KALEIDOSCOPE  (British band)
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White-Faced Lady 1971

Studio Album recorded in 1970-71 first released in 1991,
24 bit remastered ed. 2004.

I used XLD for Mac (CDParanoia Mode) log included
Flac extracted with XLD at 0 compression, fastest, best quality.

Sorry no artwork.
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Tracks Listing:

CD 1
01 Overture 2:48
02 Broken Mirrors 2:50
03 Angel's song: "Dear Elvis Presley..." 2:39
04 Nursey, Nursey 3:48
05 Small song - Heaven in the black row 3:22
06 Burning bright 2:03
07 The matchseller 3:50
08 The coronation of the fledgling 2:14
09 All hail to the hero 3:10
10 White-Faced Lady 4:46

CD 2
11 Freefall 5:14
12 Standing 1:48
13 Diary song: The indian head 4:24
14 Song from Jon 7:51
15 Long way down 4:06
16 The locket 2:59
17 Picture with conversation 3:38
18 Epitah: Angel 7:54
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WHITE FACED LADY was their last album, recorded in 1971 partly with the help of Mike Pinder, from THE MOODY BLUES. The album was a conceptual double-album with many orchestral arrangements. The band had a deal with Vertigo at that time, but the responsible quit Vertigo and moved to CBS. So they were to release it on CBS, but CBS refused to release their album and it stayed shelved for twenty years, being released in 1991 by a label they created just to release the album, Kaleidoscope Records, under the name of KALEIDOSCOPE, although recorded under the FAIRFIELD PARLOUR encarnation of the band. The band split in 1972 due to the lack of results and luck (they were offered less than 20 dollars to play the last gigs). So this was the end of this great psychedelic and progressive rock band which had talent to be one of the major progressive rock acts of their age but died prematurely due to bad luck in the crucial moments. It is highly recommended because they were one of the first progressive rock bands that evoluted with the genre and made a fantastic work, mainly their excellent conceptual album 'White Faced Lady'.


PROG ARCHIVES:

Band review: 
http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=2282

CD review: 
http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=10517


ARTIST DIRECT:

Band review: 
http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/card/0,,514470,00.html

enjoy!