OCEANS OF BLISS: AN INTRODUCTION TO QUINTESSENCE

Quintessence were always rather odd - a jazz/rock based band that took Indian philosophy so seriously that they based almost all of their music on it. This is an excellent sampler of their albums, containing almost all the essential tracks, but one which will give the listener a true flavour of what this band were about. Not only that but they all (except Jake) had stage names given to them by their guru.

Their greatest achievements were always their live concerts - these were guys who could really play the stuff on their albums and oftern do it better. I can still smell the incense they used to burn...