Abel Ganz – Gratuitous Flash (1991)
Abel Ganz – Gratuitous Flash (1991)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image & cue & log) | 318 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 125 MB | Scans | 48:39
Genre: Neo-Prog Rock / Progressive Rock | Country: UK| Label: Ugum Production | UGU 00891
EAC Rip | FLAC (image & cue & log) | 318 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 125 MB | Scans | 48:39
Genre: Neo-Prog Rock / Progressive Rock | Country: UK| Label: Ugum Production | UGU 00891
The debut album from these Glaswegian/Scottish neo-progsters follows the usual prog path from the 1980s. The songs are pretty light melodic and not overly complicated. The sound is surprisingly good. Most of all; they sounds like a melodic version of Marillion.
Abel Ganz – Gratuitous Flash (1991)
From the huge amount of bands participating in the rebirth of UK prog rock in early-80's,ABEL GANZ can place themselves among the best ones.Formed in 1980 in Glascow,Scotland under the forces of bassist Hugh Carter and keyboardist Hew Montgomery,they started playing live around Glascow,having Malky McNiven on guitars and Kenny Weir on drums.The growing fame brought singer Alan Reed on the band,a bit later to be found on PALLAS' line-up.The quintet recorded their debut ''Gratuitous flash'' in 1983,originally released on cassette in 1984.
The 70's feeling of GENESIS blended with the new digital technology is the main characteristic of this album.Most of the compositions have an evident symphonic approach,not far from what IQ were creating around the same time.McNiven's style includes lots of STEVE HACKETT-inspired guitar hooks mixed with some intricate melodies in the typical British prog style of the 80's.Montgomery is fabulous on keys,delivering beatiful soundscapes both on piano and synthesizers,a definite heaven for a symph fan's ear.Of course,a couple of short tracks follow the familiar way of accesible,easy-listening prog rock based on nice grooves and pleasant melodies,but that's only the exception.The symphonicism haunts most of this album' running time,strengthened by Alan Reed superb vocal work,close to the color of PETER GABRIEL's voice.Excellent album with a plenty of challenging/well-crafted moments,which deserves to be added in your collection.Highly recommended!Review by apps79
Tracklist:
01. Little By Little (7:49)
02. Kean On The Job (6:54)
03. You And Yours (6:02)
04. The Scorpion (4:47)
05. Gratuitous Flash (6:23)
06. The Dead Zone (16:40)
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Abel Ganz / Gratuitous Flash
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EAC extraction logfile from 5. January 2010, 12:50
Abel Ganz / Gratuitous Flash
Used drive : PLEXTOR DVD-ROM PX-116A2 Adapter: 1 ID: 1
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 102
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : No
Used interface : Installed external ASPI interface
Used output format : Internal WAV Routines
Sample format : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 7:49.67 | 0 | 35241
2 | 7:49.67 | 6:54.63 | 35242 | 66354
3 | 14:44.55 | 6:02.55 | 66355 | 93559
4 | 20:47.35 | 4:47.22 | 93560 | 115106
5 | 25:34.57 | 6:23.40 | 115107 | 143871
6 | 31:58.22 | 16:40.63 | 143872 | 218934
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Personnel
- Hugh Carter - bass, keyboards
- Malcolm McNiven - guitars
- Hew Montgomery - keyboards
- Alan Reed - lead vocals
- Kenny Weir - drums
All thanks to Morphina
Abel Ganz – Gratuitous Flash (1991)
