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SOURCE: Parlour Band - Is A Friend (1972, Era 4) LP⭐
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The Parlour Band - Is A Friend? Label: Era (4) – none Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Unofficial Release, Stereo Country: UK Released:1972/none Genre: Prog Rock, Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock Audio codec: FLAC | lossless Tracklist: A1. Forgotten Dreams 2:41 A2. Pretty Haired Girl 2:52 A3. Spring's Sweet Comfort 5:09 A4. Early Morning Eyes 3:52 A5. Follow Me 4:56 B1. Evening 4:58 B2. Don't Be Sad 3:21 B3. Little Goldie 3:20 B4. To Happiness 3:01 B5. Home (7:37) B5a.Once More Loneliness B5b.Fortress B5c.Home Personnel: Lead Vocals, Keyboards, Acoustic Guitar [Rhythm] – Peter Filleul Percussion – Jerry Robins Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Slide Guitar – Craig Anders Vocals, Electric Bass – Mark Ashley Anders Vocals, Electric Guitar – Pix Somewhat of a `one-and-done' act, The Parlour Band hailed from the Channel Island of Jersey between England and France, and they were fortunate enough to have their 1972 debut `Is a Friend?' released on the Decca progressive label imprint Deram. While you'd be hard-pressed to consider them a fully-fledged `prog rock' band (although they could boast cool-points for supporting Canterbury prog notables like Caravan and Khan on tour in their time), and nor would you probably consider their sole album a true classic, their colourful and lively arrangements offered plenty of variety, with the group performing a highly melodic kind of adventurous soft rock music. The focus was mostly on tightly written and crisply performed vocal-driven tunes, all wrapped in silken group harmonies. The foot-tapping `Forgotten Dreams' is a punchy opening rocker brimming with tasty Hammond organ, but even with countrified guitar licks and sighing harmonies worked in, it's a shame the band doesn't try to stretch it past barely two and a half minutes. The first real signs of magic emerge on the sun-kissed pop perfection of `Pretty Haired Girl', the band grateful that `she makes us stoned...', and it effortlessly drifts into the bluesy, spacey wisps of drowsy ballad `Springs' Sweet Comfort'. The jangling guitars of the catchy `Early Morning Eyes' are met with snarling flare-ups, shimmering electric piano droplets and breathy vocals, although the near-five minute `Follow Me' wears a little thin and could have seriously shortened an over- buoyant and gratingly joyful near-gospel-like second half! The flip-side's `Evening' is certainly one of the more ambitious pieces here - backwards effects, sweetly murmuring bass, rattling drums and swooning Queen-like harmonies weave between a reprising symphonic theme powered by organ and piano, but banal lyrics like `I can make a lover hit the ceiling' let it down a little (dig that snaking outro, though)! Placid acoustic guitars and sparkling electric piano float through hopeful ballad `Don't Be Sad', the Argent-like `Little Goldie' is richly romantic, and `To Happiness' could almost be a gentler Uriah Heep outtake. The near-eight minute closer `Home' sees the band play their strongest prog hand, but while the three-part suite doesn't offer numerous instrumental passages or wild soloing, it does have the group deliver all manner of exquisite harmonies that remind of the Beatles, Supertramp, and even the Beach Boys. After this debut, the band would change their name to A Band Called O, then simply The O Band, and turn to something closer to a more straight-forward, American-modelled AOR sound. As for their sole Parlour Band legacy, while not every track on `Is A Friend?' is a memorable killer, and the album has a professional polish that might leave some wishing for a few more rougher edges, it still remains a tight collection of cool tunes performed well, and if describing it as undemanding or a perfect background listen doesn't sound like a negative, then there's tons to enjoy here
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