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Cockney Rebel & Steve Harley : El Amor es una Prima Donna RIP Steve Harley
Desde hace tiempo deseaba abrir un topic propio, pero siempre ha habido un imprevisto que ha dado al traste con la intención. La verdad es que los topics abiertos por Bokor, Gregg y Gregg featuring Modes son maravillosos a la vez que inspiradores, pero es cierto que ya prácticamente no quedan artistas sin topic que estrenar. Hace tiempo recordé a este artista, ví que no tenía topic y decidí que, cuando dispusiera del tiempo disponible, lo abriría....
Ahora sigo sin mucho tiempo, pero con motivo del Topic de Gregg sobre las 200 canciones épicas de la música rock, decido abrirlo repentinamente con la única intención, por el momento, de pedir a Gregg…..
Gregg ¡este tema tiene que estar en tu selección!
Y posteriormente, con tranquilidad, iremos desarrollando el topic de este maravilloso grupo / artista....
Ahora sigo sin mucho tiempo, pero con motivo del Topic de Gregg sobre las 200 canciones épicas de la música rock, decido abrirlo repentinamente con la única intención, por el momento, de pedir a Gregg…..
Gregg ¡este tema tiene que estar en tu selección!
Y posteriormente, con tranquilidad, iremos desarrollando el topic de este maravilloso grupo / artista....
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Me ha gustado el tema!
No controlo mucho a este grupo, excepto la canción más famosa!
No controlo mucho a este grupo, excepto la canción más famosa!
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Esta dura más de 6 minutos, no creo que sea muy épica, pero yo la metería también en la lista de Gregg!
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PaulKossoff escribió:Me ha gustado el tema!
No controlo mucho a este grupo, excepto la canción más famosa!
Explotaron en la época mágica en la cual Bowie, Queen, Roxy Music, el primer Elton, Bad Company, Sparks, Mott The Hopple, Faces, Humble Pie, Deep Purple, Nazareth, Status Quo y muchos otros dominaban la escena musical...……. aparte de los clásicos y de los progs…
A ver si consigo desarrollar el hilo y los hago algo más conocidos...
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Intruder escribió:PaulKossoff escribió:Me ha gustado el tema!
No controlo mucho a este grupo, excepto la canción más famosa!
Explotaron en la época mágica en la cual Bowie, Queen, Roxy Music, el primer Elton, Bad Company, Sparks, Mott The Hopple, Faces, Humble Pie, Deep Purple, Nazareth, Status Quo y muchos otros dominaban la escena musical...……. aparte de los clásicos y de los progs…
A ver si consigo desarrollar el hilo y los hago algo más conocidos...
Desgraciadamente este tipo de bandas no son muy populares en el foro. Solo hay que ver los topics de Be bop Deluxe, 10cc, o the tubes.
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PaulKossoff escribió:Intruder escribió:PaulKossoff escribió:Me ha gustado el tema!
No controlo mucho a este grupo, excepto la canción más famosa!
Explotaron en la época mágica en la cual Bowie, Queen, Roxy Music, el primer Elton, Bad Company, Sparks, Mott The Hopple, Faces, Humble Pie, Deep Purple, Nazareth, Status Quo y muchos otros dominaban la escena musical...……. aparte de los clásicos y de los progs…
A ver si consigo desarrollar el hilo y los hago algo más conocidos...
Desgraciadamente este tipo de bandas no son muy populares en el foro. Solo hay que ver los topics de Be bop Deluxe, 10cc, o the tubes.
Puede que tengas razón, vamos a ver...……… Por cierto ¿tu vives actualmente en Alemania? ¿o me confundo con otro rainbowarrior?
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Lo he intentado múltiples veces con los dos primeros y De hecho el primero lo tengo en vínilo desde hace la pera, pero ni así.
Cuándo puso el Steve Harley por delante cambió mucho la cosa o ke ases?
Cuándo puso el Steve Harley por delante cambió mucho la cosa o ke ases?
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uno cualquiera escribió:Lo he intentado múltiples veces con los dos primeros y De hecho el primero lo tengo en vínilo desde hace la pera, pero ni así.
