genre: heavy
country: canada
quality : lossless (flac, cue, log, scans)
time: 1:07'47" size: 525 mb
issue: 1998
Dreams Fantasies & Nightmares:
Led by Bob Bryden, who had earlier played in the Toronto, Ontario-based Reign Ghost, Christmas played in Oshawa, Ontario, between 1970-74. In the later years they were known as Spirit Of Christmas. When they formed on Christmas Day in 1969 their average age was just 17.
Christmas is best described as a progressive underground band. They were originally known as Black Christmas. The first album consists of three Bryden compositions characterized by lovely vocals and guitar work and two instrumentals composed by the whole band. One of these, the ambitious Jungle Fabulous, accounts for all of side 2. This album is their rarest artefact.
Heritage consists of heavy progressive underground rock and has its moments, particularly on Zephyr Song, April Mountain, which has some fine guitar work, and the title track. All the songs on the album were written and arranged by Bryden.
Lies To Live By is really their finest moment and arguably one of the best albums to come out of Canada in the 1970s. Very imaginative progressive rock. Almost every track is excellent and this album is strongly recommended.
01. Zenith 1:05
02. Rise Up 3:12
03. Goin' To Oklahoma 4:01
04. Something Borrowed 3:00
05. Point Blank (It Scares Me) 2:21
06. Zephyr Song 13:24
07. Bustin' Out Tonight 4:46
08. Blues On An Iceberg 6:01
09. April Mountain 10:55
10. Heritage 2:32
11. A Part Of Our Heritage 5:14
12. Don't Give It Away 5:48
13. Farewell Sweet Loving 2:41
14. I'm A Song 2:47
BOB BRYDEN gtr, vcls, keyb'ds
ROBERT BULGER lead gtr
TYLER RAIZENNE bs
RICH RICHTER drms
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