genre: beat
country: hungary
quality: lossless (flac, cue, log, scans)
time: 1:17'30" size: 529 mb
misc.: 2005
Scented Gardens of Mind:
Illés (from Budapest) formed in 1965 as the Hungarian answer to The Beatles. Some members had a jazz circuit background. Not long after Sgt. Pepper, Illés performed in strongly coloured uniforms almost identical to those of The Beatles.
Their first three albums are full of period charm - euphonious and inventive beat music with instant Eastern trips, snippets of conversation, well conceived harmony pop, exotic instruments and occasional orchestration. These would be internationally acclaimed among collectors, if only more people had been able to understand the language.
In 1970 Illés were banned from performing in Budapest for almost a year, after critizising the official Hungarian politics toward rock in a BBC interview. The 1971 album came in a white sleeve (a reference both to censorship and a certain Beatles album) and was a "beat oratorium" dealing with human rights and dedicated to the black American activist Angela Davis. The music was more mature (not really "beat" music but 12 examples of melodic, song-based progressive rock) and less whimsical, usually with twin guitars and organ. Subsequent albums were quite similar, but couldn't improve on the 1971 effort. After their first split, some members played in the group Fonograf.
Side one
- Óh, mondd – 4:47
- Nehéz az út – 4:16
- Amikor én még kis srác voltam – 2:58
- Sárga rózsa – 4:31
- Átkozott féltékenység – 3:05
- Little Richard – 2:30
Side two
- Eltávozott a nap – az azonos című filmből – 4:58
- Nézz rám – 2:25
- Ne gondold – 3:31
- Szerelem – 3:53
- Az ész a fontos, nem a haj 4:52
- Mondd, hogy nem hiszed el 3:12
bonus:
- Nem érdekel, amit mondsz – 3:00
- Nem volt soha senkim – 2:36
- Alig volt zöld – 2:42
- Holdfény ’69 – 4:04
- Kis virág – 4:13
- Miért hagytuk, hogy így legyen?- 2:35
- Nem érti más csak én – 3:51
- Régi dal – 3:02
- Régi, szép napok – 2:47
- Téli álom – 3:39
Illés Lajos – zongora, csembaló, orgona, vokál
Szörényi Levente – ének, gitár, citera, zongora, vokál
Szörényi Szabolcs – ének, basszusgitár, vokál
Bródy János – ének, akkordgitár, citera, melodika, harmonika, furulya, vokál, dalszövegek
Pásztory Zoltán – dob, ütőhangszerek
Keresztes Tibor (Cintula)
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