Artist: Froggie Beaver
Album: From The Pond
Country: USA
Released: 1973 (1999)
Genre: Symphonic Prog
Format: MP3 CBR 320

This CD presents all the work of the group (1 longplay, 1 single, 3 previously unreleased tracks) from the town of Omaha (Nebraska). The group was formed in the autumn of 1971 from members of various local teams. They played other people's hits in order to somehow get out of debt and gain financial independence. Young people have long hatched plans to perform original music of their own composition. Things went uphill after the team settled in the Council Bluffs club (Iowa). The local audience flocked to the performances of the Frogs, attracted by the unusual progressive sound and philosophical texts of the group. Glory touched with its wing the budding young talents. The boys dropped out of school, rented a house for rehearsals and got a manager. After performing in front of 7,500 people in his native Omaha and the big hit, it's time to visit the recording studio. First a single appeared, and in July 1972 an album. The seven original tracks are progressive variations mixed with "Moody Blues" harmonies and "ELP" keyboard passages. Listen and see for yourself how seventeen year olds develop their original ideas. It is surprising that such opuses were born in the province of the American Midwest, and not in London clubs. It's a pity that the guys stopped their experiments in the fall of 1974, a well-known prog team could have turned out.

Tracklist:
01. Road To Tomorrow (Part 1) - 0:51
02. Lovely Lady - 5:10
03. Buy Back My Life - 3:34
04. Come To Believe - 4:54
05. Away From Home - 9:44
06. Just For You - 5:31
07. Road To Tomorrow (Part 2) - 2:05
Bonus:
08. Movin’ On (Single A-Side, 1972) - 2:23
09. Nothing For Me Here (Single B-Side, 1972) - 2:49
10. Visions Of My Life (Previously Unreleased, 1971) - 4:15
11. Bring My Children Home (Previously Unreleased, 1971) - 4:52
12. Janine In Somewhere Land (Previously Unreleased, 1971) - 7:06

Personnel:
John Troia - lead vocals
John Fischer - lead vocals, acoustic & electric guitar, bass
Ed Staszko - vocals, organ, piano, key bass
Rick Brown - vocals, drums, percussion