Trace vs Refugee
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Topic: Trace vs Refugee
Posted By: Wakeman's Birotron
Subject: Trace vs Refugee
Date Posted: February 10 2015 at 08:45
| Two keyboard-centric, symphonic prog power trios. Which one do you prefer? |
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Posted By: sublime220
Date Posted: February 10 2015 at 09:16
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I despise Trace for some reason. Refugee it is. ------------- There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark... |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: February 10 2015 at 09:22
| ^Well figure that out, then. It's Trace as Refugee bores me. Wish the former had put out more albums. |
Posted By: jacksiedanny
Date Posted: February 10 2015 at 09:27
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Not really fair since there are 3 Trace releases - good luck finding orig vinyl of "The White Ladies" - and only one Refugee. Still, Refugee is a classic. |
Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: February 10 2015 at 10:18
| I went with Trace. |
Posted By: sublime220
Date Posted: February 10 2015 at 11:49
Should have phrased it better. I don't despise them but I had been constantly suggested and tbh, they're not my slice of pie. Not to say they're bad, but the amount of times that people have recommended them to me and the amount of times I've given them a chance, Refugee wins, hands down. ------------- There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark... |
Rednight wrote:Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: February 10 2015 at 11:54
| ^With your enthusiasm for Refugee, I'll have to give their lone disc another listen. And there's another band that needed more albums (Would they have survived the sophomore jinx?). |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: February 10 2015 at 12:09
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I love both bands. Can't vote for one against the other. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: February 10 2015 at 14:53
| I love that Refugee album. I did have a compilation by Trace somewhere (or maybe it was a record company sampler) but it didn't do much for me so I didn't go any further. However The Keyboards Triangle album (Ars Nova and Gerard) has one of their tracks 'Birds Medley' and that sounds good. Maybe I need to give them a proper try at some point. |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: February 10 2015 at 15:29
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I really like the Refugee album, but I've been a huge fan of Trace since the early 70s, so they get my vote. Rick van der Linden was a genius. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: February 10 2015 at 16:31
Birds was my intro to the band (on vinyl 25 years ago!) and it's superb. Get that first. Then backtrack and get the first one, called simply Trace. Don't bother with the third album, White Ladies. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: jacksiedanny
Date Posted: February 10 2015 at 16:43
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The Keyboards Triangle cd is a MUST HAVE. I'm thinking its likely a difficult cd to find nowadays. |
Posted By: jacksiedanny
Date Posted: February 10 2015 at 16:45
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Really? You didn't like "White Ladies"???? ... Heard any of the van der Linden solo lps? |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: February 10 2015 at 16:48
Yes, both KT and KT II are excellent. No, White Ladies didn't make much of an impression. I have heard some of Rick's solo (non-Ekseption) work, it's quite good. He was a virtuoso. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: February 10 2015 at 17:07
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: February 11 2015 at 01:56
ta ... now off to Amazon
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: February 11 2015 at 01:58
KTII suffers a little from dodgy vocal syndrome but good to hear a version of Danger Money. I burnt both albums onto one disk . Nice!
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: February 11 2015 at 11:38
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Hmm....went with Refugee....never really got into Trace. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: proggman
Date Posted: February 15 2015 at 18:53
Trace.------------- When he rides, my fears subside. For darkness turns once more to light. Through the skies, his white horse flies. To find a land beyond the night. |