Banda: Mighty Baby
Disco: At A Point Between Fate And Destiny (The Complete Recordings)
Ano: 2019
Gênero: Acid Rock, British Psychedelia, Progressive Rock
Faixas:
Disc 1: Mighty Baby (1969)
1. Egyptian Tomb (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 5:32
2. A Friend You Know But Never See (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 4:30
3. I've Been Down So Long (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 5:10
4. Same Way From The Sun (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 5:42
5. House Without Windows (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 6:14
6. Trials Of A City (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 6:04
7. I'm From The Country (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 4:56
8. At A Point Between Fate And Destiny (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 4:51
9. I've Been Down So Long [Early Version] [Previously Unissued] [Bonus Track] (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 6:12
10. Trials Of A City [Early Version] [Previously Unissued] [Bonus Track] (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 5:58
11. House Without Windows [Early Version] [Previously Unissued] [Bonus Track] (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 6:18
12. A Friend You Know But Never See [Early Version] [Previously Unissued] [Bonus Track] (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 4:22
13. Messages [Previously Unissued] [Bonus Track] (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 3:46
14. Ancient Traveller [Previously Unissued] [Bonus Track] (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 3:51
15. Same Way From The Sun [Early Version] [Bonus Track] (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 6:21
Disc 2: A Jug Of Love (1971)
1. Jug Of Love (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 6:23
2. The Happiest Man In The Carnival (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 7:11
3. Keep On Juggin' (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 8:46
4. Virgin Spring (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 9:24
5. Tasting The Life (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 6:48
6. Slipstreams Of Water And Fire (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 5:26
7. Devil's Whisper [Single A-Side, 1971] [Bonus Track] (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 3:43
8. Virgin Spring [Alternative Version] [Single B-Side, 1971] [Bonus Track] (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 7:05
9. Only Dreaming [Demo] [Bonus Track] (Whiteman) 3:21
10. Dustbin Full Of Rubbish [Demo] [Bonus Track] (Whiteman) 2:52
11. An Understanding Love [Demo] [Bonus Track] (Whiteman) 3:56
12. My Favourite Day [Demo] [Bonus Track] (Whiteman) 4:00
13. A Saying For Today [Demo] [Bonus Track] (Whiteman) 3:34
Disc 3: A Jug Of Love Rehearsals (1971)
1. Jug Of Love (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 6:43
2. The Happiest Man In The Carnival I (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 1:03
3. The Happiest Man In The Carnival II (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 5:36
4. Virgin Spring I (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 2:19
5. Virgin Spring II (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 8:00
6. Tasting The Life (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 4:27
7. Lazy Days (Parsons) 4:12
8. Christmas Jam [Band Jam, June 1969] [Bonus Track] (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 1:52
9. Egyptian Tomb [Single A-Side, 1970] [Bonus Track] (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 5:33
10. I'm From The Country [Single B-Side, 1970] [Bonus Track] (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 4:55
Disc 4: Day Of The Soup (Abandoned Album 1970)
1. Winter Passes (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 3:11
2. Now You Don't (Part 1) (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 11:31
3. Now You Don't (Part 2) (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 8:50
4. Now You Don't (Part 3) (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 6:53
5. Now You Don't (Part 4) (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 10:28
6. Juggin' [From Disco 2 Show, 25 July 1970] [Bonus Track] (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 3:49
7. Now You See It [Live At Lanchester University, March 1970] [Bonus Track] (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 14:58
8. Stone Unhenged [Live At Lanchester University, March 1970] [Bonus Track] (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 3:12
9. Sweet Mandarin [Live At Lanchester University, March 1970] [Bonus Track] (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 4:23
Disc 5: Live At Malvern Winter Gardens, February 1971
1. Egyptian Tomb (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 6:46
2. Trials Of A City (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 6:05
3. Keep On Juggin' (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 11:29
4. Woe Is Me (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 7:09
5. India (Coltrane) 22:17
6. Goin' Down To Mongoli (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 5:30
7. Keep On Juggin' [Live At Glastonbury Festival, June 1971] [Bonus Track] (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 7:16
Disc 6: Live At Glastonbury Festival, June 1971
1. Virgin Spring (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 7:18
2. Goin' Down To Mongoli (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 9:12
3. Woe Is Me (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 8:38
4. Lazy Days (Parsons) 7:16
5. A Blanket In My Muesli (Aka India) [Full Version] (Coltrane) 36:43
6. Devil's Whisper (Whiteman, Stone, Evans, King, Powell) 4:33
Créditos:
Alan King: Acoustic & Electric Rhythm Guitars, Vocals
Roger Powell: Drums, Congas
Michael Evans: Electric Bass
Martin Stone: Acoustic & Electric Lead Guitars, Slide Guitar, Mandolin
Ian Whiteman: Vocals, Flute, Saxophone, Organ, Piano, Harmonium, Percussion
Músicos adicionais:
Zahara: Flute (Disc 2, faixa 2)
Abd'al Kabir: Rattle (Disc 2, faixa 2)
John 'Willy' Weider: Fiddle (Disc 2, faixa 7)
Emily Muff: Vocals (Disc 4, faixa 1)
Biografia:
A biografia da banda, que segue, em tradução livre do inglês, foi extraída do site Oldies, que, por sua vez, cita, como fonte primária do texto, a Encyclopedia Of Popular Music, de Colin Larkin (sob licença da editora Muze).
Essa banda de rock do Reino Unido, formada em 1968, era composta por Alan "Bam" King (nascido em 18 de setembro de 1946, em Kentish Town, Londres, Inglaterra; guitarra), Mike Evans (baixo) e Roger Powell (bateria), todos membros fundadores da Action, um dos grupos mod mais empolgantes de Londres. A chegada posterior de Martin Stone (nascido em 11 de dezembro de 1946, em Woking, Surrey, Inglaterra; guitarra, ex-Savoy Brown) e Ian Whiteman (piano e saxofone) completaram a Mighty Baby, nome sugerido por John Curd, seu empresário. O homônimo primeiro disco do quinteto, lançado, obviamente, pela Head Records, de Curd, apresentou uma habilidosa mistura de melodias fortes e destreza instrumental, exemplificada na faixa de abertura, "Egyptian Tomb".
Suas proezas improvisatórias afiguravam-se mais poderosas nas apresentações ao vivo, nas quais os imaginativos solos de Stone combinavam com os instrumentos de sopro e os teclados de Whiteman, criando uma sonoridade hipnotizante.
O segundo álbum, "A Jug Of Love", de 1971, emitido pela gravadora Blue Horizon Records, de Mike Vernon, colheu esse espírito aventureiro, mas o potencial da banda acabou subitamente podado quando Whiteman, Evans e Powell, praticantes do sufismo, saíram para formar a Habibiyya, que gravou o disco "If Man But Knew", em 1972, antes que seus integrantes virassem músicos de estúdio, trabalhando principalmente com Richard Thompson e Sandy Denny. Stone, mais tarde, formou a Chilli Willi And The Red Hot Peppers, com o parceiro guitarrista Phil Lithman, mas depois abandonou a música para se tornar vendedor de livros usados. King, por sua vez, juntou-se à Ace, estimada banda de pub rock.
