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    Posted: October 09 2013 at 17:23
Alan Bown or Alan Bowm Set, i dont know the difference , but the music strikew me as a good band to be elecyed into protpo prog, i was thinking jazz fusion also, but that is to stretch it a little.

Early use of mellotron and early use of brass trio to psycjh rock, nice cross of pop, blues, psych, jazz and warly art rock senseability

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Alan_Bown_Set

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-hSQo5w6Wyw

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lYU-r6D3znU

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5rV19w8PSNQ

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vgkzUqts0NQ

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N0Nyi9ySHqo

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T85Jsp__Sis

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Points: 7720 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 09 2013 at 19:28
The band had used the “Set” suffix, while they’d been part of London Swings: Live at the Marquee Club (with Jimmy James & the Vagabonds - an album was released in 1966) It was dropped prior to their 1967 'Outward Bown' album, for which they had been joined by lead vocalist Jess Roden – whose vocal talents and outstanding expressivity would later turn him into a cult figure among Rock aficionados - and flexible guitarist Tony Catchpole who, unlike Roden who’d soon abandon due to the band’s lack of success, would become a key pillar of the band’s sound up until their final implosion in 1972.
 
Another soon-to-be-famous vocalist joined for The Alan Bown's next (self titled) album in 1968 in the form of Robert Palmer, who was again replaced just one album later by Gordon Neville for the 1970 'Listen' and 1971 'Stretching Out' releases.
 
 
The band achieved limited chart success and is best known for the role it played in developing the careers of numerous musicians including Mel Collins, John Helliwell, and Dougie Thomson, as well as Robert Palmer & Jess Roden.
 
Can't really see them getting added here though due to the lack of 'legacy quotient' for the band itself.
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Points: 4006 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 10 2013 at 01:51
Cheers David, but they've already been suggested by Agi:
 
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Points: 7720 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 10 2013 at 05:15
LOL! Seemed so unlikely that these guys would have been put forward before that I never even bothered to search! At least the response was similar... Embarrassed
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Points: 23147 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 10 2013 at 10:24
Yeah I was just about to post about seeing this topic before, and then it turns out it was instigated by Agi as well... 
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Points: 7720 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 10 2013 at 11:30
He ain't the only one... 
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Points: 34099 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 10 2013 at 11:49
Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

Yeah I was just about to post about seeing this topic before, and then it turns out it was instigated by Agi as well... 
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