SONG OF THE MARCHING CHILDREN

Certainly one of their most progressive albums next to Atlantis and To the world of the future. This album is the second one and does not have anything to do with the other music they made which was pure rock. The title song â??â??Song of the Marching Childrenâ? is the musical image of the painting on the inner sleeve. Erik van der Weijden designed this inner sleeve. They used a light show with slides of this painting during the title track at live concerts. My favourite tracks are Ebtide, Storm and thunder (2 minutes longer than the single with a huge intro of organ play) and of course The song of the Marching Children (more than 18 minutes of Mellotron, acoustic guitar, the extraordinary voice of Jerney Kaagman and ending with the march. This album is recorded on 3 different locations (Soundpush Studios Blaricum) in The Netherlands and Dick Bakker, the present guest-director of the famous Metropool Orchestra, was one of the sound technicians. The voice of Jerney sounds perfect on the album, she had a sex appeal appearance which made the bandâ??s music very attractive and powerful. Also there live performances were great

Live 1980 https://youtu.be/jG6PUNpPuqk

Live version thanks for the Love and Love of life https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/8tHG

Live versions 1989 and more: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/dkox