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echo: 60s_70s_progrock
to: PEDRO SENA
from: FRANK SWARBRICK
date: 1996-08-17 22:14:00
subject: JADE WARRIOR

On 08-13-96  19:53, shipwrecked and comatose, Pedro Sena said:
 -=***> Frank Swarbrick on the JADE WARRIOR <***=-
 FS> The four albums are _Floating World_ (1974), _Waves_ (1975), _Kites_
 FS> (1976) and _Way Of The Sun_ (1978).  Apparently they also have three
 FS> previous albums, on the Vertigo label.  Anyone know if these are on
 FS> CD?
 PS> These are the only four albums I am aware of, and we played the heck
 PS> out of them. There are some rather nice things. At the time this stuff
 PS> came out, most people at our radio station couldn't make out what
 PS> this was all about... rock, sound effects, whatever... it didn't 
 PS> fit their short sighted ears.
According to the CD booklet there are three others, on the Vertigo
label:  _Jade Warrior_, _Released_ and _Last Autumn's Dream_.  Dunno
the years, but I'd have to assume their from 1974 or earlier!  :-)
 PS> I kept the stuff, and the other day I played all the albums again,
 PS> and I am glad I kept them. This is nice stuff, indeed.
 PS> I think this could/should be considered prog in the sense that it
 PS> isn't anything else but an experimentation, on a theme, or sound
 PS> effect, which is almost what proggy is all about.  But with its
 PS> original new wave/age sound ( this is early 70's folks ), it will
 PS> more than likely be ignored as a "prog" band.
Yeah, it's prog at least as much as, say, Tangerine Dream.
        Frank
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