PUGH'S PLACE WEST ONE DUTCH PROG HEAVY BEATLES RARE LP
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Description
A very rare dutch hard prog lp. cover is vg+ ,light wear and vinyl plays excellent to near mint, no problems.
Pugh's place is a progressive rock group formed in Leeuwarden, Fryslan. Hans Kerkhoven played in a local band called Example in 1965. This band turned into Pugh's Place. In the beginning they played covers by Steve Winwood, The Stones, The Yardbirds and The Kinks. But soon they started to write their own material and the music style changed to progressive rock. A single, Nothing is real / The horoscope, is released in 1969. This is followed by an album, West One. The band toured the Netherlands during 1970 an 1971. During that period Kooistra and Ottenvanger left. When two band members left the for studies (Van der Heide and Snijder), it was the end of Pugh's Place. After the band disbanded Nanne Kalma played in a band called Farmer's Union and Hans Kerkhoven and George Snijder went to a band called Ramses. In 1975 Kalma and Kerkhoven teamed up in the folkrock group Irolt. For the past few years Kerkhoven plays in the band Kalis.
Tracks:
- Drive my car (J. Lennon, P. McCartney) [7:03]
- Old private John (J. Ottevanger, N. Kalma) [4:39]
- Give me good music (J. van der Heide, N. Kalma) [5:50]
- Secret (J. van der Heide) [4:22]
- The prisoner (J. van der Heide) [4:21]
- Undesirable (J. van der Heide, N. Kalma) [4:10]
- Lady power (J. van der Heide, N. Kalma) [6:10]
Musicians:
- Hans Kerkhoven: Lead guitar, 12 string guitar, acoustic guitar
- Jan Ottevanger: Bass guitar
- Nanne Kalma: Vocals, vibes, acoustic guitar
- Jan van der Heide: Guitar, flute, vocals
- George Snijder: Drums
- Henk Kooistra: Organ
Information:
Produced by Boudewijn de Groot
Sound engineers: P. Nieboer and J. Schuurman
Sleeve by Herre Hooghiemster
LP Decca 6419004 (1971)
Review:
Pugh Place's music is not very complex and can best be described as proto prog. Influences are sixties beat groups and the sound also reminds of early Jethro Tull and Focus. The album opens with a fantastic cover of the Beatle song "Drive my car". It is a heavy rendition with a proggy flute solo and a great hammond sound. All the ingredients on this track will be used throughout the whole album. So you hear a lot of flute, organ and heavy guitars. Another great track is "Give me good music". It starts with a funky bass line but ends very proggy. The rest of the album contains good music, but it is no masterpiece however.
(Dutch progressive rock of the nineteen seventies)
Hey..this is a good release. This opens with the best cover of "Drive my car", originally by BEATLES I have ever heard. Heavy progressive version in minutes. The rest goes on with a good mixture of heavy doom laden progressive with massive organs.
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