Nektar Appreciation Thread

Thanks!

I saw them at the War Memorial in Trenton N.J in the fall of 2002. When they played "Tab In The Ocean", the lights dimmed and the sound of the ocean through the sound system was beautiful and shocking. They played that piece really grand and it was a breathtaking experience. I bought many of their titles on LP in budget bins at department stores during the dreadful 70's. Many people were unaware of the fact that the band was english. I remember playing a circuit with them and at that time, they didn't seem to be rising high enough in popularity as it sometimes goes....they were touring the same venues as Happy The Man and many others that you could imagine. They were very great then as they are now but, nothing can compare to that time period when they toured up and down the east coast with many others from the prog genre. Interesting band.,  

I have just bought all their discography I didn´t have. 

I assume this band Nektar are good? I've heard the name before but i dunno anything about them, what are they like?

The revival of this thread just gave me a nostalgia boost, thanks guys!

Not really sure what the protocol is on this site for the revivification of long-dead threads...but I've been combing through the back-logged topics, and this one caught and held my eye.

Nektar is just an amazing, amazing band.  It took me a little while to realize this...I remember years ago, when I was just beginning to dig into prog as a genre, I saw them mentioned as a significant ban with a significant discography.  I picked up Journey to the Centre of the Eye and Remember the Future, and was nonplussed by both.  Remember, I was just a little, stupid prog fan at this point.

About six months ago I started listening to A Tab In the Ocean.  It didn't really do it for me at first listen, but for some reason I kept playing it.  Again and again.  And, as is the way of such things, is started to grow on me.  Before long I found myself listening to it incessantly, and loving every single track.

I adore all their seventies work sans Down to Earth, which I am still struggling with; not sure why, it has all the hallmarks of a great album, but it just doesn't do much for me.  I've also avoided the questionable Magic is a Child, due to Roye's absence.  More recently I hunted down their new stuff, and was blown away all over again: Evolution is such a radical release, truly progressive, far more so than the majority of 'old' prog groups that reunite for new efforts. 

Well...that's it, really.  Just wanted to rant about how great they are.  Especially Remember the Future...coeval to Thick as a Brick for me.  Just great.

The rule currently is after six months Nektar's "Where Are You Now" from their "Book Of Days" album is a still a TOASTER.

I am relatively new to Nektar.  I downloaded all of their albums a few years ago from eMusic back when I had an account there.  I listened to them a couple of times and enjoyed them, but can't say that I became all that familiar with them.  I am currently listening to Journey to the Centre of the Eye and I am enjoying it immensely.  I will be trying to give all of their albums another listen over the next couple of weeks or so.

I will never forget a gig at my hometown including the also highly appraised Welsh MAN band in the early 1970's.
An unforgettable experience while they were jamming together at the very end 

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