Midnight Sun - Midnight Sun (1971 Denmark Prog Jazz Blues Rock)

A BANDA SE CHAMAVA RAINBOW BAND E ERA CONSIDERADA UM SUPERGRUPO FORMADA POR PEER FROST, EX-GUITARRISTA DA YOUNG FLOWERS, BISGAARD LARS, EX-MAXWELL, SMEDEGAARD CARSTEN, EX-BEEFEATHERS, ENTRE OUTROS MUSICOS RENOMADOS DA DINAMARCA!! ELES CHEGARAM A GRAVAR UM ALBUM COM ESSE NOME EM 1970 COM UMA SONORIDADE JAZZ ROCK PROGRESSIVO NO ESTILO BURNING RED IVANHOE E TRAFFIC!! ESSAS INFLUÊNCIAS FICARAM BEM CLARAS NO ALBUM!! ESSE ALBUM JÁ FOI POSTADO AQUI NO BLOG!! O PROBLEMA É QUE LOGO DEPOIS DISSO DESCOBRIRAM QUE NO CANADÁ HAVIA UMA BANDA COM O MESMO NOME, POR ISSO RESOLVERAM MUDAR PARA MIDNIGHT SUN!! SURPREENDENTEMENTE EM VEZ DE GRAVAR COM UM NOVO MATERIAL ELES RESOLVEM REFAZER O PRIMEIRO ALBUM GRAVADO AINDA COMO RAINBOW BAND COM UM NOVO VOCALISTA E UMA CAPA DIFERENTE, PORÉM, ESSA SEGUNDA VERSÃO É MENOS POTENTE MUSICALMENTE QUE O ORIGINAL!! DIGAMOS QUE ESSE ALBUM JÁ COM O NOME DE MIDNIGHT SUN É UMA REVISITAÇÃO QUASE QUE COMPLETA DO ALBUM DA RAINBOW BAND, PORÉM COM UM VOCAL MENOS POTENTE E COM A INSERÇÃO DE PIANO ELÉTRICO, O QUE TIRA UM POUCO DA POTÊNCIA SONORA ORIGINAL DAS CANÇÕES!! ENFIM...MIDNIGHT SUN APESAR DISSO AINDA É UM BOM DISCO E UMA BOA FUSÃO DE JAZZ, BLUES E ROCK SETENTISTA!!

Scented Gardens of the Mind:
Denmark's Rainbow Band was formed in late 1969 as a supergroup consisting of Peer Frost (ex-Young Flowers), Lars Bisgaard (ex-Maxwells), Carsten Smedegaard (ex-Beefeaters), Bent Hesselmann and the former jazz players Niels Brønsted and Bo Stief (they had backed American jazz musicians at Copenhagen's Café Montmartre). The idea was to play jazz-influenced progressive rock in the style ofBurnin' Red Ivanhoe and Traffic's second album. These influences were strongly evident on their 1970 album. It's a very good effort, still very indicative of the hippie era. The rhythm section still produced the powerful 60s beat, forcing Peer Frost to squeeze out some of his best guitar solos. Lars Bisgaard was replaced by Allan Mortensen (ex-Tears) at the end of 1970. A Canadian group was already using the name Rainbow Band, which forced the Danish group to change their name into Midnight Sun in July 1971. Surprisingly enough, they decided to remake their first album instead of moving on to new material. The second version of the album is less powerful and stylistically creeping towards Blood, Sweat & Tears, mostly due to the vocals and supplementary electric piano. Only the second version of "Living On The Hill" was on par with the previous recording. With another new vocalist, Frank Lauridsen, Midnight Sun made two more albums of jazzy progressive rock.

Allan Mortensen - vocal
Peer Frost - guitarra
Carsten Smedegaard - bateria
Bent Hasselmann - sopros
Bo Stief - baixo
Niels Bronstad - piano

1. Talkin'
2. King Of The Sun
3. Nobody
4. Where You Going To Be
5. B.M
6. Sippin' Wine
7. Living On The Hill.
8. Rainbow Song.

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