Cuándo puso el Steve Harley por delante cambió mucho la cosa o ke ases?
Te recomiendo mucho Love is a Prima Donna, para mi su obra más conseguida...
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Intruder escribió:uno cualquiera escribió:Lo he intentado múltiples veces con los dos primeros y De hecho el primero lo tengo en vínilo desde hace la pera, pero ni así.
Cuándo puso el Steve Harley por delante cambió mucho la cosa o ke ases?
Te recomiendo mucho Love is a Prima Donna, para mi su obra más conseguida...
No me has contestado a la pregunta... valías para político, tú
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uno cualquiera escribió:Intruder escribió:uno cualquiera escribió:Lo he intentado múltiples veces con los dos primeros y De hecho el primero lo tengo en vínilo desde hace la pera, pero ni así.
Cuándo puso el Steve Harley por delante cambió mucho la cosa o ke ases?
Te recomiendo mucho Love is a Prima Donna, para mi su obra más conseguida...
No me has contestado a la pregunta... valías para político, tú
El sonido de la banda se vuelve màs eléctrico, con mayor predominio de la guitarra, prueba ese disco que te recomendé donde se nota ese cambio, tocan varios estilos y hay hasta momento crimsoniano...
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El problema con el topic de 10cc es que no hay demonio que lo encuentre ¿cómo le das al buscador?PaulKossoff escribió:Intruder escribió:PaulKossoff escribió:Me ha gustado el tema!
No controlo mucho a este grupo, excepto la canción más famosa!
Explotaron en la época mágica en la cual Bowie, Queen, Roxy Music, el primer Elton, Bad Company, Sparks, Mott The Hopple, Faces, Humble Pie, Deep Purple, Nazareth, Status Quo y muchos otros dominaban la escena musical...……. aparte de los clásicos y de los progs…
A ver si consigo desarrollar el hilo y los hago algo más conocidos...
Desgraciadamente este tipo de bandas no son muy populares en el foro. Solo hay que ver los topics de Be bop Deluxe, 10cc, o the tubes.
Pero yo me hice MUY fan a cuenta de leer ese topic (y sí, va a haber una canción de 10cc en las 200 épicas)
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Y felicidades a Intruder por su primer hil... oh, es hilo o hila?? azul o rosa???
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Me estoy poniendo con ello. No conocía la canción, pero ahora mismo estoy a ver si me hago con ella en otro formato (procuro no escuchar música de youtube).Intruder escribió:Desde hace tiempo deseaba abrir un topic propio, pero siempre ha habido un imprevisto que ha dado al traste con la intención. La verdad es que los topics abiertos por Bokor, Gregg y Gregg featuring Modes son maravillosos a la vez que inspiradores, pero es cierto que ya prácticamente no quedan artistas sin topic que estrenar. Hace tiempo recordé a este artista, ví que no tenía topic y decidí que, cuando dispusiera del tiempo disponible, lo abriría....
Ahora sigo sin mucho tiempo, pero con motivo del Topic de Gregg sobre las 200 canciones épicas de la música rock, decido abrirlo repentinamente con la única intención, por el momento, de pedir a Gregg…..
Gregg ¡este tema tiene que estar en tu selección!
Y posteriormente, con tranquilidad, iremos desarrollando el topic de este maravilloso grupo / artista....
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Gregg escribió:El problema con el topic de 10cc es que no hay demonio que lo encuentre ¿cómo le das al buscador?PaulKossoff escribió:Intruder escribió:PaulKossoff escribió:Me ha gustado el tema!
No controlo mucho a este grupo, excepto la canción más famosa!
Explotaron en la época mágica en la cual Bowie, Queen, Roxy Music, el primer Elton, Bad Company, Sparks, Mott The Hopple, Faces, Humble Pie, Deep Purple, Nazareth, Status Quo y muchos otros dominaban la escena musical...……. aparte de los clásicos y de los progs…
A ver si consigo desarrollar el hilo y los hago algo más conocidos...
Desgraciadamente este tipo de bandas no son muy populares en el foro. Solo hay que ver los topics de Be bop Deluxe, 10cc, o the tubes.
