TONTON MACOUTE
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Topic: TONTON MACOUTE
Posted By: ANDREW
Subject: TONTON MACOUTE
Date Posted: January 12 2006 at 13:31
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TONTON MACOUTE was a great jazz-rock progressive band who released the eponymous album in 1971 on the Neon label which unfortunately failed a little later. The album consists in long most instrumental tracks with long flute solos like TRAFFIC and melodies. Highly recommended!!! |
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Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: January 13 2006 at 08:15
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I have the Cd issue: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005J55Z/qid=11 37158132/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_26_1/202-3182023-1793413 |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: January 13 2006 at 08:16
| Apart from Centipede and Touton Macoute, who else recorded on the Neon label? |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: January 13 2006 at 08:30
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NEON label was to RCA what the Vertigo of Phillips or the Harvest from EMI or Deram was to Decca
I believe Spring, Indian Summer and a few more Tonton Macoute is excellent ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: January 13 2006 at 08:39
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Yeah good one this "Tonton macoute".
I do love "Natural high", and the allusion to the sweet leaf. |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: January 13 2006 at 08:52
I've also seen the Indian Summer album on CD in specialist stores. And Deram even had a subsiderary, which released 'Igginbottom and Jan Dukes Gray. How's your memory for the big record companies' new age labels, e.g. what was EMI's that released Ian Carr, post-Nucleus. Which Phillips subsiderary label released John Themis and Hubbards Cupboard - in other words labels which not only had new age artists, but other types of music whichthe label's were trying to repackage................ RCA had Private Music for instance. And in the UK Windham Hill floated - I think starting with Pye. |
Sean Trane wrote:Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: January 13 2006 at 09:05
| I think the only thing I have on the Neon label is a single called "Woman" by Shape of the Rain. Not bad though. |
Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: January 13 2006 at 09:33
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Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: January 13 2006 at 09:34
These are the NEON releases in the beginning of the seventies before it failed. |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: January 13 2006 at 09:35
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One of most beautiful labels:
------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: January 13 2006 at 09:38
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I think you speak of the Nova label ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: January 13 2006 at 09:38
Nice logo...maybe the artwork has been inspired by this one:
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Posted By: The Rock
Date Posted: January 13 2006 at 09:44
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Tonton Macoute is excellent jazz rock/soul kinda prog rock!?
------------- What's gonna come out of my mouth is gonna come out of my soul."Skip Prokop" |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: January 13 2006 at 10:15
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Neon was dead by 71 and Virgin's first album is Tubullar bells from mid-73, so I doubt that if influence there was, it would ve the other way around
for other label logos check this thread http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5063&KW=labels - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5063&a mp;KW=labels
------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: January 13 2006 at 12:08
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I forgot about Fairweather, Andy Fairweather-Lowe of Amen Corner's band. By the way, it's Shape of the rain, not Shape of the train. http://rateyourmusic.com/list/alabaster/record_label_list__3__neon - http://rateyourmusic.com/list/alabaster/record_label_list__3 __neon |
Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: January 13 2006 at 15:29
That's true |
