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TeleStrat 
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 Posted: April 15 2015 at 11:23 |
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I have several Nektar albums from the seventies and I put Recycled right up there with the earlier albums.
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hieronymous
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Posted: April 15 2015 at 11:16 |
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I was turned on to Nektar during college - my keyboardist at the time had a bunch of their stuff on vinyl (this is around '89-'90). Remember the Future and A Tab in the Ocean are the two that stuck with me - I picked up the CD remasters of those - was that around 2005? I never liked the live stuff I heard - the studio versions were burned into my brain and to me there was something lacking in the performance, but that could just be me too - for the longest time I didn't like Yessongs either.
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: April 15 2015 at 05:54 |
^ you've been hearing too much Valley Girl  . Yes, Recycled does have its commercial 'hooks', as you say. Still, a remarkable album really, and much credit goes to Larry Fast's prescence on Moogs.
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HackettFan
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Posted: April 14 2015 at 23:44 |
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Journey to the Center of the Eye is an amazing album to me. I heard it described as a psychedelic album once somewhere, but to me it is the heart and soul (and eye) of Prog. It's one of my all-time favorites.
Remember the Future is nice. A Tab in the Ocean is nice too, but I find some of the base overbearing. Neither of these albums has the rich and creative use of timbre to match their debut.
Recycled is a little too slick for me, built up out of endless gag-me-with-a-spoon style commercial hooks, but there are times when I'm up for it.
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Rednight
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Posted: April 14 2015 at 10:17 |
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Nektar is one of the unsung greats of '70s prog. The sad part was that Roye Albrighton, their singer/guitarist, left right when the band was enjoying its greatest popularity, and it never recovered. Saw them with about three other bands (including City Boy!) with Albrighton's replacement, one Dave Nelson, and it was enjoyable but not the same without the original lineup. I think by the time Albrighton came back (the present), not many cared. It's now him, the original drummer, and a couple pickup musicians. They came to L.A. about a year ago on some space rock junket, but I couldn't have been bothered.
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zravkapt
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Posted: April 14 2015 at 09:29 |
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One of the members of Nektar posted here on the forums maybe a year ago. No one replied to their post and they never posted again.
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: April 14 2015 at 06:39 |
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I got to see them on the Evolution tour. Caravan opened for them and I would up adding a couple of their albums to my collection. I've got just about all of their albums and a couple of DVDs.
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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geekfreak
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Posted: April 14 2015 at 04:35 |
 Tom Ozric wrote:
Great thread 
Love Nektar !!
Difficult to choose a favourite out of Tab In The Ocean or Remember The Future.
The complete Roundhouse performance is killer.
Man In The Moon is quite underrated, it's better than it's made out to be.
Their latest, Time Machine, is excellent. Very much worthy of your time.
I was lucky to catch them in NYC mid-2013, great to witness Roye and the boys having a bash, though I do miss Mo and Taff. The current keyboardist, Klaus Henatsch, is the best choice since Taff's departure ( great bloke, too) but the fill-in bassist at the time, Lux Vibratus (complete with Mohawk), paled to Mo. I was hoping at least Billy Sherwood would've been present.
Recycled is quite a superb album too. Come to think of it, I'm quite the fan-boy, as there isn't an album I dislike from them.
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mithrandir
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Posted: April 13 2015 at 01:38 |
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Recycled is one of the most underrated Prog album of all time IMO
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: April 13 2015 at 01:23 |
Great thread Love Nektar !! Difficult to choose a favourite out of Tab In The Ocean or Remember The Future. The complete Roundhouse performance is killer. Man In The Moon is quite underrated, it's better than it's made out to be. Their latest, Time Machine, is excellent. Very much worthy of your time. I was lucky to catch them in NYC mid-2013, great to witness Roye and the boys having a bash, though I do miss Mo and Taff. The current keyboardist, Klaus Henatsch, is the best choice since Taff's departure ( great bloke, too) but the fill-in bassist at the time, Lux Vibratus (complete with Mohawk), paled to Mo. I was hoping at least Billy Sherwood would've been present. Recycled is quite a superb album too. Come to think of it, I'm quite the fan-boy, as there isn't an album I dislike from them.
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Posted: April 12 2015 at 20:53 |
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Not really a fan of Tab or Journey but I love Remember the Future, Down to Earth and Recycled.
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presdoug
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Posted: April 12 2015 at 19:26 |
Great idea for a thread! Interesting, just today I introduced a close friend to Nektar for the first time, playing him the whole A Tab In The Ocean album (my favorite Nektar record) and he said it was cool. Their music is so refreshing and stimulating, and creates quite an atmosphere of it's own, really, definitely an under-rated band all things considered. I also really love Remember The Future, Recycled, and Journey To The Center Of The Eye.
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justin4950834-2
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Posted: April 12 2015 at 18:07 |
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I know this thread won't get as many posts as the other recent band appreciation threads, but I feel like nektar is a greatly underappreciated prog band. I think Remember The Future is one of the best albums I have ever heard. The songs are filled with such subtle details and gorgeous melodys.
Am I the only one that feels this way about Nektar.
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