Pero yo me hice MUY fan a cuenta de leer ese topic (y sí, va a haber una canción de 10cc en las 200 épicas)
Me alegro de este dato
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Intruder escribió:PaulKossoff escribió:Intruder escribió:PaulKossoff escribió:Me ha gustado el tema!
No controlo mucho a este grupo, excepto la canción más famosa!
Explotaron en la época mágica en la cual Bowie, Queen, Roxy Music, el primer Elton, Bad Company, Sparks, Mott The Hopple, Faces, Humble Pie, Deep Purple, Nazareth, Status Quo y muchos otros dominaban la escena musical...……. aparte de los clásicos y de los progs…
A ver si consigo desarrollar el hilo y los hago algo más conocidos...
Desgraciadamente este tipo de bandas no son muy populares en el foro. Solo hay que ver los topics de Be bop Deluxe, 10cc, o the tubes.
Puede que tengas razón, vamos a ver...……… Por cierto ¿tu vives actualmente en Alemania? ¿o me confundo con otro rainbowarrior?
No, soy Sevillano.
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el que está en Alemania es Monra, pero no desde hace muchoPaulKossoff escribió:Intruder escribió:PaulKossoff escribió:Intruder escribió:PaulKossoff escribió:Me ha gustado el tema!
No controlo mucho a este grupo, excepto la canción más famosa!
Explotaron en la época mágica en la cual Bowie, Queen, Roxy Music, el primer Elton, Bad Company, Sparks, Mott The Hopple, Faces, Humble Pie, Deep Purple, Nazareth, Status Quo y muchos otros dominaban la escena musical...……. aparte de los clásicos y de los progs…
A ver si consigo desarrollar el hilo y los hago algo más conocidos...
Desgraciadamente este tipo de bandas no son muy populares en el foro. Solo hay que ver los topics de Be bop Deluxe, 10cc, o the tubes.
Puede que tengas razón, vamos a ver...……… Por cierto ¿tu vives actualmente en Alemania? ¿o me confundo con otro rainbowarrior?
No, soy Sevillano.
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Gregg escribió:el que está en Alemania es Monra, pero no desde hace muchoPaulKossoff escribió:Intruder escribió:PaulKossoff escribió:Intruder escribió:PaulKossoff escribió:Me ha gustado el tema!
No controlo mucho a este grupo, excepto la canción más famosa!
Explotaron en la época mágica en la cual Bowie, Queen, Roxy Music, el primer Elton, Bad Company, Sparks, Mott The Hopple, Faces, Humble Pie, Deep Purple, Nazareth, Status Quo y muchos otros dominaban la escena musical...……. aparte de los clásicos y de los progs…
A ver si consigo desarrollar el hilo y los hago algo más conocidos...
Desgraciadamente este tipo de bandas no son muy populares en el foro. Solo hay que ver los topics de Be bop Deluxe, 10cc, o the tubes.
Puede que tengas razón, vamos a ver...……… Por cierto ¿tu vives actualmente en Alemania? ¿o me confundo con otro rainbowarrior?
No, soy Sevillano.
De todas formas me he liado con Alemania...… Es que he visto que hay programados conciertos en UK y Norte Europa este primer semestre pensé en Alemania, pero ahora he visto mejor y son Holanda y UK solamente.... luego Japón.
Es que me ha venido la locura de ir a alguno de esos conciertos....Sé que hay foreros que viven por allí pero, ¿algún R´warrior?
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Buenas.
¡No sabía que habías abierto este topic, Intruder! Gracias al topic de Rainbow me entero de estas cosas...
Traigo documento de 19 minutos del concierto del fin de semana pasado cuando lo vi en Gibraltar. No pude verlo más tiempo por otros menesteres de la organización de mierda del festival, que no vienen al caso, pero el caso es que lo vi 20 minutos, menos es na.
Estuvo soberbio.
¡No sabía que habías abierto este topic, Intruder! Gracias al topic de Rainbow me entero de estas cosas...
Traigo documento de 19 minutos del concierto del fin de semana pasado cuando lo vi en Gibraltar. No pude verlo más tiempo por otros menesteres de la organización de mierda del festival, que no vienen al caso, pero el caso es que lo vi 20 minutos, menos es na.
