Various Artists ● Refugees: A Charisma Records Anthology 1969-1978 ● 2009 ● Reino Unido

 

Este é um interessante box-set reunindo artistas contratados pela gravadora Charisma Records entre 1969 e 1978. A maioria (mais da metade, pelo menos) das faixas escolhidas vem de samples lançados na época ou de versões individuais de músicas, em vez de versões do álbum.

As faixas mais interessantes são as de VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR, RARE BIRD, GENESIS, THE NICE, STRING DRIVEN THING, Steve Hackett e Peter Hammill, mas há também algumas ótimas coisas de Bo Hansson e LINDISFARNE.

Os discos 1 e 2 trazem algumas jóias Progressivas, enquanto o disco 3 varia do bastante comum ao desinteressamte, abrangendo a segunda metade dos anos 70, onde o Prog fica para trás, e cede lugar a influências mais comerciais ou jazzísticas.

O boxset traz ainda um extenso livro maravilhosamente detalhado, e vale a aquisição para o completista do Charisma.

highlights ◇

Tracks:
Disc 1:
1. THE NICE • America (Second Amendment) (2009 Digital Remaster) (6:08)
2. Topo-D-Bill • Witchi Tai To (2009 Digital Remaster)  (3:31)
3. RARE BIRD • Sympathy (2009 Digital Remaster) (2:35)
4. VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR • Refugees (2009 Digital Remaster) (5:22)
5. LINDFISFARNE • Lady Eleanor (2009 Digital Remaster)  (4:14)
6. Brian Davison's Every Which Way • Bed Ain't What It Used To Be (2009 Digital Remaster) (9:30)
7. THE NICE • Country Pie / Brandenburg Concerto No 6 In B Flat Major BWV 1051 (2009 Digital Remaster) (5:43)
8. Peter Hammill • Re-Awakening (2009 Digital Remaster) (3:58)
9. GENESIS • Looking For Someone (2009 Digital Remaster)  (7:08)
10. Bell & Arc • High Priest Of Memphis (2009 Digital Remaster) (3:30)
11. Jackson Heights • Doubting Thomas (2009 Digital Remaster) (4:14)
12. AUDIENCE • The House On The Hill (2009 Digital Remaster) (7:29)
13. MONTY PYTON • Spam Song (2009 Digital Remaster) (2:27)
14. Bo Hansson • The Black Riders (Flight To The Ford) (2002 Digital Remaster) (4:09)
15. LINDISFARNE • City Song (2009 Digital Remaster) (3:07)
16. VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR • Theme 1 (2009 Digital Remaster) (2:54)

 

Disc 2:
1. RARE BIRD • Hammerhead (2009 Digital Remaster) (3:33)
2. AUDIENCE • Jackdaw (2009 Digital Remaster) (7:31)
3. VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR • Pioneers Over C (2009 Digital Remaster) (12:39)
4. HOT THUMBS O'REILLY • Grass For Blades (2009 Digital Remaster) (3:54)  
5. GENESIS • Twilight Alehouse (2009 Digital Remaster) (7:47)
6. Alan Hull • United States Of Mind (2009 Digital Remaster) (3:07)
7. Jack The Lad • Why Can't I Be Satisfied (2009 Digital Remaster) (4:02)
8. CAPABILITY BROWN • I Am And So Are You (2009 Digital Remaster) (4:00)
9. REFUGEE • Ritt Mickley (2009 Digital Remaster) (5:58)
10. Clifford T Ward • Gaye (2009 Digital Remaster) (3:37)
11. Keith Emerson • Freedom Jazz Dance (2009 Digital Remaster) (3:06)
12. STRING DRIVEN THING • Heartfeeder (2009 Digital Remaster) (6:37)
13. Bo Hansson • Excursion With Complications (2004 Digital Remaster) (3:28)
14. MONTY PYTON • Mrs Niggerbaiter (2009 Digital Remaster) (1:07)
15. Peter Hammill • Red Shift (2009 Digital Remaster) (8:10)

 

Disc 3:
1. HAWKWIND • Steppenwolf (9:46)
2. Peter Hammill • Nadir's Big Chance (2009 Digital Remaster) (3:39)
3. Steve Hackett • Star Of Sirius (2009 Digital Remaster)  (7:08)
4. THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT • The Cask Of Amontillado (4:31)
5. STRING DRIVEN THING • Starving In The Tropics (2009 Digital Remaster)  (5:19)
6. BRAND X • Nuclear Burn (2009 Digital Remaster) (6:22)
7. VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR • Arrow (2009 Digital Remaster)  (9:47)
8. Bo Hansson • Attic Thoughts (2004 Digital Remaster) (5:33)
9. GENESIS • Match Of The Day (2009 Digital Remaster) (3:25)
10. HAWKWIND • PSI Power (6:09)
11. Peter Gabriel • Solsbury Hill (2002 Digital Remaster)  (4:22)
12. BRAND X • Sun In The Night (2009 Digital Remaster)   (4:26)
13. Nic Turner • God Rock (2009 Digital Remaster) (7:35)