Running Man
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Topic: Running Man
Posted By: Jack A Lynn
Subject: Running Man
Date Posted: December 29 2008 at 08:12
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Hi everybody! I wanted to suggest you The Running Man, a british prog band... I'd classify them as ecletic prog, because of long pieces which blend jazz influences with Cream-like heavy rock and improvisation, and short Procol-like songs for piano and vocals. The band was founded in 1972 by jazz guitarist Ray Russell, formerly player with Georgie Fame and Graham Bond, and also had yet released 2 records, with drummer Alan Rushton. The trio was completed by keyboard player/singer Alan Greed, and released an eponymous album for Neon, RCA's prog label. Sadly, the band split up after Neon's failure. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wzfqxquhldfe - Here is a review fo the album. |
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: December 29 2008 at 09:49
| Hi Jack - any samples of their music available? |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: December 29 2008 at 13:15
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We'll look into it (for Eclectic).
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Posted By: Alberto Muñoz
Date Posted: February 11 2009 at 11:48
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i have samples of this band, anyone wants to hear?
Let me know -------------  |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: September 13 2009 at 20:12
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*bump* I wouldn't mind some mp3s for evaluation, Alberto, if you think they're a prog band.. sounds interesting from this blurb - http://www.lpcdreissues.com/catalogue/viewItem.php?idProduct=16504 - http://www.lpcdreissues.com/catalogue/viewItem.php?idProduct=16504 |
Posted By: Alberto Muñoz
Date Posted: September 17 2009 at 12:18
I'll send to you the link via PM ------------- |
Atavachron wrote:Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 19:58
| ^ thank you |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 20:05
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If I recall, the Eclectic team is still on this. I was brought on after this suggestion was made...so... I will look into it promptly. 
------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 20:14
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great |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: September 21 2009 at 09:00
Running Man has been approved to Eclectic. 
------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: The Runaway
Date Posted: September 21 2009 at 12:52
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Great band, hope to see them up. ------------- http://www.formspring.me/Aragorn224" rel="nofollow - Trendsetter win! The search for nonexistent perfection. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: September 21 2009 at 21:48
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Posted By: Alberto Muñoz
Date Posted: October 03 2009 at 03:19
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who's gonna do the honors?
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Posted By: Okocha
Date Posted: October 03 2009 at 08:11
| Well what happened with them? I can't find them on the database |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: October 03 2009 at 08:16
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We're working on it gang- just be patient.
------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Okocha
Date Posted: October 03 2009 at 08:23
Sorry, I thought I saw this post was from 2007 and I was worried for not finding it on the database....  |
Posted By: Okocha
Date Posted: October 03 2009 at 08:24
Alberto would you mind sending me also this link??? |
Posted By: Okocha
Date Posted: October 03 2009 at 09:15
| Wow where were these guys all this time??? "Great music" is just little to say!!! |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: November 04 2009 at 11:41
I styrongly believe that Running Man should be an album filled under Ray Russell, who's recorded many more....
He's most likely a very good addition to PA ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: November 04 2009 at 11:59
If Running Man was formed as a band, even with a one-off, we'll add it accordingly. Ray Russell founding it or being the brainchild doesn't sound like it must be treated different from others. On the official site, R.R. doesn't mention Running Man among his solo works. Or at all, for that matter. Nor does AllMusic. -------------
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: November 05 2009 at 04:50
Funilly enough, the proggiersites (Gibraltaltar EPR, Prog Ears or ProgGnosis) don't even include either Running Man or Ray Russell , while completists site mention both , but only RYMmakes a connection between the two, and then only unidirectional
If you check the site of Calyx, Runnin,g Man is clearly linked to Ray Russell
http://calyx.perso.neuf.fr/cantdisco/index.html - http://calyx.perso.neuf.fr/cantdisco/index.html
So you'll see that most of his akbums have the same musicians...... meaning that Running Man is almost just another Russell album. ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: November 05 2009 at 05:01
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BTW, if Ray Russell is inclided in Calyx, THE Canterbury site, it is because of his participation with Nucleus (not really Canterbury themselves), so Ray Russell can be entered in JR/F, rather than Canterbury or another genre. ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: November 05 2009 at 06:26
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The fact that Ray Russell is written in brackets there makes me think the truth about whether or not Running Man is a project or a band is somewhere in the middle. Or, at least, Running Man as an album is treated slightly differently than all of Russell's work. I think we could adequately highlight it the same way. -------------
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: November 05 2009 at 07:28
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They've got these in my library shelves, so I'll make sure I listen to a buncjh of these (they've got Running Man too) RUSSELL, Rayà Bruxelles-Passage 44 : (Cliquez pour connaître la disponibilité)
sur demande :
RUSSELL QUARTET, Raysur demande :
RUSSELL, Ray - RUNNING MAN (THE)sur demande :
------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Alberto Muñoz
Date Posted: November 05 2009 at 09:17
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As far as i know Running Man was a band and not a Ray Russell solo album.
If there was why don't called them Ray Russell's Running Man? ------------- |