Sky was a British-Australian classical-rock fusion band formed in London in 1978 by classical guitarist John Williams, fellow Australian guitarist Kevin Peek, keyboarder Francis Monkman of Curved Air fame, famed session bass player Herbie Flowers and drummer Tristan Fry. Their unique style combined with the virtuosity of the individual members and easy accessibility of the compositions quickly gained them a huge and steady fan base. As a result of the success of the first album, the group went on to release their even more successful double record second album. Those first two albums remain in print. Francis Monkman left after the second album and was replaced by Steve Gray. John Williams departed after sixth album Cadmium.
Sixth studio album (and seventh overall including Sky Five Live) The Great Balloon Race is an album of several firsts for Sky. It is the first album without founder John Williams, the first album to use several additional guest musicians and the first album with vocals (a spoken word piece from guest composer and musician Tony Hymas). It is also the first studio Sky album to substantially recorded in Australia at Kevin Peek's studio in Western Australia and is considered the most jazz-influenced of all their releases. It includes one Kevin Peek co-composition with another of his former Adelaide bandmates Trevor Spencer.
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Special Notes: None. The album is ready to burn after downloading.
Credit Where Credit Is Due: Like other links on this site, these links were found through extensive internet searches, sometimes on some fairly dodgy sites. Occasionally the links are found on forums that allow the posting of currently in-print albums, which I do not condone.
1 comments:
Many thanks.
It's a real shame you can no longer buy this album in the shops.
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