Captain Marryat - Captain Marryat (uk 1974),Prog Rock<br /><br />Captain Marryat is a Scottish band, and have been playing together for just a year.<br />They used to play in pubs and clubs. I can say that it is a progressive rock band with psych <br />flourishes – doom-laden organ plus acid guitar riffs and strong male vocals.<br /><br />Named after the 19th Century mariner and novelist, this Glaswegian band made just one privately-<br />pressed LP. Its back cover announces that ‘Captain Marryat is a Scottish band, and have been <br />playing together for just under a year. They already have a sizeable following in the pubs n’ <br />clubs circuit and this, their first LP, is a sample of the music that brought them success’. <br /><br />They were originally intending to record a single, but the engineer at the Glasgow studio they’d <br />booked told them that there was time enough to make a whole album. They therefore taped five <br />tracks they’d already written (‘Blindness’, ‘It Happened To Me’, ‘A Friend’, ‘Songwriter’s <br />Lament’ and ‘Changes’) and finished the LP with an improvised jam (‘Dance Of Thor’). The result <br />came in a drab flipback sleeve, and according to one dealer is ‘a progressive rock rarity with <br />psych flourishes – doom-laden organ plus acid guitar riffs and strong male vocals’. <br />The 250 copies pressed were sold at gigs, and two that surfaced on eBay in late 2008 went for <br />around £3000 each.<br /> ~ (RMJ).<br /><br />Many people watching the ebay auctions where surprised seeing this album selling for the past <br />few month 3 times for nearly 3000 Euro each. Before that, this album was completely unknown. <br />Captain Marryat are from Glasgow, Scotland and recorded this demo album in 1974, released in a <br />tiny pressing on the Thor label, hopefully to get an EMI or Chrysalis deal. <br />They wanted to record only a single but came up with a complete album of self-composed tracks. <br />Since it was not that easy for a Scottish band to get attention down in London, this album was <br />the only pressing ever done and sold at band gigs only. 5 musicians, great organ, vocals, extra <br />heavy fuzz-guitar, drums and bass, amazing underground songs, influenced by Deep Purple, Uriah <br />Heep and Beggars Opera, a true lost classic. Where where lucky to find the band to made a deal <br />so this beauty can conquer the world of rock music.<br />Tracks:<br /><br />01. Blindness 0:00<br /><br />02. It Happened to Me 5:10<br /><br />03. A Friend 13:13<br /><br />04. Songwriter's Lament 17:48<br /><br />05. Changes 24:05<br /><br />06. Dance of Thor 26:52<br /><br /><br />Members: <br />* Tommy Hendry (vocals, acoustic guitar),<br />* Ian McEleny (lead guitar, acoustic guitar),<br />* Allan Bryce (Hammond organ, electric piano, vocals),<br />* Hugh Finnegan (bass, vocals)<br />* Jimmy Rorrison (drums, vocals).
