Atlantic Bridge (UK) for JR/F
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Forum Name: Suggest New Bands and Artists
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Printed Date: December 13 2024 at 09:28
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Topic: Atlantic Bridge (UK) for JR/F
Posted By: Sean Trane
Subject: Atlantic Bridge (UK) for JR/F
Date Posted: December 10 2024 at 03:17
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Surprised this possible entry escaped PA's attention that long, especially that their sole (and Self-titled) album was released on the prog label of Dawn and remastered on the Esoteric label https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/mike-mcnaught" rel="nofollow - Mike McNaught (piano), https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/jim_philip" rel="nofollow - Jim Philip (flute, saxophone), https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/daryl_runswick" rel="nofollow - Daryl Runswick (bass), https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/mike-travis" rel="nofollow - Mike Travis (drums) just like stablemates Comus and Demon Fuzz, they also released an EP, which found its place on the Esoteric reissue I'm not able to produce a bio for the entry, for I know nothing of the band. . . ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
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Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: December 10 2024 at 04:29
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Hi, Joyson's Tapestry of delight (book 1) of UK rock- 1963/1976 gives scarce datas only "... Mike Travis played earlier with a band called Buzz and went to Gilgamesh..." EP- 3 tracks issued in 1971 (Dawn) Title : I can't lie to you Tracks : I can't lie to you/Hilary Dickson/Childhood room ... Some of their tracks were issued on 'rather obscure/rare' compilations... that's all 
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Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: December 10 2024 at 08:34
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Sean Trane wrote:Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: December 10 2024 at 09:26
come on, now, I simply don't have time to start researching and make my own text I've given the line-up directly copy/pasted from RYM and by clicking on the names you get the their past nd future musical endavours . This also gives you the link to AB's page's discography and track listing. This should give you everything you need. I mean, I could enter the band myself but I need the PA group's consent. I could've given you the link to Discogs, but it will produce a text like Early 70s UK jazz progressive rock band.
Born of a time when jazz musicians crossed in to the world of rock music, Atlantic Bridge was a quartet featuring Mike McNaught (piano, electric piano), Daryl Runswick (bass, bass guitar), Jim Philip (flute, soprano sax, tenor sax) & Mike Travis (drums). All four musicians were seasoned players on the London jazz circuit, but sought to expand their musical horizons. if you go to our sister site JMA, you'll find (from Allmusic) : An early British fusion
band, Atlantic Bridge put out a self-titled instrumental album in 1970.
While the skills of the players were impressive, it wasn't anything
more than an average album, not nearly as experimental as fusion bands
of the time such as Soft Machine, for instance. They didn't compromise
their jazz roots, with Jim Philip's saxes and flute showing a decided
John Coltrane influence. Chief arranger Mike McNaught's electric
keyboard provided the most rock-oriented flavor. Covers of "MacArthur
Park" and the Beatles' "Something" and "Dear Prudence" seemed emblematic
of a desire to cross over to rock and pop listeners, though it should
be noted that it was far less common for a jazz-rock band to interpret
such material in 1970 than it would be in the years to come. Atlantic
Bridge also put out a rare EP in 1971 that had more of a rock feel, one
of its songs including female vocals. The LP, with two songs from the EP
added as bonus tracks, was reissued by Get Back in 1999. What else do you need, for crying out loud??  ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: yam yam
Date Posted: December 10 2024 at 10:46
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This band was suggested for inclusion in JR/F back in https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21643" rel="nofollow - April 2006 , though the sub genre wasn't actually included in the topic title. Steve Trowbridge (aka Mystic Fred) said he'd investigate, but that's as far as it went. There was an https://awesomeprog.com/artists/511" rel="nofollow - Atlantic Bridge entry added to Progfreak (now Awesome Prog) about a year or so afterwards, but no country appears to have been assigned to them, and no releases were added, so Mike would need to edit that to include the country of origin if you decide to evaluate. Regarding a biography, if the text that Hugues has provided above isn't regarded as being sufficient, I could provide you with quite a reasonable biography for these guys within a few days if needed. I already found sufficient info to do this, I would just need a bit of time to sort it out and edit it into something useable.
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Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: December 11 2024 at 09:13
Hugues, please look at the suggestion guidelines. This is the bare minimum we ask of anyone who nominates an artist, and this forum section is rife with threads suggesting promising artists that were never looked into because their OPs couldn't be bothered to write an original biography. Why should you be exempt from this rule? ------------- https://mirasnelder.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow - Freelance composer, accepting commissions | https://mirasnelder.bandcamp.com/album/altered-acuity" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp page |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: December 13 2024 at 03:21
well, look at our site sites who are still including many more entries daily than we are: they have no qualms in copy-pasting bios with given credit/source (like AllMusic). JMA has much fewer collabs than we do - don't know for MMA, though. I just don't have the time to produce bios anymore (I must've written some 200, many of them unattributed) and if for historical bands, once written, it can be +/- permanent, for current bands, you'd have to rewrite their bios every 5 years, just to keep up. TBH, I don't care in AB is in PA, soince they're already in JMA, but for PA's completeness' sake copy/pasting would do the trick. . ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |