Of+Muzo
~ Edited by Marclemmen.

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V.A. - Psychedelic Portugal (Hard Psych and Prog From Underground Scene 1968-1974)

V.A. - Psychedelic Portugal, Hard Psych and Progressive Sounds from Portugal Underground Scene 1968-1974

Tracks:
01. Intro (0:54)
02. Ex-Libris: A Story [1973] (3:13)
03. Objetivo: Gin Blues [1969] (2:52)
04. Pop Five Music Inc.: Stand By [1971] (2:15)
05. Chinchillas: Barbarela [1970] (3:08)
06. Petrus Castrus: Batucada Vulgaris [1971] (2:57)
07. Piexus: Paraiso Amanha [1970] (2:51)
08. Evolucao: Noites De Sabath [1970] (2:54)
09. Fluido: O Homem Sentado [1969] (2:47)
10. Fausto: Instro [1974] (0:51)
11. Beatnicks: Money [1972] (3:31)
12. Mechanical Dream: Skate [1969] (3:05)
13. Heavy Band: Funky [1972] (2:54)
14. Quarteto 1111: 1111 [1972] (4:39)
15. Banda 4: Walking On The Beach [1968] (2:39)
16. Jose Cid: A Viagem [1972] (2:53)
17. Sergio Borges Com Conjunto Joao Paulo: Paul Da Terra [1971] (2:54)
18. Filarmonica Fraude: Devedor A Terra [1969] (2:03)
~ posted by Dr. Bell Otus.

What a killer release coming out from the so long overlooked Portuguese scene!!! wait to hear this and you'll see what's good!!!! Some good fuzz & organ from Pop Music Five Inc, dreamy UK styled psych-pop by Plexus and Evoluçao, stunning hard-psychedelia by Ex-Libris, a rare track by the mighty Quarteto 1111, sitar psychedelia by Jose Cid, and much more! Some English sung, some Portuguese, but all killers that really make this amazing collection an absolute must have for any psychedelia collector. If you dug the Spanish "Andergraun vibrations" compilations, be sure to pick this one as it's equally good and following a very similar direction!

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Sandy Bull - E Pluribus Unum (us 1968)

Sandy Bull - E Pluribus Unum (us 1968)

Born: 1941, New York, NY, United States
Died: April 11, 2001 // Franklin, TN, United States

Genres: Contemporary Folk

Credits:Guitar [Electric], Bass, Bass Drum, Bass Drum [Indian Bass Drum], Oud, Tambourine, Cymbal, Cowbell, Written-by: Sandy Bull.

Other: [Liner Notes] - Nat Hentoff.
Producer: Maynard Soloman.

