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    Posted: October 01 2024 at 10:42
How am I just now discovering this? It immediately became one of my favorite epics upon first listen. Stunningly beautiful track.

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They were sometimes referred to as the Dutch ELP. Rick van der Linden is very much a Keith Emerson clone.

I like all their albums, White Ladies being my favorite.
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Birds by Trace was one of the first prog albums I discovered outside of the Big 4/5/6/10, or whatever. The cover art made me notice it, because it's evocative of Moebius (Jean Giraud) and Jean-Claude Mezieres.

I flipped the LP over and saw they were a keyboard trio. I was already an ELP fan, so it was a no-brainer. I was not disappointed. I love it to this day.
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Originally posted by Criswell Criswell wrote:

They were sometimes referred to as the Dutch ELP. <span style="font-family: " Sans", Arial, sans-serif;">Rick van der Linden is very much a Keith Emerson clone.


I can see how someone would think that after listening to Trace, but not Birds. The latter doesn't sound like something Emerson would compose.
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Greeaaatt - now I had to go and buy both albums.



PS - it was a good call.


Edited by Mormegil - October 03 2024 at 13:15
Welcome to the middle of the film.
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Trio well known in Belgium back then (neighborhood obliges :-)
... Ian mosley on drums !
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I first discovered it via the Keyboards Triangle album by Ars Nova and Gerard. This serves as a great introduction to keyboard heavy prog. The versions are shorter but no less powerful. I was actually a bit disappointed how weak the original sounded by comparison. I like it but it lacks the out and out bombast of ELP.

Link to the aforementioned album for anyone interested
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Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

Originally posted by Criswell Criswell wrote:

They were sometimes referred to as the Dutch ELP. <span style="font-family: " Sans", Arial, sans-serif;">Rick van der Linden is very much a Keith Emerson clone.


I can see how someone would think that after listening to Trace, but not Birds. The latter doesn't sound like something Emerson would compose.

I can't disagree with you. Birds actually brings Triumvirat's Mediterranean Tales to mind...
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Yep.  Amazing album from back in the day.   Think I'll refresh my  memory.
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Solid keyboard based symphonic prog rock.
I was lucky enough to find the first two on used original vinyl in a small record store a few years back.
Time to spin them again.
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