{"id":10139,"date":"2023-10-25T12:27:55","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T11:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=10139"},"modified":"2023-10-25T12:56:19","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T11:56:19","slug":"music-egg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=10139","title":{"rendered":"MUSIC: Egg\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"430\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2844-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10143\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2844-1.jpg 430w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2844-1-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dave, Mont and Clive.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"520\" height=\"520\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2841-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10144\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2841-1.jpg 520w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2841-1-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2841-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2841-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Debut album, 1970.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"501\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2838-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10137\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2838-1.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2838-1-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2838-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2838-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Polite Force<\/em>, 1971.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"598\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2837-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10138\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2837-1.jpg 598w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2837-1-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2837-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2837-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Civil Surface,<\/em> 1974<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lzKqWuUqiOI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Some recent interaction on Facebook made me think of Egg\u2019s first and only single, 1969\u2019s <em>Seven Is A Jolly Good Time<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s not my favourite track by this fab group, from the hugely interesting Canterbury Scene era. But I do like it. As much for its subject\/sentiment, as the music. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have to thank my Goldsmith\u2019s College pal Brennan Young for introducing me to this particular \u2018beat combo\u2019. Thanks, buddy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2840-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10140\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2840-1.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2840-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2840-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I decided I\u2019d poichase what I could of their catalogue. So I\u2019ve ordered CDs of their self-titled 1970 debut, <em>The Polite Force<\/em> (\u201871), <em>The Civil Surface<\/em> (\u201874), and <em>The Metronomical Society<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The latter, a 2007 release, is, according to burningshed.com \u2018a collection of live and studio recordings made by the pioneering trio between 1969 and 1972. It features archive material unheard for nearly 40 years, including a sizeable segment of Egg&#8217;s last Roundhouse concert which demonstrates the group&#8217;s live power. Also included are superior versions of tracks from the band&#8217;s radio sessions, previously available only on poor-quality bootlegs.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One immediately odd thing is that the cover of <em>Metronomical Society<\/em> pictures a quartet, when the band was &#8211; as far as I know &#8211; only ever a trio. Perhaps the booklet that comes with this CD will illuminate or clarify?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some recent interaction on Facebook made me think of Egg\u2019s first and only single, 1969\u2019s Seven Is A Jolly Good Time. It\u2019s not my favourite track by this fab group, from the hugely interesting Canterbury Scene era. But I do like it. As much for its subject\/sentiment, as the music. I have to thank my &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=10139\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;MUSIC: Egg\u2026&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paGwUa-2Dx","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10139"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10139"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10146,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10139\/revisions\/10146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}