Tracks:
A. No Deposit, No Return Blues 17:03
B. Electric Blend 21:44

Biography:
Born in New York, Sandy Bull spent the early part of his childhood in Florida with his father before returning to New York to live with his mother, the jazz harpist Daphne Hellman. His mother's eclectic taste exposed him to a wide variety of music that eventually led to him learning the guitar and banjo, the latter from Eric Darling, who was in The Weavers. After a brief stint at college in Boston, Bull returned to New York and became involved with the Greenwich Village scene. But it was in Paris where he had his first experience of Middle-Eastern music and oud-like instruments. Having learnt to play the oud from Hamza El Din, Bull returned to the United States, signing with the folk-label Vanguard.
For his first album, Fantasias for Guitar & Banjo, Bull would take various pieces of American folk, country, blues, jazz and pop and mix them up with Eastern and western classical music. His follow-up album, Inventions, took things further and included a remarkable cover of Chuck Berry's "Memphis". On both recordings, Bull would either play alone or to the accompaniment of jazz drummer Billy Higgins, best known for his work with Ornette Coleman. His ability in blending so many different styles of music was matched only by those of artists such as Davy Graham and John Fahey and his albums would provide a foretaste of the world music that would follow. The third record for Vanguard, E Pluribus Unum, would be comprised of just two tracks, one on each side. Despite his drug problems, Bull managed to record a final album for Vanguard, Demolition Derby, and in 1975 he was offered a guest spot on Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder tour.
No more albums appeared until the ROM release Jukebox School of Music in 1988, which introduced the piano to the list of instruments that Bull played. This album also marked the return of Billy Higgins on "Truth". Vehicle followed in 1991. After Vehicle, which featured Aiyb Dieng, he moved to the Nashville, TN and started his Timeless Recording Society, which released Steel Tears in 1996, earning him a nomination for Best Folk album at the Nashville Music Awards.
After suffering from lung cancer for a number of years, Bull died at his home, just outside Nashville, on April 11, 2001.
~ RYM.
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Sandy Bull (January 1, 1941 – April 11, 2001) was an American folk musician who was active from the late 1950s until his death.
Born in New York City, he was the only child of Harry A. Bull, an editor in chief of Town & Country magazine, and Daphne van Beuren Bayne (1916-2002), a New Jersey banking heiress who became known as a jazz harpist under the name Daphne Hellman. His parents were divorced in 1941, shortly after his birth.
Sandy Bull was a composer and accomplished player of many stringed instruments, including guitar, pedal-steel, banjo and the middle-eastern oud. His music and recordings are characterized by his blending of non-western instrumentation and improvisational traditions with the 1960?s folk revival. His albums for Vanguard Records often combined extended modal improvisations on oud with an eclectic repertoire of instrumental cover material. Bull is well known for his arrangement of Carl Orff’s composition Carmina Burana for 5 string banjo on his first album, which was included on an album of R.E.M.’s favourite songs. Other such musical fusions include his adaptation of Luiz Bonfa’s “Manha de Carnaval,” and compositions derived from J.S. Bach themes.
Sandy Bull’s approach to performance, composition and recording is notable for his extensive use of overdubbing and multi-track tape recording before such techniques became commonplace in music production. However, unlike the sophisticated, glossy aesthetic commonly associated with these techniques, Bull simply used overdubbing as a way to accompany himself and play all the instruments on many of his recordings. As documented in the “Still Valentine’s Day 1969 concert recording, Sandy Bull’s use of tape accompaniment was part of his live, solo performances as well. Bull also played the oud on Sam Phillips 1991 album, Cruel Inventions. Bull primary played a fingerpicking style of guitar and banjo and his style has been compared to that of John Fahey and Robbie Basho of the early Takoma label in the 1960s.
By his mother’s second marriage to The New Yorker writer Geoffrey Hellman, Bull had one half-sister, the sitar player Daisy Paradis; and a half-brother, Digger St. John.
Sandy Bull struggled with a drug problem for many years which seriously affected his performing. After completing a rehabilitation program in 1974, he began performing again. Bull died of lung cancer on April 11, 2001 at his home near Nashville, Tennessee.
~ Internet Source.

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V.A. - La Musica Della Mafia - Le Canzoni Dell' Onorata Società (2005)

V.A. - La Musica della Mafia Vol.III Le Canzoni dell`onorata Societá (2005)

Track List:
01. Intro
02. Parlato I
03. E Fua Chiamatu
04. Innocente Carcerato
05. Cantu I L'Emigranti
06. Musulinu Galantomu
07. Amuri E Carceri
08. Pizzicarella Malinconica
09. Era Na Sira I Maggiu
10. Parlato II
11. Infama Vinditta
12. Penseri (Instrumental)
13. Pani E Rispettu A Li Travagghiaturi
14. Vendetta D'Onuri
15. Parlato III
16. Incatenatu
17. 'Nta Nu Giardinu Di Rosi E Sciuri
18. Tarantella Di Li Tarantelli
19. E Lu Processu
20. Mi Votu E Mi Rivotu
21. Ammazarru Lu Generali
22. Tarantella Alla Pizzicarola (Instrumental)

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V.A. - La Musica Della Mafia Vol. II: Omertá, Onuri E Sangu (2003)

V.A. - La Musica Della Mafia Vol. II: Omertá, Onuri E Sangu (2003)

Track List:
01. Campani D'Asprumunti-Mimmo
02. Saggi Cumpagni-Pasquale E Nino
03. Nun C E Pirdunu-Diego
04. Parlato
05. U Mastru Di Lu Sonu-Natino
06. Li Carciri-Valentino
07. Parlato
08. Arretu I Sbarri-Paolo
09. Parlato
10. Muttetta Pi Nu Carogna-Nino
11. Tarantella Santissima [Instrumental]
12. Ninna Nanna Malandrineddu-Saveria
13. Tira La Pinna-Unknown
14. A Casanza-Vittorio
15. Zampugnaru Onoratu
16. Cantu Pi La Me Sorti-Nicola
17. Pi Fari U Giuvanottu I Malavita-Tony
18. La Me Galera-Diego
19. Si Gira E Si Rivolta-Daveria E Natino
20. Dialogo Malandrino
21. Tarantella Rosi E Sciuri [Instrumental]
22. Vullimu Paci

