Secret Oyster-Vidunderlige Kælling-'75 Danish Jazz-Rock,Fusion-NEW LP

Secret Oyster ‎– Vidunderlige Kælling
Label:
Long Hair ‎– LHC218, Long Hair ‎– LHC00218
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered
Country:
Europe
Released:
2019
Genre:
Jazz
Style:
Jazz-Rock, Jazz-Funk

Vidunderlige Kælling is the third full-length studio album by Danish progrock jazz/ fusion act Secret Oyster.

The album was made specifically and on request for a ballet of the same name starring one of the greatest Danish female ballet dancers at the time Vivi Flindt (it's Vivi posing naked on the cover of the album). The music on this album was composed simultaneously with the tracks that would make up the 4th full-length studio album by Secret Oyster called "Straight To The Krankenhaus", which was published a year later. The music on Vidunderlige Kælling was meant for more structured setting than the band's usually more jamming approach, but the majority of the music still sound unmistakably like Secret Oyster though just a bit less jamming. It means progrock jazz fusion on a very high level. Weather Report is the most obvious reference, but Secret Oyster in opposite to Weather Report had a amazing guitarist in the line up who gave them a different sound and makes it more a rock than a jazzrock band. As on the albums before the music is freely instrumental and while there are guitars soloing in the bands music, now it is sax player Karsten Vogel and keyboard player Kenneth Knudsen who are mostly in focus. The production is excellent and worthy. Again a great album by a rather underrated band. Album comes with insert, including story by Karsten Vogel and rare photos. All Secret Oyster albums are limited edition. Comes with two bonus tracks.

Tracklist
A1     Intro

    Written-By – Karsten Vogel

    2:10
A2     Stjernerne På Gaden

    Written-By – Karsten Vogel

    5:41
A3     Sirenerne

    Percussion – Kasper WindingWritten-By – Claus Bøhling

    5:03
A4     Astarte

    Written-By – Claus Bøhling

    6:28
A5     Intro To Act II

    Written-By – Karsten Vogel

    0:50
B1     Solitude

    Written-By – Kenneth Knudsen

    4:07
B2     Tango-Bourgoisie

    Trumpet, Synthesizer [String] – Palle MikkelborgWritten-By – Kenneth Knudsen

    2:47
B3     Bellevue

    Percussion – Kasper WindingWritten-By – Claus Bøhling

    3:20
B4     Valse Du Soir

    Mandolin – Keld JensenWritten-By – Kenneth Knudsen

    1:55
B5     Outro

    Written-By – Karsten Vogel

    5:06
B6     Sleep Music

    Written-By – Kenneth Knudsen

    6:12
Credits

    Drums, Percussion, Accordion – Ole Streenberg
    Electric Bass – Jess Stæhr
    Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Sitar – Claus Bøhling
    Photography By [Back], Design – Peder Bundgaard
    Photography By [Front] – Jørn Freddie
    Piano, Electric Piano, Synthesizer [Moog], Synthesizer [String] – Kenneth Knudsen
    Producer – Poul Bruun
    Recorded By – Freddy Hansson
    Remastered By – Jörg Scheuermann
    Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Synthesizer [String] – Karsten Vogel

Notes
Recorded at Rosenberg Studiet fall 1975.

A5 and B6 are bonus tracks.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

    Matrix / Runout (Runout side 1, etched): LHC217 A VI
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side 2, etched): LHC217 B VI