Estuvo soberbio.
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Vamos, por el amor de Dios....nunca pensé que un dia podría llegar a leer esa noticia....
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Me sorprende la nula reacción ante el deceso de un figura como Harley. Ayer lo puse en el topic de defunciones y nada, y veo que por aquí tampoco...
Lo hacía con más fans, la verdad.
Lo hacía con más fans, la verdad.
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Hasta mediados de los 90 yo no conocía a este hombre. Fue a raíz de agenciarme -en la revista en la que escribía por entonces- este cd de entre la pila de pendientes para reseñar:
Y fue escuchar el primer tema y ¡premio! otro tipo que sabía que habría que investigar. Luego me fui haciendo con los primeros discos de Cockney Rebel en ferias, siempre a un precio bastante ridículo para lo discazos que son.
Y fue escuchar el primer tema y ¡premio! otro tipo que sabía que habría que investigar. Luego me fui haciendo con los primeros discos de Cockney Rebel en ferias, siempre a un precio bastante ridículo para lo discazos que son.
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The Human Menagerie is the debut studio album by Cockney Rebel, which was released by EMI in 1973. It was produced by Neil Harrison.
Background
After training as a journalist for three years, Steve Harley embarked on a musical career, which began with "floor spots" in London folk clubs in 1971. He also had a brief spell as rhythm guitarist and co-singer in the folk band Odin, where he met future Cockney Rebel violinist Jean-Paul Crocker. It was during this time that Harley began writing his own songs, including those which were recorded for The Human Menagerie. Most were penned while Harley was on the dole after leaving his career in journalism. He began busking with his songs in London in 1972, including at Hyde Park Corner, Marble Arch, Leicester Square and Covent Garden. The busking allowed Harley to test his songs on an audience and to supplement his income from benefits.
Harley's time in Odin made him realise he was not suited to the folk scene and, as a vehicle for his own songs, he decided to form his own band, Cockney Rebel, in 1972. With Crocker on violin, the pair advertised for and auditioned drummer Stuart Elliott, bassist Paul Jeffreys, and guitarist Nick Jones. One of the band's first gigs was at The Roundhouse in Chalk Farm, London, on 23 July 1972 supporting The Jeff Beck Group. Jones was soon replaced by Pete Newnham, but Harley subsequently felt the band did not need an electric guitar, particularly after the addition of keyboardist Milton Reame-James. Therefore, the band settled on the combination of Crocker's electric violin and the Fender Rhodes piano of Reame-James.
During 1972, representatives of the band began sending demo tapes to various labels. Mickie Most discovered the band at London nightclub The Speakeasy Club and offered them their first contract with his RAK Publishing. In turn, this drew the attention of the A&R personnel at EMI Records, who then offered the band a three album contract in late 1972. They signed to EMI after having only played five gigs together.
Recording
Cockney Rebel recorded their debut album in June and July 1973 at Air Studios in London, which at the time was located in Oxford Street above a department store. EMI hired their staff producer and A&R man Neil Harrison as the album's producer and Geoff Emerick as the engineer. In 2012, Harley recalled of his experience recording the album, "The news that our engineer would be the nigh-immortal Geoff Emerick brought wide-eyed excitement to those of us who knew details of Beatles' albums' sleeve notes. Neil Harrison was himself fearless as he allowed my imagination to run loose."
It was at Harrison's suggestion that two tracks, "Sebastian" and "Death Trip", should feature a large symphony orchestra and choir. Harley agreed, and Harrison was then successful in obtaining a bigger budget from EMI to accommodate the use of a 50-piece orchestra. Andrew Powell was hired to compose and take charge of the orchestral arrangements. In 2004, Harley recalled,"In the backyard of a Chelsea bistro, Neil Harrison and I were sharing a pot of coffee when he told me he would like to record an orchestra and choir onto 'Sebastian' and 'Death Trip'. We were about three-parts through [the album], so Neil, my producer, must have known his announcement that afternoon would bowl the young Steve over. And it did. But seeing them in there, fifty-plus classical musicians, mostly old enough to be my dad, was a real shocker. We were young and full of dangerous ideas and adventure; ready to experiment without consideration for the consequences or cost. And Joop Visser, EMI's head of A&R and the man who discovered us, was a consistently kind ally to Neil and myself; otherwise there would have been no orchestra or choir!"