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V.A. - La Musica Della Mafia Vol. I - Il Canto Di Malavita (2000)

V.A. - Il canto di malavita: La musica della mafia Vol.1 (2000)
Folk/ mafia songs MP3 320 Kbps 159Mb

Track List:
01. Parlato 0:30
02. El Domingo - 'Ndrangheta, camurra e mafia 4:14
03. F. Cimbalo - Sangu chiama sangu 3:11
04. Franco Caruso - U lupu d'Asprumunti 3:35
05. Parlato 0:28
06. Salvatore Macheda - I cunfirenti 4:10
07. Caserta Plutino - U ballu da famigghja Muntalbanu 2:09
08. Parlato 0:19
09. [unknown] - Non su' lupu 2:53
10. Franco Caruso - U commissariu 4:26
11. Parlato 0:12
12. El Domingo - Omertá 3:32
13. F. Cimbalo - Cu sgarra paga 3:18
14. El Domingo - Appartegnu all'onorata 3:45
15. Tobia Latella - Cantu all'Aspromonte 3:19
16. Fred Scotti - Tarantella guappa 2:24
17. El Domingo - Ergastulanu 4:04
18. El Domingo - I cacciaturi i Muntaltu 4:50
19. Parlato 0:47
20. Salvatore Macheda - A 'mbasciata 2:50
21. Parlato 0:15
22. Natino - Mafia leggi d'onuri 3:10
23. Diego Barbaro - Addiu 'ndrangheta 3:27
24. Fred Scotti - Canto di carcerato 6:07

The album's title (translation: ''Music of the Mafia: Songs of a Life of Crime'') and the words to its songs. First released in Europe in 2000, where it was praised and condemned, the disc compiles centuries-old songs about the gangsters of Italy's Calabria region. The somewhat mysterious recordings are undated, and one of the singers is said to have been killed in 1971 for romancing a don's love. In straightforward fashion, the tracks spell out the basics of Mob life: honoring the brotherhood, opting for jail instead of ratting on your friends, and hunting down stoolies who've disobeyed those rules (''First, traitor, I'll slash your face and watch you die,'' sings one Fred Scotti in ''Tarantella guappa''). The tracks aren't denunciations but blunt warnings: If you betray, you pay.In that regard, it's difficult to kick back and enjoy the music à la ''Buena Vista Social Club'' -- and not simply because the nearly two dozen songs grow repetitive rather quickly. The producers claim the disc doesn't romanticize the pre-''Godfather'' Mafia, even with lyrics like ''the sawn-off shotgun sings,'' but the music is so lilting and pleasant that the album starts to feel like a collection of ancient Italian courtship ballads. ''La Musica Della Mafia'' puts a disturbingly sensitive face on old-school mobsters; here, they're just a bunch of smooth criminals.
~ Internet Source.
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Sundome & The Night - Reverend Ripov’s Media Meltown (Ger 1994)

Sundome and the Night - Reverend Ripov's Media Meltdown (Ger 1994)

Formed: 1986, Coesfeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Members:
* Michael Wegmann (bass),
* Uwe Feldhaus (vocals),
* Ralf Venker (drums, 1988),
* Pete 9 (drums, percussion),
* Uli "UC" Kuhlmann (organ, piano, guitar, accordion),
* Christian "Chris" Peirick (guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, percussion, sound effects, vocals),
* Rainer Holscher (vocals, 1988),
* Dr. M (piano, bass, sitar, tablas, percussion, sound effects, 1993-94)

