Description
Label Review.
1969 album. Originally on EMI Columbia. Jazz prog.
Our Overview.
Starting out in the mid 1960’s English keyboardist Don Shinn recorded and performed with British Beat groups The MeddyEVILS, The Echoes (backing Dusty Springfield), and The Soul Agents (featuring Rod Stewart). In 1967 he formed his own band The Shinn, which also featured future Uriah Heep bassist Paul Newton, future drummer for The Nice, Brian Davison, and vocalist Eddie Lamb.
In 1969 he released two instrumental albums for EMI Columbia: ‘Temples With Prophets’ and ‘Departures’ which are both reissued here. Keith Emerson said: “Don Shinn got a fantastic sound from the L-100… He and Jimi Hendrix were controlling influences over the way I developed…”
After these two records he joined English band Dada (featuring Elkie Brooks) and appeared on their eponymous album released in 1970. He has also worked with Kiki Dee, James Taylor, Engelbert Humperdinck, Stan Tracey, Persian vocalist Parvaneh Farid, Iguana, and Renaissance.
Tracklisting.
1. Pits Of Darkness
2. Temples With Prophets (Introducing
Monophonic Interlude For Pianoforte No. 1)
3. A-Minor Explosion
4. The Jolly Dance
5. Hearts Of Gladness
BONUS TRACKS
6. A-Minor Explosion (45 version)
7. Pits Of Darkness (45 version)