Harley added in 2012, "Such a budget for a new signing is pretty close to unthinkable today. I'm still not sure how Neil persuaded the money-men to sign such crazy big cheques, but his nous and his charm helped turn those big tracks into epics and I'll forever be in his debt for that."
Background
After training as a journalist for three years, Steve Harley embarked on a musical career, which began with "floor spots" in London folk clubs in 1971. He also had a brief spell as rhythm guitarist and co-singer in the folk band Odin, where he met future Cockney Rebel violinist Jean-Paul Crocker. It was during this time that Harley began writing his own songs, including those which were recorded for The Human Menagerie. Most were penned while Harley was on the dole after leaving his career in journalism. He began busking with his songs in London in 1972, including at Hyde Park Corner, Marble Arch, Leicester Square and Covent Garden. The busking allowed Harley to test his songs on an audience and to supplement his income from benefits.
Harley's time in Odin made him realise he was not suited to the folk scene and, as a vehicle for his own songs, he decided to form his own band, Cockney Rebel, in 1972. With Crocker on violin, the pair advertised for and auditioned drummer Stuart Elliott, bassist Paul Jeffreys, and guitarist Nick Jones. One of the band's first gigs was at The Roundhouse in Chalk Farm, London, on 23 July 1972 supporting The Jeff Beck Group. Jones was soon replaced by Pete Newnham, but Harley subsequently felt the band did not need an electric guitar, particularly after the addition of keyboardist Milton Reame-James. Therefore, the band settled on the combination of Crocker's electric violin and the Fender Rhodes piano of Reame-James.
During 1972, representatives of the band began sending demo tapes to various labels. Mickie Most discovered the band at London nightclub The Speakeasy Club and offered them their first contract with his RAK Publishing. In turn, this drew the attention of the A&R personnel at EMI Records, who then offered the band a three album contract in late 1972. They signed to EMI after having only played five gigs together.
Recording
Cockney Rebel recorded their debut album in June and July 1973 at Air Studios in London, which at the time was located in Oxford Street above a department store. EMI hired their staff producer and A&R man Neil Harrison as the album's producer and Geoff Emerick as the engineer. In 2012, Harley recalled of his experience recording the album, "The news that our engineer would be the nigh-immortal Geoff Emerick brought wide-eyed excitement to those of us who knew details of Beatles' albums' sleeve notes. Neil Harrison was himself fearless as he allowed my imagination to run loose."
It was at Harrison's suggestion that two tracks, "Sebastian" and "Death Trip", should feature a large symphony orchestra and choir. Harley agreed, and Harrison was then successful in obtaining a bigger budget from EMI to accommodate the use of a 50-piece orchestra. Andrew Powell was hired to compose and take charge of the orchestral arrangements. In 2004, Harley recalled,"In the backyard of a Chelsea bistro, Neil Harrison and I were sharing a pot of coffee when he told me he would like to record an orchestra and choir onto 'Sebastian' and 'Death Trip'. We were about three-parts through [the album], so Neil, my producer, must have known his announcement that afternoon would bowl the young Steve over. And it did. But seeing them in there, fifty-plus classical musicians, mostly old enough to be my dad, was a real shocker. We were young and full of dangerous ideas and adventure; ready to experiment without consideration for the consequences or cost. And Joop Visser, EMI's head of A&R and the man who discovered us, was a consistently kind ally to Neil and myself; otherwise there would have been no orchestra or choir!"
Harley added in 2012, "Such a budget for a new signing is pretty close to unthinkable today. I'm still not sure how Neil persuaded the money-men to sign such crazy big cheques, but his nous and his charm helped turn those big tracks into epics and I'll forever be in his debt for that."
