Tuesday, July 31, 2018

FRIENDSHIP TIME – Friendship Time (Mellotronen, 2006; recorded 1975)

Instrumental, English vocals
International relevance: ***

1975 recordings unearthed by Trettioåriga Kriget drummer Dag Lundqvist and remastered and released by Mellotronen in 2006. Originally intended for release on Virgin but eventually shelved when Friendship Time fell apart. The album displays influences from Yes and similar bands but the prodiction is less flashy, more akin to UK underground legends Dark, with an intrusive drum sound. The steroid perkiness running through the entire album makes it one of the sillier examples of prog and symph. The only reason for releasing this nonsense 30 years after the fact is to satisfy genre collectors who have a pathological need to own every time signature change in recorded history. 

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