Tracks:
A1. The Railer
A2. River
A3. Snow
B1. Deep Inside
B2. Rain B3. Fall

Neo-psychedelic with grunge and garage elements. Guitar-dominated and good. Influenced by The Doors, Litter, REM and Green on Red. Doesn’t fit well with the style of the other releases on this label. Playing neo-psychedelic, the band formed in Coesfeld in 1986, is a bit beyond the scope of this label. So far they released a single ("I ran for you" / "So the good will last") in 1991, a mini album ("Details of possession") in 1988, an album ("Reverend Ripov’s media meltdown") in 1994 and in 1993 the CD "In lean hours".
~ Internet Source.
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One of the best neopsych-folk albums during the last 20 years according to my oppinion. This is their third album (actually a mini LP) with six fine songs from this obscure German psych group. Their most known album was their second on Garden Of Delights label in 1993 but this is by far better than everything they did.Neo-psychedelic with grunge and garage elements. Guitar-dominated and good. Influenced by The Doors, Litter, REM and Green on Red. Doesn’t fit well with the style of the other releases on this label. Playing neo-psychedelic, the band formed in Coesfeld in 1986, is a bit beyond the scope of this label. So far they released a single ("I ran for you" / "So the good will last") in 1991, a mini album ("Details of possession") in 1988, an album ("Reverend Ripov’s media meltdown") in 1994 and in 1993 the CD "In lean hours".
~ From Garden Of Delights.

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Tim Hollier - Message To A Harlequin (uk 1968)

Tim Hollier - Message to a Harlequin (uk 1968)

Born: 1947, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Currently: Seascale, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Also Known As: Timothy Gordon Hollier [birth name]

Musicians:
*John Cameron and (not credited on the original Lp)
*Gerry Conway,
*Herbie Flowers,
*David & Jonathan

Songs credits:
All songs by: Tim Hollier and Rory Fellowes

Recordings credits:
*Produced by: Ray Singer
*Arranged and conducted by: John Cameron
*Engineer: John Mackswith

Tracks:
A1. Message to a Harlequin 4:04
A2. Bird of Paradise 2:34
A3. Hanne 1:57
A4. Jimmy 2:11
A5. Do You Remember When 2:06
A6. Streets of Gold 2:41
B1. And Where Were You That Morning, Mr. Carrol 3:31
B2. Full Fathoms Five 3:11
B3. And I 1:51
B4. In the Light of Sadness 3:43
B5. In Silence 3:09

Tim Hollier was one of the most unfairly neglected of folk-based artists to come out of late-'60s England, his brand of trippy, quietly elegant psychedelic folk-rock deserving an infinitely wider hearing than it got -- not that he ultimately did badly in music, but he deserved better earlier. Born in Brighton in 1947, Hollier was raised in West Cumberland, and at age 13 formed his first group, the Meteors, with a group of friends from school. He attended art college and played as part of a folk duo called the Sovereigns in the mid-'60s. He later moved to London to study graphic design, and got involved in the folk scene there, seeing some limited success as an opening act for such well-known figures as blues songstress Jo Ann Kelly and visiting American Paul Simon.
An introduction to Simon Napier-Bell -- a music figure best remembered today as the man who inherited the Yardbirds' management from Giorgio Gomelsky -- got Hollier to the next phase of his career, a proper recording contract. Napier-Bell got Hollier signed with United Artists Records' U.K. division, a much more adventurous outfit than its American parent company. Where the latter was still relying on soundtracks and recording Jay & the Americans, the U.K. United Artists outfit was downright experimental, cutting psychedelic sides by Del Shannon; it wouldn't be long before they'd sign up Brinsley Schwarz and the Flamin' Groovies. It was at UA that Hollier recorded his first album, Message to a Harlequin, in mid-1968; released in October of that year, it was a tremendous showcase for Hollier's excellent voice and challenging, psychedelic-flavored songs, elaborately produced and reminiscent in many ways of the first two albums by Duncan Browne.
The album -- although not especially successful in England -- even managed to get a U.S. release on the company's Imperial Records imprint. Hollier made slow progress in finding an audience over the ensuing year, playing on some of his UA labelmate Peter Sarstedt's records and getting some exposure on the BBC, and also collaborating on stage and record with American songwriter Amory Kane. He left UA in 1969 and signed with Fontana Records, which issued his self-titled, self-produced second album in the summer of 1970. It failed to sell, and a year later a similar fate befell his third album, Sky Sail, released on Philips. By 1973, he'd shifted gears somewhat in his career, and went into the production end, forming his own label, called Songwriters Workshop -- among those who signed up was Peter Sarstedt.
By the 1980s, Hollier had moved into music publishing, and later went into movie financing -- his company, Filmtrax, not only scored movies, but also helped produce such pictures as Withnailand I (which, ironically, dealt with the closing days of the 1960s, the period in which Hollier had the bad fortune to start his recording career). In the decades since, he has remained a major figure in the field of music copyrights amid the boom in new technologies and media.
~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

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De Maskers - Sensations in Sound! (Hol 1966)

De Maskers - Sensations in Sound! (Hol 1966)

Formed: October 1965, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Members:
* Jan de Hont (guitar, vocals, 1965-68, 1985-86, 2000-present),
* Jaap de Groot (guitar, 1965-67, 2000-present),
* Ador Otting (organ, vocals, 1965-69, 1985-86),
* Hans de Hont (bass, 1965-69, 2000-present),
* Alewijn Dekker (drums, 1965-67),
* Frans Smit (drums, 1967-69),
* Adrie de Hont (guitar, 1968-69, 1985-86),
* Johan Donkerkaat [aka Johnny Kendall] (vocals, 1969),
* Frans Hendriks (drums, 1985),
* Erik Mooijman (guitar, vocals, 1985-86, 2000-present),
* Hennie Haagsma (drums, 1985-86),
* Ron Bijtelaar (rhythm guitar, 2004-08),
* Freddy Lusken,
* Peter Mulder.

Related Artists:
Breakaway, Chubby Checker & De Maskers, Dimitri, Ginger Ale, The Hunters, Johnny Kendall & The Heralds, The Marquees, ZZ & De Maskers.

Tracks:
A1. As Long as I Have You 2:47
A2. Master of War 3:32
A3. Living in the Past 2:43
A4. Angelique 3:31
A5. Play the Game Now 2:52
A6. Three's a Crowd 3:03
B1. Baby Blue 3:17
B2. Love Passed By 3:09
B3. Danny Boy 3:21
B4. Hodge Podge 2:53
B5. What Price Fame 3:00
B6. Kashbah 2:24
B7. Turn of the Tide 3:37

Profile: Dutch beat group, established 1965 in Amsterdam.
The Maskers from Amsterdam came together in 1962, formed by ex-members of the Apron Strings. Under guidance of Z.Z. (Bob Bouber, real name Boris Blom) they began a Screaming Lord Sutch-like act with masks, gruesome noises and a light-show, that brought more darkness than light. In that early period, Trix Boelen (to Trix & Paramounts) also sang, as did Z.Z. Bob Bouber had been an actor and founded the "Akademie voor Kleinkunst". With their show and their instrumental prowess, the group became succesfull all over Europe, which resulted in countless foreign tours. In 1965, Bob Bouber retired from the Maskers. He became the brain behind Het (see there) and touring abroad. His backing group in 1968 comprised: Axel van Duin (b, ex-Gin Fizz, to the Belgian Pebbles), Henk Engelgeer (o,p, ex-John Breughel Four & Gin Fizz), Wijnand Blok (g, ex-Paul van Vliet), and Willem Voorhaar (dr, ex-Gin Fizz, to Johnny Kendall). The Maskers kept on working till 1969, although now they focused more on rhythm & blues. Line-up: Jan de Hont (g, ex-Apron Strings, to Anno Nu, in 1968 replaced by his brother Adri de Hont, ex-Pocomania, to Johnny Kendall), Hans de Hont (b, ex-Apron Strings, to Johnny Kendall), Erik Boom (g, in 1963 replaced by Jaap de Groot, solo as D.J. King & Mike Rondell), Ador Otting (o,p,v,h,b, to Anno Nu) and drummers: respectively, Henny van Pinksteren (ex-Apron Strings, to Beat Buddies, 'til 1963), Pierre van der Linden (ex-Johnny & Cellarrockers and Mystics, to Don Mercedes, 1963 til 1964) and Alewijn Dekker (1964 til 1969). Also, Tony Leroy (g, to Met & Zonder) has played for a short while with the group.
~ by: http://www.alexgitlin.com/het.html

Other infos in Dutch language:
The Maskers also ZZ & The Maskers.
- http://www.jandehont.nl/
- http://nederrock.pmouse.nl/nederrock.htm

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