GALLIARD-New dawn-'70 UK PROG-NEW LP

GALLIARD
New dawn
SWEET DANDELION / LP
PSYCHEDELIC, PROGRESSIVE, FOLK > 60's & 70's

Formed in the English Midlands as a six–piece band in 1969, Galliard released their second LP New Dawn in 1970.
The album has a strong progressive flavour, with an interesting brass section and great, strong melodies. It also features the great sitar breakout "Ask for Nothing", certainly one of the highlights here, a trippy 9 minute long sitar raga.

Galliard ‎– New Dawn
Label:
Sweet Dandelion ‎– SWDDL 726
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue,

Country:
UK
Released:
2012
Genre:
Rock
Style:

Galliard is a sextet formed in the summer of 68, and developed a psychedelic type of brass rock, fronted by twin wind players Caswell and Smith and singer Geoff Brown. They recorded two albums on the Deram Nova label (the subsidiary prog label of Decca records) around the turn of the 70's decade, when brass rock was the rage. Their first album Strange Pleasure By Galliard, released in 69, was quite eclectic, ranging from Medieval to Flamenco/Spanish music. For their second album New Dawn, wind player John Smith was gone, but the group adjoined a mega brass section of four player, plus keyboardist Morton.

This second album sounds a bit different, but we are still roughly in the same realm even if the spectrum is enlarged to folk and Indian raga.

Tracklist

A1     New Dawn Breaking

    Written-By – Brown*

    4:21
A2     Ask For Nothing

    Written-By – Brown*

    9:02
A3     Winter-Spring-Summer

    Written-By – Brown*

    5:58
B1     Open Up Your Mind

    Written-By – Brown*, Morton*

    3:15
B2     And Smile Again

    Written-By – Brown*

    4:10
B3     Somethings Going On

    Written-By – Brown*, Morton*

    4:57
B4     Premonition

    Written-By – Caswell*

    4:44
B5     In Your Minds Eye

    Written-By – Brown*

    6:31
Companies, etc.

    Recorded At – Recorded Sound Studios

Credits

    Bass, Accordion, Lead Vocals – Andy Abbott (2)
    Brass [Arrangement] – Dave Caswell, Geoff Brown, John Morton (7)
    Congas – Tommy Thomas
    Drums, Tambourine, Bells [Sleigh], Claves, Vocals – Les Podraza*
    Engineer – Eric David Holand*, Mike Weighell
    Lead Guitar, Sitar, Audio Generator [Modulated Sine-Wave], Vocals – Richard Pannell
    Piano – John Morton (7)
    Producer – Phil Wainman
    Rhythm Guitar, Twelve-String Guitar, Organ, Electric Piano, Lead Vocals – Geoff Brown
    Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Lyle Jenkins
    Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Tony Roberts
    Trombone – John Hughes (16)
    Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Harry Becket*
    Trumpet, Flute [Indian], Electric Piano, Vocals – Dave Caswell