Trace - Trace - 1974 (24/96 Vinyl Rip)

Dutch Trio (Keyboards, bass & drums) led by ex-Ekseption Keyboards player Rick Van Der Linden, Trace was considered as the most famous super-group of its country. Its music includes virtuoso, researched, complicated, ever evolving themes, full of breaks and instrumental developments where the keyboards player could show his talent on Hammond organ, Synthezisers, Harpsichord, Piano and Mellotron. On the 9th September 1974 the trio released their first, self-titled album.
In febr. 2012 Fran published the Sire US edition of Trace's debut. Now you can hear the Philips NL version of this energetic and exciting debutalbum!

Note > No silence was deleted; please burn this album gapless..

Dutch keyboard-wizard Rick got worldwide recognition with the 'classic-rock formula' from Ekseption but he wanted his own band to work out his own ideas. He founded TRACE with bass player Jaap van Eik and drummer Pierre van der Linden a real Dutch supergroup. TRACE sounds like the Dutch equivalent to early ELP but Rick has a wider array of keyboards, including Hammond B3 organ, Hohner clavinet and pianet, ARP - and EMI synthesizers, harpsichord, Solina string-ensemble, Mellotron and Church-organ. He even used the sound of a bagpipe. The music on the eponymous debut album is a treat for fans from bands like The Nice, ELP, Triumvirat and early Le Orme.

It delivers exciting, often sumptuous, keyboard driven symphonic rock: the mainly instrumental music is loaded with virtuosic keyboard runs, swirling Hammond organ and majestic Mellotron, supported by a powerful and propulsive rhythm-section. The Musea CD-release contains two bonustracks ("Progress" and "Tabu") and the history of Trace with nice pictures. Recommended to all progheads who want to be blown away by 'keyboard pyrotechnics' in the vein of Keith Emerson, Patrick Moraz or Toshio Egawa (from GERARD).

Erik Neuteboom@Progarchives.com


Track List:

01 Galliarde
02 Gare le Corbeau
03 Galliarde (same source material as No. 1)
04 The Death of Ace
05 The Escape of the Piper
06 Once

07 Progression
08 A Memory
09 The Lost Past
10 A Memory (same source as No. 8)
11 Final Trace