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Speaking to Music Scene in June 1974, Elliott felt the band were "too inexperienced" when they recorded the album. Crocker was critical of the album's production and stated, "I didn't like the first album at all. A couple of tracks on it were okay, but on the rest of it the production lets us down badly. The band was struggling to get along with the producer all the time and we just didn't seem to get anywhere. So in the end we turned out an album that everybody liked, but which the band didn't. There was nothing wrong with it musically, it's just that the ideas that were there weren't coming out properly. It was very light and sterile, and a bit frigid." Crocker expressed the view that the band wanted the album to be "heavier than it was" and added that instead they "sounded like a bleedin' folk group most of the time". He also complained about the orchestra used on some of the tracks, "The orchestra we used mucked it up as well. I've only played violin for about three years, but I was quite a bit better than a lot of those blokes, and they've been playing donkeys years. They had the technical ability, but they had no feel."
Before he formed Cockney Rebel, Harley would supplement his dole money by busking and cleaning floors. He was inspired to write "What Ruthy Said" after polishing a parquet floor for a famous model. Harley commented in 2004, "She wore grey and looked quite severe and beautiful as the smart set of pre-war Germany would have looked, and I got 'What Ruthy Said' from that day."
"Mirror Freak" was written about Marc Bolan. Harley and Bolan later became good friends; their first meeting saw Bolan ask Harley if "Mirror Freak" was about him. Harley commented in 2004, "He was Narcissus personified and would have been looking everywhere for signs of his impact and influence."
"Death Trip" has been described by Harley as "a more complicated piece" than "Sebastian". He originally intended the preceding minute-long track "Chameleon" to be part of the song, but both Harley and Harrison later decided it worked best as a preface to "Death Trip". Both songs were inspired after Harley attended the inquest of a friend, who died of a heroin overdose.
Before he formed Cockney Rebel, Harley would supplement his dole money by busking and cleaning floors. He was inspired to write "What Ruthy Said" after polishing a parquet floor for a famous model. Harley commented in 2004, "She wore grey and looked quite severe and beautiful as the smart set of pre-war Germany would have looked, and I got 'What Ruthy Said' from that day."
"Mirror Freak" was written about Marc Bolan. Harley and Bolan later became good friends; their first meeting saw Bolan ask Harley if "Mirror Freak" was about him. Harley commented in 2004, "He was Narcissus personified and would have been looking everywhere for signs of his impact and influence."
"Death Trip" has been described by Harley as "a more complicated piece" than "Sebastian". He originally intended the preceding minute-long track "Chameleon" to be part of the song, but both Harley and Harrison later decided it worked best as a preface to "Death Trip". Both songs were inspired after Harley attended the inquest of a friend, who died of a heroin overdose.
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Release
The Human Menagerie was released by EMI in the UK and Europe in November 1973. Preceding the album was the band's debut single "Sebastian", which was released in August 1973. Despite achieving chart success in continental Europe, the song did not enter the UK Singles Chart. When The Human Menagerie was released, it suffered a similar fate in the UK, but has gone on to achieve critical acclaim and cult status. In 1974, "Hideaway" was released as the second single from The Human Menagerie, but only in Denmark.
Una delicia, como todo este disco debut.....
The Human Menagerie was released by EMI in the UK and Europe in November 1973. Preceding the album was the band's debut single "Sebastian", which was released in August 1973. Despite achieving chart success in continental Europe, the song did not enter the UK Singles Chart. When The Human Menagerie was released, it suffered a similar fate in the UK, but has gone on to achieve critical acclaim and cult status. In 1974, "Hideaway" was released as the second single from The Human Menagerie, but only in Denmark.
Una delicia, como todo este disco debut.....
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Joder, no he podido forear apenas estos días y me acabo de enterar
El Psychomodo es tranquilamente mi segundo disco favorito de la historia del glam rock, sólo después del Ziggy Stardust (sí , por encima incluso del The Slider y todos los demás sospechosos habituales!). Y el debut, el prima Donna, o el the best days, me flipan también, o sea que esto es un palo muy gordo
Oh dear! What have they done to the blues blues blues...
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El Psychomodo es tranquilamente mi segundo disco favorito de la historia del glam rock, sólo después del Ziggy Stardust (sí , por encima incluso del The Slider y todos los demás sospechosos habituales!). Y el debut, el prima Donna, o el the best days, me flipan también, o sea que esto es un palo muy gordo
Oh dear! What have they done to the blues blues blues...
