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    Posted: April 08 2023 at 08:09
^ Nope! There's only one over-priced record store (HMV) remaining in Nottingham and I haven't bought a CD from a Nottingham record shop for at least five years. I buy virtually all of my CD's from charity shops and car boot sales these days (apart from an annual trip to Langley Mill Records in Derbyshire), where the chances of finding any Psychedelic or Progressive Rock amongst their many bargains are about as likely as Roger Waters reuniting for another album with Pink Floyd - when Pigs (on the wing) might fly! Smile
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

I love Nektar. Or more exact I love Journey to the Centre of the Eye, A Tab in the Ocean, Remember the Future and Recycled.

I found Magic is a Child so underwhelming I never investigated any further.  I decided to give it another shot today/now. I know it's their first release without Roye Albrighton, and he's sorely missed. It doesn't feel or sound like Nektar, the band I enjoy so much. Still upon revisiting I now think it's a decent effort. Very radio friendly AOR-sounding, and not the music I want from them. But they hadn't lost their knack for strong melodies. I guess they deserve credit for succeeding in creating the album they wanted to make. It was a huge flop though. And it's the album from them I keep seeing in the same cheap bins year after year.
Let me know where those cheap bins are, because I've never seen any Nektar albums for sale in any store anywhere - not even at the full price. I only have a 5-CD boxset of albums by Nektar, which sadly doesn't include their debut and best album: Journey to the Centre of the Eye. Ouch 
I notice you live in the UK, and unfortunately for you they are/were all in Tomorrowland.

-you've never seen any of the reissues either?
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Originally posted by moshkito moshkito wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

...Let me know where those cheap bins are, because I've never seen any Nektar albums for sale in any store anywhere - not even at the full price. I only have a 5-CD boxset of albums by Nektar, which sadly doesn't include their debut and best album: Journey to the Centre of the Eye. Ouch 


Hi,

In my old days, the heaven on this earth was Rasputin's in Berkeley which had 2 stores, one for rock music and down the street a block or two (can't even remember it now!) the other one for classical music.

It was so bad that the minute you walked in you got a headache ... where do you start? When do you stop?

I don't even know if they still exist.
I wish we still had record stores in England where you don't even know where to start looking. I bought my Nektar box set from Amazon for £12. The last time I bought any Psychedelic/Space Rock from a record store was Iron Butterfly's In-a-Gadda da-Vida and The Best of Quicksilver Messenger Service from Amoeba Records in Los Angeles, after I sent my brother there on a CD-buying trip, once he'd navigated his way past the drug-pushers and hookers hanging out on Hollywood Boulevard. Embarrassed
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

...Let me know where those cheap bins are, because I've never seen any Nektar albums for sale in any store anywhere - not even at the full price. I only have a 5-CD boxset of albums by Nektar, which sadly doesn't include their debut and best album: Journey to the Centre of the Eye. Ouch 


Hi,

In my old days, the heaven on this earth was Rasputin's in Berkeley which had 2 stores, one for rock music and down the street a block or two (can't even remember it now!) the other one for classical music.

It was so bad that the minute you walked in you got a headache ... where do you start? When do you stop?

I don't even know if they still exist.
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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

I love Nektar. Or more exact I love Journey to the Centre of the Eye, A Tab in the Ocean, Remember the Future and Recycled.

I found Magic is a Child so underwhelming I never investigated any further.  I decided to give it another shot today/now. I know it's their first release without Roye Albrighton, and he's sorely missed. It doesn't feel or sound like Nektar, the band I enjoy so much. Still upon revisiting I now think it's a decent effort. Very radio friendly AOR-sounding, and not the music I want from them. But they hadn't lost their knack for strong melodies. I guess they deserve credit for succeeding in creating the album they wanted to make. It was a huge flop though. And it's the album from them I keep seeing in the same cheap bins year after year.
Let me know where those cheap bins are, because I've never seen any Nektar albums for sale in any store anywhere - not even at the full price. I only have a 5-CD boxset of albums by Nektar, which sadly doesn't include their debut and best album: Journey to the Centre of the Eye. Ouch 
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I love Nektar. Or more exact I love Journey to the Centre of the Eye, A Tab in the Ocean, Remember the Future and Recycled.

