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    Posted: January 12 2006 at 13:31

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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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
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Apart from Centipede and Touton Macoute, who else recorded on the Neon label?
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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, but slightly indulgent.
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Points: 6308 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 13 2006 at 08:39
Yeah good one this "Tonton macoute".

I do love "Natural high", and the allusion to the sweet leaf.
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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

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, but slightly indulgent.



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.
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I think the only thing I have on the Neon label is a single called "Woman" by Shape of the Rain. Not bad though.
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  1. INDIAN SUMMER - "Indian Summer" - 1971
  2. RAW MATERIAL - "Time Is..." - 1971
  3. THE RUNNING MAN - "The Running Man" - 1972
  4. SPRING - "Spring" - 1971
  5. FAIR WEATHER - "Beginning From An End" - 1971
  6. CHRIS McGREGOR - "Brotherhood Of Breath" - 1971
  7. DANDO SHAFT - "Dando Shaft" - 1971
  8. RILEY, RILEY, WOOD AND WAGGET - "Shape Of The Train" - 1971
  9. MIKE WESTBROOK - "Metropolis" - 1971
  10. OVARY LODGE - "Ovary Lodge" - 1973

 
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Originally posted by ANDREW ANDREW wrote:

  1. INDIAN SUMMER - "Indian Summer" - 1971
  2. RAW MATERIAL - "Time Is..." - 1971
  3. THE RUNNING MAN - "The Running Man" - 1972
  4. SPRING - "Spring" - 1971
  5. FAIR WEATHER - "Beginning From An End" - 1971
  6. CHRIS McGREGOR - "Brotherhood Of Breath" - 1971
  7. DANDO SHAFT - "Dando Shaft" - 1971
  8. RILEY, RILEY, WOOD AND WAGGET - "Shape Of The Train" - 1971
  9. MIKE WESTBROOK - "Metropolis" - 1971
  10. OVARY LODGE - "Ovary Lodge" - 1973

 

These are the NEON releases in the beginning of the seventies before it failed.
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One of most beautiful labels:
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Originally posted by Dick Heath Dick Heath wrote:


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.

I think you speak of the Nova label
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Points: 6308 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 13 2006 at 09:38
Nice logo...maybe the artwork has been inspired by this one:

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Points: 746 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 13 2006 at 09:44

Tonton Macoute is excellent jazz rock/soul kinda prog rock!?

 
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Originally posted by oliverstoned oliverstoned wrote:

Nice logo...maybe the artwork has been inspired by this one:

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&a mp;KW=labels
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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.LOL

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/alabaster/record_label_list__3 __neon
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Originally posted by Easy Livin Easy Livin wrote:

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.LOL

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/alabaster/record_label_list__3 __neon

That's true
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