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The album received its first CD release by EMI in 1990. It included two bonus tracks, the 1974 non-album single "Judy Teen", and the B-side of "Sebastian", "Rock and Roll Parade". In 2004, BGO Records reissued the album in the UK with the same bonus tracks. On 28 September 2015, a vinyl reissue was released across Europe by Music on Vinyl.
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In 2012, the album was included in its entirety on the remastered four-disc box-set anthology compilation album Cavaliers: An Anthology 1973–1974. The release also included previously unreleased 'early versions' of many of the debut album tracks, as well as B-sides and live tracks from the period.
On 24 November 2012, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, supported by an orchestra and chamber choir, performed The Human Menagerie and The Psychomodo albums in their entirety live at the Birmingham Symphony Hall. The performance was released in 2013 as CD and DVD releases under the title Birmingham (Live with Orchestra & Choir). The same show was performed live four more times in 2014 at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall, Sage Gateshead, London's Royal Albert Hall, and again at the Birmingham Symphony Hall.
On 24 November 2012, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, supported by an orchestra and chamber choir, performed The Human Menagerie and The Psychomodo albums in their entirety live at the Birmingham Symphony Hall. The performance was released in 2013 as CD and DVD releases under the title Birmingham (Live with Orchestra & Choir). The same show was performed live four more times in 2014 at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall, Sage Gateshead, London's Royal Albert Hall, and again at the Birmingham Symphony Hall.
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Critical reception
On its release, Roy Carr of New Musical Express reviewed The Human Menagerie and felt many of the songs "smack of a bygone era when rock became pretentious and punch-drunk from an over-abuse of psychedelics". He continued, "Such claptrap could be palmed off as being 'surreal' if it were not for the colourless and tasteless musical stew these raw dumplings have been dropped in. All The Human Menagerie proves is that Cockney Rebel are a hype and a rather effete one at that." Dave Lewis of the Acton Gazette considered the album to have "some genuinely original and exciting ideas". He wrote, "The music is an extension of the fag-glam rock cliché, but with a more musical and slicker sheen to it. Harley's voice is nothing to shout about, but the flat, almost bored tone gives a strange haunting effect to the songs." James Belsey of the Bristol Evening Post expected "something better than this rather thin album" and noted that the band's sound "owes a lot to Crocker's violin playing, and he's by no means the best violinist in rock".
In the US, Billboard praised the album as "very pleasant soft rock sparked by folky electric violin work and subtle percussion" and believed it could generate "strong FM play action". Cash Box commented, "A devastating brand of rock and some very clever arranging highlight this great debut LP. Featured on this LP are such fantastic tunes as 'Hideaway,' 'Mirror Freak,' 'Death Trip,' 'Sebastian,' and 'Crazy Raver,' each of which holds its own special magic."
On its release, Roy Carr of New Musical Express reviewed The Human Menagerie and felt many of the songs "smack of a bygone era when rock became pretentious and punch-drunk from an over-abuse of psychedelics". He continued, "Such claptrap could be palmed off as being 'surreal' if it were not for the colourless and tasteless musical stew these raw dumplings have been dropped in. All The Human Menagerie proves is that Cockney Rebel are a hype and a rather effete one at that." Dave Lewis of the Acton Gazette considered the album to have "some genuinely original and exciting ideas". He wrote, "The music is an extension of the fag-glam rock cliché, but with a more musical and slicker sheen to it. Harley's voice is nothing to shout about, but the flat, almost bored tone gives a strange haunting effect to the songs." James Belsey of the Bristol Evening Post expected "something better than this rather thin album" and noted that the band's sound "owes a lot to Crocker's violin playing, and he's by no means the best violinist in rock".
In the US, Billboard praised the album as "very pleasant soft rock sparked by folky electric violin work and subtle percussion" and believed it could generate "strong FM play action". Cash Box commented, "A devastating brand of rock and some very clever arranging highlight this great debut LP. Featured on this LP are such fantastic tunes as 'Hideaway,' 'Mirror Freak,' 'Death Trip,' 'Sebastian,' and 'Crazy Raver,' each of which holds its own special magic."
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