Third Ear Band-Necromancers Of The Drifting West/Abelard And Heloise-NEW BOOK+CD

Third Ear Band ‎– Necromancers Of The Drifting West
Label:
Sonic Book ‎– SONIC.005, Sonic Book ‎– 5
Format:
CD, Album
Country:
Italy
Released:
1997
Genre:
Jazz, Rock, Classical, Folk, World, & Country, Stage & Screen
Style:
Soundtrack, Neo-Classical, Neofolk

Tracklist
    Abelard And Heloise     (36:55)
1     Untitled     13:42
2     Untitled     4:39
3     Untitled     3:21
4     Untitled     3:18
5     Untitled     4:12
6     Untitled     7:42

Companies, etc.

    Glass Mastered At – DADC Austria – A0100212191-0101

Credits

    Composed By, Performer – Glenn Sweeney*, Paul Minns, Richard Coff, Ursula Smith
    Editor – Gigi Marinoni
    Liner Notes – Luca Ferrari (3), Mick Carter, Paul Minns

Notes
Mini-book by Sonic Books:
14 x 12.5cm 96-page [100-pages including cover] book in Italian & English
• Story (Bandhistory)
• Discography (Band & Solo)
• Biography
• Photos
• Interviews
• Essays

Plus:
CD "Abelard and Heloise" in plain white sleeve. Manufactured in Austria.
Recorded on 2nd and 3rd July 1970 in Munich for German Television.
This 1970 recording was previously unreleased.

Catalog number variations are: SONIC.005 on CD, 5 on book.
Barcode and Other Identifiers

    Barcode (Text): 9 788872 263228
    Barcode (String): 9788872263228
    Other (ISBN): 88-7226-322-0
    Rights Society: SIAE
    Matrix / Runout: [DADC Austria logo] A0100212191-0101 15 A2
    Mastering SID Code: IFPI L555
    Mould SID Code: IFPI 946B

British experimental rock and folk cross-culture band. The Third Ear Band were rooted in 1960's London underground scene, and stem from two bands: 1. the duo Giant Sun Trolley: Glen Sweeney (percussion) and Dave Tomlin (guitar, violin, voice), and 2. a parallel band called Hydrogen Jukebox: Glen Sweeney (percussion), Barry Edgar Pilcher (sax), Dick Dadem (trombone) and Clive Kingsley (guitar). The Third Ear Band started life circa 1967/68 as a some sort of psychedelic rock and jazz group, although no recordings are known. After a concert at the Middle Earth Club in July 1969 when a lot of their equipment was stolen, the guitarist called it a day, but the rest of the band decided to keep on. But, what to do? They had no money. Soon, after a total rethink the all acoustic Third Ear Band was born, featuring: hand drums, violin/viola, oboe/recorder, and cello.
Unquestionably the strangest band on the Harvest label, and enthusiastically championed by DJ John Peel, the Third Ear Band invented a new genre of instrumental music, rooted in the medieval, but with Eastern ethnic elements and aesthetically "rock" avant-garde. Their most famous release is the soundtrack to Roman Polanski's "Macbeth". During the 1970's the band went through numerous changes, mostly only documented by live appearances and radio sessions. In the 1980's they reformed for a special one-off at an Italian festival, after which a new Third Ear Band existed for more years than the original, recording several more albums.