(2022) Nektar - ...Sounds Like This [Expanded Edition]  


Review:
Newly remastered and expanded edition of the classic 1973 album Sounds Like This by Nektar. This quartet of British musicians came together as Nektar in Hamburg, Germany in 1969. Roye Albrighton (guitar, vocals), Derek ‘Mo’ Moore (bass, vocals), Allan “’Taff’ Freeman (keyboards) and Ron Howden (drums) first gained recognition in Germany with their imaginative Progressive/Space Rock sound and their highly impressive stage shows featuring lights by Mick Brockett and Keith Walters (who were also listed as band members). Signing to the Bacillus label in 1971, Nektar achieved German success with the albums Journey to the Centre of the Eye and A Tab in the Ocean, and also gained a cult following in Britain and the USA where their albums were originally only available as imports. It was with their 1973 double album ‘Sounds Like This’, that Nektar saw their first album release in the UK (on the United Artists label). Later hailed by Elton John as “an extraordinary album”, the record was recorded live in the studio as a means of committing to tape material that had been in Nektar’s stage repertoire for some time. In two sessions in October 1972 and February 1973 at Dierks’ Studios in Stommeln, Germany, a fine and powerful double album was created featuring such Nektar classics as ‘Good Day’, ‘New Day Dawning’, ‘Wings’, ‘A Day in the Life of a Preacher’ and ‘Cast Your Fate’. Unavailable officially for some years, this Esoteric Recordings’ edition is most welcome and has been newly remastered and expanded to include an additional CD featuring over 70 minutes of alternate versions and live material. — cherryred.co.uk


   


Track List:

Disc 1 - Sounds Like This [Remastered]
01.Good Day
02.New Day Dawning
03.What Ya Gonna Do?
04.1-2-3-4
05.Do You Believe in Magic?
06.Cast Your Fate
07.A Day in the Life of a Preacher: Preacher / Squeeze / Mr H
08.Wings
09.Odyssee: Ron's On / Never Never Never / Da-Da-Dum

Disc 2 - Sounds Like This [Session Recordings: October 1972 & February 1973]
1 Good Day (October 1972)
2 New Day Dawning (October 1972)
3 Sunshine Down On The City (October 1972)
4 Da Da Dum (February 1973)
5 What Ya Gonna Do? (October 1972)
6 It’s All In Your Mind (October 1972)
7 Cast Your Fate Jam (October 1972)
8 Wings (February 1973)


Media Report:
Genre: prog-rock
Country: UK
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits


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