The Third Estate - Years Before the Wine (Reissue) (1976/1996)
BAND/ARTIST: The Third Estate
- Title: Years Before the Wine
- Year Of Release: 1976/1996
- Label: Mellow Records
- Genre: Prog Folk, Psychedelic Rock
- Quality: Mp3 320 / Flac (image, .cue, log)
- Total Time: 43:25
- Total Size: 113/288 Mb (scans)
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:
1a. Years Before the Wine - Destiny (R. Everett, C. Harrell) - 4:44
b. Years Before the Wine - Overcast (R. Everett, C. Harrell) - 5:35
2. Useless Things (R. Everett) - 3:34
3. Look at Me (C. Harrell) - 8:42
4. Kings (R. Everett, C. Harrell) - 2:32
5. Puppet City (R. Everett, C. Harrell) - 8:07
6. Think It's Time (R. Everett, C. Harrell) - 4:40
7. The Third Estate (R. Everett) - 5:31
Line-up::
Robert Everett - 6-String Electric, Acoustic Guitars, Bass, Piano, Organ, Maracas, Wind Chimes, Vocals
Chas Harrell - 12-String Acoustic Guitars, 6-String Electric Guitars, Saws, Hammers, Vocals
Jerry Lang - Drums, Guiro, Bells, Claves
Fae Ficklin - Vocals
This is one of the most treasured albums of 1976.
The unadulterated purity of seventies progressive rock runs like a clear mountain brook through these songs.
The credits say the record was produced at Capital City Sound Studios in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 1976.
The basic premise of the album is supposed to be a reflection on the French Revolution of 1789. The influence of French Cajuns down there in the Louisiana bijou might have played a part.
The first side of the vinyl album is distinctly different lyrically than the back side.
The opening track sets the stage in 18th century France, but the remaining three songs are reflective and speak of introspection and despair and sorrow from what seems to be a first-person point of view. The back side of the album on the other hand contains four tunes that detail the progression of events in 1789 that led to the storming of the Bastille, killing of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette as well as the dispensing of their daughter and imprisonment of Louis XVII, although the sequence of events in Everett’s lyrics seem a bit muddled when compared to the actual
historical record.
A bit of creative license no doubt.
Everett plays guitar throughout, as does Harrell, with Everett also providing bass tracks and Jerry Lang playing drums on most of the songs. Everett has a distinctive style of playing and is steeped in the mid-seventies. Very relaxing music to listen to.
This is a really seductive album that loses much in rather sterile description of the various tracks. It really has to be taken as a contiguous piece of work and listened to in it’s entirety to truly appreciate. These are the albums that true progressive music fans live for – ones that are like gems buried beneath granite rocks just waiting to enrich our lives when we discover them.
If you are a fan of progressive music you will almost surely find this one to be a very welcome and often-played addition
to your collection. Thanks to Mellow Records for bringing it back to life on cd
after all these years.
The unadulterated purity of seventies progressive rock runs like a clear mountain brook through these songs.
The credits say the record was produced at Capital City Sound Studios in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 1976.
The basic premise of the album is supposed to be a reflection on the French Revolution of 1789. The influence of French Cajuns down there in the Louisiana bijou might have played a part.
The first side of the vinyl album is distinctly different lyrically than the back side.
The opening track sets the stage in 18th century France, but the remaining three songs are reflective and speak of introspection and despair and sorrow from what seems to be a first-person point of view. The back side of the album on the other hand contains four tunes that detail the progression of events in 1789 that led to the storming of the Bastille, killing of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette as well as the dispensing of their daughter and imprisonment of Louis XVII, although the sequence of events in Everett’s lyrics seem a bit muddled when compared to the actual
historical record.
A bit of creative license no doubt.
Everett plays guitar throughout, as does Harrell, with Everett also providing bass tracks and Jerry Lang playing drums on most of the songs. Everett has a distinctive style of playing and is steeped in the mid-seventies. Very relaxing music to listen to.
This is a really seductive album that loses much in rather sterile description of the various tracks. It really has to be taken as a contiguous piece of work and listened to in it’s entirety to truly appreciate. These are the albums that true progressive music fans live for – ones that are like gems buried beneath granite rocks just waiting to enrich our lives when we discover them.
If you are a fan of progressive music you will almost surely find this one to be a very welcome and often-played addition
to your collection. Thanks to Mellow Records for bringing it back to life on cd
after all these years.
Oldies | Folk | Rock | FLAC / APE | Mp3
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