Sky - Vol 1 (Classic 80s Instrumental Group) RARE Album! torrent

Originally Released: May 1979

Peak position in UK charts: 2 (June 1979)

This is the remastered version of this classic album.

Short Review: A ground-breaking release for its time (prog rock at the tail end of the punk boom?), this album showed what five musicians who were virtuosos of their instruments could do together. The highlights are without a doubt Francis Monkman's two compositions, Cannonball and the five-movement abolsutely stunning Where Opposites Meet. This really was a meeting of styles and approaches to music-making. Carillon set the trend for Sky to include a straight, simple tune on each album, played without any histrionics, and Eric Satie's Gymnopedie paved the ground for further classical arrangements, not all as calm as this one! Dies Irae, which most fans heard for the first time when the previously (little-sold) single was included on the CD release ten years later, is further indication of Francis Monkman's unique compositional and arranging talents for this particular ensemble.

Band Members:

Tristan Fry
drum kit & percussion

Kevin Peek
acoustic
& electric guitars

Francis Monkman
piano, synths
& harpsichord

Herbie Flowers
electric & string bass

John Williams
acoustic
guitars


Ripped using Nero


Quality:


192kbps

44khz

Stereo



Very rare album to find on p2p or torrent sites so I thought id rip the CD I have and share it with you all.

Hope it makes some people happy.



Enjoy! :)