Happy the Man's Archival Recordings

Not appearing under discogs, but on RYM, Happy The Man has 4 archival recordings, one of which is listed on PA, and that's Death's Crown 

I have Death's Crown only
The 3 others look to be relatively new issues of old stuff ,don't they ?

Frets N Worries wrote: I suppose so. Sadly, I emailed the press team (and got a response from Stanley Whitaker! Very cool) they are not planning on touring, he said they'd have to call it 'Happy the Old Man'

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mellotronwave wrote: Starting the day with Crafty Hands

I'm certain that I've heard some of these recordings before. I recall that arrangements of certain pieces were longer..more extensive. I was very young when Happy The Man were performing in the tri state area. Probably 20 years old and traveling a lot playing Progressive Rock covers in Rock Clubs the size of Concert Halls.

That was a magical time for me but only to an extent..because a lot of musicians I traveled with were deeply letdown by the reality that record companies were turning their back on Prog. This was 1978 and important people in the business began putting restrictions on Rock Music regarding its avant garde or melodic Prog approach to composition. As a matter of fact it was right around the time that Frank Zappa began having a feud with Warner Brothers.

In 78' or 79' ??? Happy The Man played a gig at Alexanders in Browns Mills, NJ ...and I was about 3 miles up the road playing at the Satellite near Fort Dix military base. I didn't get the chance to see Happy The Man perform. A road crew had me under radar .They had instructions from our manager that we were not to leave the establishment. I hate the music business...ugh..its so damn ugly and you have to deal with bad people sometimes. People who are bad natured and have money. You constantly get propositioned.

I missed seeing Happy The Man in other places as well...whatever?? Just a total disappointment never getting to see them . I remember people mentioning "I CARVED THE CHARIOT ON THE CAROUSEL " That is was a extended piece..like an album side. Some people claimed that they saw Happy The Man perform that. In those days the crowds wanted to hear Progressive Rock. They were aware of the different levels of talent and overall musicianship. Of course that was another lifetime and even though playing for huge crowds that were supportive...it was like anything else in life . In this case it was the Industry trying to do away with Prog ....by not promoting it as much and somewhat neglecting it's sales or personal interest of the public.

Edited by Jacob Schoolcraft - July 11 2024 at 20:22

Edited by ThyroidGlands - July 18 2024 at 11:24