Release Date: 30 August 2014
Label: Elemental Music
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8435395500255
Genres: Rock Alternative
Description
"Thousands on a Raft (second and last release under the Piblokto! Moniker) was remembered as much for its cover as anything else - a picture of a model Titanic and a model Concorde sinking in a puddle, as rafts of toast ferry thousands of baked beans to the shore. Musically it was some good jazz-rock, with the emphasis not always on Brown's vocals, and elliptical lyrics, as Jim Mullen's "Highland Song" offered an inventive, lengthy instrumental as the disc's centerpiece. The title cut has a Pink Floyd edge, surprising given Brown's predilection for jazz and blues, but it works well in the context. Guitarist Mullen is co-writer throughout, while the rhythm section of Rob Tait and Steve Glover swing rather than plod. "Station Song Platform Two" employs Mellotron to full prog rock effect, while "Got a Letter from a Computer" seems eerily ahead of its time for the early '70s. This was the last gasp of this incarnation of Piblokto!, but there's no doubt they went out on a high note" - Chris Nickson (All Music Guide).
Tracklisting
M.T.B. (Brad Mehldau / Mark Turner / Peter Bernstein)
Bill Evans
Cecil Taylor
Freddie King
Andrea Motis
Art Pepper
Patsy Cline
Bill Evans
Pete Brown & Piblokto!
Pete Brown & Piblokto!
Pete Brown Piblokto
