Captain Marryat - Progressive Music (1974)

Captain Marryat - Captain Marryat 1974

Scottish band from Port Glasgow and Greenock.

Originally Privately pressed in a 200 or so limitation as a kind of promo to get the bigger deal. Unfortunately that was the end of what could of been a major band. Re-issued on 180g vinyl. Caused some Ebay buzz on copies surfacing of the original and subsequently sponsoring the sellers world cruise with some change left over for the fruit m/c.

They were originally intending to record a single, but the engineer at the Glasgow studio theyd booked told them that there was time enough to make a whole album. They therefore taped five tracks theyd already written (Blindness, It Happened To Me, A Friend, Songwriters Lament and Changes) and finished the LP with an improvised jam (Dance Of Thor).

Jimmy Rorrison - Vocals/Drums
Hugh Finnegan - Bass/Vocals
Allan Bryce - Organ/Vocals
Tommy Hendry - Vocals/Acoustic Guitar
Ian McEleny - Lead Guitar/Acoustic Guitar

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Captain Marryat
• Prog
• Psych Music
• 1970's

[lazymornings]

Another goodie..just love the sound,the whole recording quality of that era.

[minutegongcoughs]

They were around for a brief moment. A few years. This is the re-issue of the lost masterpiece. Whoever discovered this LP deserves a long and happy life.

[adric137]

great sound

[OverUnderSideways]

Sounds like the first Rennaisance band with the Keith Relf

[opeth61]

Nice!! a lost classic, makes me think of "Writing on the Wall"!!!!!

[FIXIErider]

Nice!!!

[SarniaFireBuff]

i have one of the origonall lp's, but its scratched to nothing from being played so much, so its worth nothing.

[SarniaFireBuff]

really. tom hendry is my dad....small world. he was back in Scotland spring of 2008 for a visit.

[chuckdee121]

This is real good. Sounds a bit like CA Quintet, but more focused.

[darublues]

The Track Tittle should be : "blindness".