{"id":7805,"date":"2022-12-25T21:22:05","date_gmt":"2022-12-25T21:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=7805"},"modified":"2022-12-31T00:20:07","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T00:20:07","slug":"music-orpheus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=7805","title":{"rendered":"MUSiC: Orpheus"},"content":{"rendered":"\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\/dnhlpj650fI?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><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I can\u2019t believe how good these guys are!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to the Pharelly Bros\u2019 movie <em>Me, Myself &amp; Irene<\/em> I discovered Orpheus. What a fantastic group!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The above video is the whole of their 1968 debut album. And the video directly below is Can\u2019t Find The Time Tell You, the song that started me on an Orpheus jag! But this is the Orpheus original, and not the (very good, and very \u2018smooth\u2019) Hootie &amp; The Blowfish cover, as used in the Farelly Bros\u2019 movie, <em>Me, Myself &amp; Irene<\/em>. <\/p>\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\/Vx_D4O3fuBg?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><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Utterly gorgeous!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the very recent passing of head honcho, Bruce Arnold, they have had (and may still?) a second life, as Orpheus Reborn. I also  discovered <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orpheusreborn.com\/DiscoA.html\">this website<\/a>, where there are tons of archival Orpheus recordings. Fab!<\/p>\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<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Orpheus - Orpheus IV (Full Album)\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NWRhWxLNxTE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I\u2019m currently really digging this album.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These cats are really something special! As I listen to each of their albums, I come to appreciate that they had a rich treasury of great tunes. And if proof &#8211; beyond the obvious charms of the music itself &#8211; were needed, in the latter part of their early history they had the great Bernard \u2018Pretty\u2019 Purdie on drums!*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Here\u2019s Orpheus\u2019 discography:<br \/><br \/>Orpheus (1968)<br \/>Ascending (1968)<br \/>Joyful (1969)<br \/>Orpheus (1971)<\/pre>\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\/J4c0E5x2VdY?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><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Their third album, <em>Joyful<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The video below doesn\u2019t really do justice to the track. But it\u2019s nice to see the group, even if they\u2019re clearly miming! This is the non-Purdie lineup, with Harry Sandler on drums.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 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\/poGDM3zaq9M?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>* Purdie is the drummer on both their debut and &#8211; according to Orpheus\u2019 own website &#8211; their final album, both of which are self titled. So, that\u2019s the the 1978 record, Orpheus, and the 1971 disc, also<em> Orpheus<\/em>!  And more recently he rejoined the group for some reunion concerts. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to the Pharelly Bros\u2019 movie Me, Myself &amp; Irene I discovered Orpheus. What a fantastic group! The above video is the whole of their 1968 debut album. And the video directly below is Can\u2019t Find The Time Tell You, the song that started me on an Orpheus jag! But this is the Orpheus original, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=7805\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;MUSiC: Orpheus&#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":[178,89,110,77,114,192,107,139,140],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paGwUa-21T","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7805"}],"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=7805"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7849,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7805\/revisions\/7849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}