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    Posted: June 21 2007 at 11:43

I'm expecting Home "The Alchemist" and QuickSand "Home is where I belong" to arrive in a few weeks.

Having not heard any of the music on these 2 albums, I was wondering if anyone can offer their opinions (good or bad) on either one or both of these albums.
 
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Points: 2459 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 21 2007 at 12:38
May I ask where they are coming from?

I remember listening to the record album of the ALCHEMIST in the 1970s and enjoying it greatly (so I expect you'll love it!) but the CD seems currently unavailable...
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Points: 99 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 21 2007 at 12:53
Never heard Quicksand, although it is on my long list of albums to get.
Home are not my favourite, but pretty good all the same. They have a kind of soft, west coast sound to them with twin guitars. Alchemist, is really a concept record. All the tracks are linked to give one continuous peice of music. There are some good moments, lots here for the average prog fan!
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Points: 286 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 21 2007 at 13:14
Originally posted by fuxi fuxi wrote:

May I ask where they are coming from?

I remember listening to the record album of the ALCHEMIST in the 1970s and enjoying it greatly (so I expect you'll love it!) but the CD seems currently unavailable...
 
 
I won "The Alchemist" from an ebay auction so it's coming from Russia.    You're right in that it's out of print.
 
The QuickSand one was easy to find.   Amazon has a bunch of them.
 
progarchives has a * review and a ***** review of the Home cd.   Talk about a comparison/contrast deal  LOL
 
Check it out:
 
 
 
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Points: 2459 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 21 2007 at 13:16
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Points: 445 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 21 2007 at 13:27
I won "The Alchemist" from an ebay auction so it's coming from Russia.    You're right in that it's out of print.
Hmm!.You have 99.99% chance to get a "fake" edition
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Points: 3928 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 21 2007 at 17:14
I heard some of 'The Alchemist' and it was quite good, guitar driven prog, imho. If I recall, it was sort of like a slightly proggier Wishbone Ash. Home's guitarist Laurie Wisefield ended up in Wishbone Ash though,so it's not so unsurprising...
 
I only heard the title track of 'Home Is Where I Belong'- Quicksand were a Welsh band, AFAIK.
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