Pete Brown & Piblokto 1971 Thousands On A Raft

Genre: Rock
Rate: 249 kbps VBR / 44100
Time: 01:05:05
Size: 116,67 MB



review by Chris Nickson

Reissued with two bonus cuts (both sides of the single "Can't Get Off the Planet" and "Broken Magic"), this album was remembered as much for its cover as anything else -- a picture of a model Titanic and a model Concorde sinking in a puddle, as rafts of toast ferry thousands of baked beans to the shore. Musically it was some good jazz-rock, with the emphasis not always on Brown's vocals and elliptical lyrics, as Jim Mullen's "Highland Song" offered an inventive, lengthy instrumental as the disc's centerpiece.

The title cut has a Pink Floyd edge, surprising given Brown's predilection for jazz and blues, but it works well in the context. Guitarist Mullen is co-writer throughout, while the rhythm section of Rob Tait and Steve Glover swing rather than plod. "Station Song Platform Two" employs Mellotron to full prog rock effect, while "Got a Letter from a Computer" seems eerily ahead of its time for the early '70s. This was the last gasp of this incarnation of Piblokto!, but there's no doubt they went out on a high note.



Tracklist:

01 - Aeroplane Head Woman 06:40

02 - Station Song Platform 03:38

03 - Highland Song 17:00

04 - If They Could Only See Me Now - Parts One And Two 12:03

05 - Got A Letter From A Computer 05:45

06 - Thousands On A Raft 07:04

07 - Can't Get Off The Planet (Bonus) 06:03

08 - Broken Magic (Bonus) 06:52





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Pete Brown & Piblokto 1970 Things May Come & Things May Go

Genre: Rock
Rate: 269 kbps VBR / 44100
Time: 00:51:28
Size: 92,37 MB



review by Chris Nickson

It has to hurt to be dumped from the band you lead, but that's what happened to Pete Brown with the Battered Ornaments -- and to add insult to injury, right on the eve of a prestigious support slot opening for the Rolling Stones at London's Hyde Park in 1969. But Brown, already an acclaimed poet who'd penned many of the lyrics for Cream, dusted himself off and founded Piblokto!. This, their first album, was actually far more accessible and commercial than his work with the Battered Ornaments. The inventive title track percolates, and "High Flying Electric Bird" (which was the B-side of the band's first single) features Brown on the highly unusual rock & roll slide whistle, mimicking a birdsong. But it's "Golden Country Kingdom" that's the highlight; long and involved, it's a wonderful and highly affecting piece of prog rock that stands as the best thing Piblokto! ever put on tape. It stands as a contrast to the more laid-back "Firesong," although "My Love's Gone Far Away" offers a more soulful organ sound.



Tracklist:

01 - Things May Come & Things May Go ... 05:03

02 - High Flying Electric Bird 04:17

03 - Someone Like You 05:44

04 - Walk For Charity, Run For Money 05:30

05 - Then I Must Go And Can I Keep 03:50

06 - My Love Is Gone Far Away 02:48

07 - Golden Country King-Dom 03:08

08 - Firesong 05:59

09 - Country Morning 06:47

10 - Flying Hero Sandwich (Bonus) 03:20

11 - My Last Band 05:02





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