String Driven Thing
The Early Years (1968 - 1972)
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Length:  56:53
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 . July Morning 2-23    2:20
      2.  
      		 2. Say what You Like 2-38    2:38
      3.  
      		 3. Magic Garden 3-06    3:06
      4.  
      		 4. Wonderful Places 3-00    3:00
      5.  
      		 5. I Don't Wanna Wake Up 2-54    2:54
      6.  
      		 6. City Man 3-02    3:00
      7.  
      		 7. Another Night in this Old City 3-05    3:07
      8.  
      		 8. That's My Lady 2-51    2:51
      9.  
      		 9. Catch as Catch Can 3-40    3:40
      10.  
      		 10. No More You and I 2-34    2:34
      11.  
      		 11. Lie Back and Let It Happen 3-23    3:23
      12.  
      		 12. One of the Lonely People 4-34    4:32
      13.  
      		 13. Winter Is Coming 4-14    4:16
      14.  
      		 14. Regent St. Incident 4-03    4:03
      15.  
      		 15. Jack Diamond 3-57    3:57
      16.  
      		 16. Argyle St. 3-55    3:55
      17.  
      		 17. Old Love New Love 3-28    3:30
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      String Driven Thing - The Early Years [ 1968-72 U.K. Folk-Psych ]

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      Artist: String Driven Thing
      Album: The Early Years
      Released: 1968 - 72
      CD 1993 Green Tree Records (TRC-GTR-CD-007)
      Genre: Folk-Psych


      *** First album and a complete unknown from the public since it was released on the Concord album with only 100 copies printed, which makes it one of the more expensive albums around. Fortunately for you, this album has been released in the Cd format in a compilation: The Early Years 68-72. At the time the group consisted of a trio including Scottish husband and wife team Pauline and Chris Adams and 12-string guitarist Mannion. Released in 70, this album sank without a trace, but can still be of an interest to progheads even if it sounds quite different of their better-known Machine That Cried album. We have a relatively strange mix of west-coast folk rock (CSNY-type) with classic Moody Blues period intonations and some tracks come with some mellotrons, others with string arrangements. Some acid-folk vocal arrangements can make think of a cross between Spirogyra and TMB. Somehow Genesis’ 1st’s sound (but poppier) is not that far away in spirit from this album as the overall arrangements can appear to burry the original ideas.

      While there are some rather out of place country feels (their West Coast influences), there are many tracks that have quite a bit of charm and although not really progressive per se, they have many endearing qualities to progheads. Not quite essential, but if you are into SDT, you might want to investigate it. The bonus tracks are from home demos (of the future album to come for the most part) and some are of poor quality, but still worth a listen, but overall this is a worthy release of TRC Green Tree Records. ( from Progarchives )


      Track List:
      1 July morning
      2 Say what you like
      3 Magic garden
      4 Wonderful places
      5 I don’t wanna wake up
      6 City man
      7 Another night in this old city
      8 That’s my lady
      9 Catch as catch can
      10 No more you and I
      11 Lie back and let it happen
      12 One of the lonely people

      * bonus tracks

      13 Winter is coming
      14 Regent st. incident
      15 Jack diamond
      16 Argyle st.
      17 Old love new love
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