I found Magic is a Child so underwhelming I never investigated any further.  I decided to give it another shot today/now. I know it's their first release without Roye Albrighton, and he's sorely missed. It doesn't feel or sound like Nektar, the band I enjoy so much. Still upon revisiting I now think it's a decent effort. Very radio friendly AOR-sounding, and not the music I want from them. But they hadn't lost their knack for strong melodies. I guess they deserve credit for succeeding in creating the album they wanted to make. It was a huge flop though. And it's the album from them I keep seeing in the same cheap bins year after year.
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Journey to the Centre of the Eye is one of my favorite albums ever and it was the second (or third) prog album I ever listened to. Amazing album.
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Nektar's Albums
 
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Hi,

I wold suggest these might be the better/best of their albums. but, for me, the end is in "Recycled" with the last song, and you knew something was not right with Roye, or the band, and to my knowledge most of the stuff released after was the leftover studio and live material.

Both live albums, BTW, (Roundhouse/NY) are exceptional and simply shows you that the band was just as good on stage as they were on record ... there was no difference, and they were very clean about it ... be it rehearsed or just plain well dedicated to their work.

Rockpalast is a nice concert, however, already you can see that Roye is not doing well, but his effort is tremendous in it, and it was one last gasp for the band.

I like "Sounds Like This" for one massive reason ... that is exactly what you get in concert when you saw Nektar ... a day in the life of a preacher ... and that preacher is Roye ... and it is his Odyssey!


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NEKTAR    All Manner of Live Manna from Prog Heaven with Roye Albrighton and the band.  Heart

3 stars 1973: Nektar - Live in Switzerland - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUmlmGn5BeA
4 stars 1974: Nektar - Door to the Future - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNegoAVJuIg
5 stars 1974: Nektar - Sunday Night at the London Roundhouse - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBAqTmmEoWnP0QMOa_xqJP2
3 stars 2002: Nektar - Live at Nearfest, New Jersey - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3gkXdesQ3k
5 stars 2005: Nektar - Live at Rockpalast - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZX3Nw4r26w
5 stars 2011: Nektar - Space Rock Invasion - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg5BmF1kwDE
5 stars 2012: Nektar - Live at the Coach House - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDrsy2kiYJs





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Originally posted by Chaser Chaser wrote:

I only own three Nektar albums: A Tab in the Ocean, Remember the Future, and Recycled.

I liked them in patches. There were segments that were fantastic, but equally some of the music sounded dated and, at times, bombastic, with choirs and gongs that seemed to reflect all of the prog rock cliches that detractors hold up against the genre.

I must admit that, working from home during lockdown, I have been playing these albums more often, and my appreciation and enjoyment of them has grown.

I don't own Journey to the Centre of the Eye, but the posts on here have reminded me that I need to own it, so thanks everyone!

I will be ordering it today (if I can get hold of it)

I own five Nektar albums now - thanks to Amazon - and they were just a drop in the ocean at £13 for a neatly packaged 5-CD box set. Smile
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Remember The Future is my favorite.
 
I remember that album fondly from the past. Smile
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Remember The Future is my favorite.
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

so all their albums are essential listening? Confused

change your name to Overly Generous Paul. LOL
You wouldn't say I was overly-generous if you saw my ratings for King Crimson and Van der Graaf Generator. Tongue

yeah, but you don't like those bands. 
when you like a band/artist, you are over-generous. It's almost funny. LOL
 
Touché!. I could never accuse you of being overly-generous with your ratings, having just taken a look at your ratings/reviews page. Smile
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

so all their albums are essential listening? Confused

change your name to Overly Generous Paul. LOL
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

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so all their albums are essential listening? Confused

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Nektar's Albums
 
 5 stars 1974: Sunday Night at the London Roundhouse - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBAqTmmEoWnP0QMOa_xqJP2
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Time Machine (2013)
 
1. A Better Way
 
 
2. Set Me Free Amigo
 
 
3. Destiny
 
 
4. If Only I Could
 
 
5. Time Machine
 
 
6. Tranquility
 
 
7. Mocking the Moon
 
 
8. Talk to Me
 
 
9. Juggernaut
 
 
10. Diamond Eyes
 
 
 
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A Spoonful of Time (2012) - A album of cover versions of well-known songs.



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