This is Geoff recording a track at home, with Peter Nicholls (IQ), so that Peter could take the tape away and work out what his contribution to the joint album they were planning. Sadly the album never came to be because of Geoff's untimely passing. IQ did however record their own version of this track on 'Mannerisms' , the tribute to Geoff album releasaed in 1994.
lyrics
Apathetic and here, I watch myself glide from the sky,
Losing height and end up as something gone bump in the light
Which doesn’t desire to be dragged from the night:
But change is the heartbeat of life into life
Which trembling approaches the knife.
Redemption is costly there’s blood on the land
And all of us till it, it sticks to our hands
It seems to be bound up in our very glands;
It sucks all out wagon wheels into the slush
And falsifies our every blush.
The heart’s a thermometer, readings are odd
We’re from luke-warmer regions where Cain gives the nod
And we tread upon roads where our fathers have trod
We are mapless and hapless and blown by the breeze
And we chatter of being at ease
Dreary me
We chatter of being at ease.
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This is an absolutely fantastic collection featuring near perfect newer run-downs of the Atlantis suite and Wedge tracks (with Rat Racing being my definitive entrance to this period, wonderful) as well as great and heavy concert sessions of The Cross and the Crucible and Sanctuary (personal favourite). My favourite bundle so far. futureperfect93
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I remember the excitement when The Sentinel was released having seen the band live a few times before. I loved the album but was aware that there were tracks missing and it had been rumoured that it was to be a double album. To hear all these takes and works in progress takes me right back to the 80's and the buzz of all the new prog that was coming out back then. This is an absolutely essential purchase for any Pallas fan. nuttinikki
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Great to catch up on the early years and see the development of songs. Never got to see the band live as the trilogy tour got cancelled before reaching Loughborough, though I still have the poster somewhere. clousseau
On his first studio LP, the Nigerien guitarist aligns himself with late overseas icons like Prince, Hendrix, and Dick Dale. Bandcamp Album of the Day Apr 4, 2019
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It's all a matter of taste. I love this album. I love it's serenity, the beautiful instrumentation, orchestration and the great production. Ambient is not my cup of tea either, but this album crosses the borders of ambient music and prog. In other words: an awesome album! Martin Melis