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| Live at the BBC |
| Isotope |
| első megjelenés éve: 2004 |
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| (2004)
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CD |
| 4.800 Ft
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| 1. | Upward Curve
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| 2. | Do the Business
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| 3. | Retracing My Steps
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| 4. | Honky Donkey
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| 5. | Bite on This
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| 6. | Upward Curve
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| 7. | The Dancer
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| 8. | Cowshed Shuffle
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| 9. | Almond Burfi
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Jazz / Prog-Rock/ Art Rock
Jazz-Rock
Canterbury Scene
Experimental Rock
Recorded: Oct 12, 1973-Aug 22, 1977
Isotope
Brian Miller - Keyboards
Gary Boyle - Guitar, Interviewee, Liner Notes
Geoffrey Downes - Keyboards
Jeff Clyne - Bass
Nigel Morris - Drums
Sergio Castillo - Drums
Steve Shone - Bass
Zoe Kronberger - Keyboards
* David Dade - Engineer
* Russell Pay - Mastering
* Tony Wilson - Producer
This nine-track, 48-minute CD presents material from three BBC sessions, two by Isotope (in which Gary Boyle played guitar), the other by Boyle solo. The Isotope sessions were recorded in October 1973 and March 1974, featuring songs from their debut self-titled album (including two versions of one of them, "Upward Curve"). The liner notes make much of comparisons between Isotope and Mahavishnu Orchestra at the time, though actually this instrumental fusion, more jazz than rock, sounds at least as much like early- to mid-'70s Soft Machine (with whom Gary Boyle had guested on a two-hour German TV special in 1973). It's busy fusion heavy on the guitar-organ interplay, influenced by the early Miles Davis fusion records as well as those of Soft Machine and Mahavishnu. Isotope don't sound as distinguished as any of those points of reference on this disc, but they do have a somewhat lighter and wittier touch than many of the bands that hurtled down this particular path. The final three songs come from a 1977 solo Boyle session, all from his debut solo album, The Dancer, and these get a little funkier and slicker, with future Yes man Geoff Downes on keyboards. An interview with Boyle discussing his '70s work is included in the liner notes.
---Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide
Isotope
Active Decade: '70s
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Jazz-Rock, Experimental Rock, Canterbury Scene
The more-jazz-than-rock fusion band Isotope may have not had the longest career, but they played an integral part in the Canterbury Scene with some of its key players spending time in the band. Guitarist Gary Boyle had been playing in Dusty Springfield's band for a couple of years before he caught the prog rock bug. He got it while playing in Brian Auger & the Trinity and afterward decided to go back to school to further his musical studies. After leaving school he played with Keith Tippett and Mike Gibbs, but it was in Stomu Yamash'ta's East West band that he met drummer Nigel Morris. The two formed Isotope in 1973 and soon bassist Jeff Clyne was onboard. The band's self-titled debut appeared in 1974, followed soon after by Clyne's departure. Former East West bassist Hugh Hopper joined the band in March of 1974, the same year Boyle was to place third in the category of "Best British Guitarists" in Melody Maker's reader poll. Keyboardist Laurence Scott was added to the band for 1975's Illusion and the band gathered more fans on a U.K. tour supporting Gong. Hopper and Scott left the band and were replaced by bassist Dan K. Brown and two keyboardists -- Frank Roberts and Zoe Kronberger -- for 1976's Deep End. Management and record company struggles caused the band to break up in 1977. The See for Miles label reissued the band's albums in the mid-'90s and Hux unearthed two radio sessions for 2004's Live at the BBC.
---David Jeffries, All Music Guide |
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