Monday, August 5, 2024

Spaces, USA-Utah


Border Station. 1981 Red Giant

If you saw this cover in a store, you'd swear it was a typical late 1970s disco album (maybe French though...) - or perhaps even a slick fusion album. But Spaces are neither (though the opening track may have you thinking it might be). Yea it's fusion, sure. And, yes, there is a funk component. But primarily this is one hard hitting jazz rock album in the mid 1970s style, with plenty of fiery guitar, rumbling rhythms, and period keyboards (Rhodes, Mini-Moog, Clavinet, etc...). Well worth obtaining. Spaces appear to be from Provo, Utah - and the album was released in Salt Lake City.

Priority: 2

10/6/10

2 comments:

Rob said...

Hi Tom, thanks a lot for the additional info! Very interesting that it was a Utah band, as that's not really where you'd expect to look for something like this. "Hard hitting mid 70s jazz-rock" is definitely my thing, so I'll be on the lookout for sure. Tell your friend mike I said thanks as well!

Speaking of ultra obscure US jazz-rock/prog, have you ever heard of a band called Seacloud? They were from Arizona, but unfortunately it seems they only released a couple of obscure singles and a compilation track, all around 1977-1978. Their first single (or maybe it was just a demo) was very much in the "complex midwest prog" style, but their second one is great jazz rock with a long track called "Caribbean Mystical Tour". But their best work was a track from a local radio station compilation LP, an awesome piece of Canterbury style fusion. This would be a great group to dig up for an archival release.

Purple Peak Records said...

Hi Rob, I haven't heard Seacloud. That sounds great! I do think the US is largely untapped for archive releases - at least from the progressive rock era. We need a Long Hair or Garden of Delights here in America!

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