Waterloo - First Battle (1970) {Vogue--Musea FGBG4281.AR rel 1999}
Waterloo - First Battle (1970) {Vogue–Musea FGBG4281.AR rel 1999}
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© 1970, 1999 Disques Vogue / Musea Records | FGBG4281.AR
Rock / Psychedelic Rock / Progressive Rock
Belgian band Waterloo's only album, First Battle, was originally released in February of 1970, a crucial time of transition for European rock; this was the tipping point where the expansive sounds of psychedelia lost some of their trippiness and began moving toward a technically complex progressive rock style. Though King Crimson and Yes had released their first albums by this time, prog was still very much in its infancy, and First Battle falls squarely under the proto-prog umbrella, retaining trace elements of psychedelia but definitively leaning into a more sophisticated, classical-influenced realm.
One of Waterloo's key inspirations was the Nice – a proto-prog outfit if ever there was one – and the influence of both the Nice's Keith Emerson and the contemporaneous sounds of Deep Purple's Jon Lord can be heard in the fleet-fingered Bach-goes-beard-rock licks of organist Mark Malyster. Malyster's riffs share the spotlight here with Gus Roan's guitar work, which, in a manner typical for early prog, often sounds a bit more earthbound and blues-based than the keyboards. The top end of Waterloo's musical mix is completed by singer Dirk Bogart's flute playing, which can't help but put listeners in mind of Benefit-era Jethro Tull. As First Battle was merely a tentative step on prog's road to excess, most of the songs are short and to the point, maintaining a kind of muscular, Move-like psych-pop sensibility, the lone exception being the 11-minute "Diary of an Old Man," with it's bluesy/jazzy jams. The bonus cuts are another story, though – some of them feature the band's second (post-album) lineup, which included saxophonist John Van Rymenant and moved toward a more intense, jazz-tinged style for a couple of singles. Shortly after these later releases, Waterloo disintegrated, with a number of members forming jazz/rock band Pazop.
Waterloo - First Battle (1970) {Vogue--Musea FGBG4281.AR rel 1999}
Musicians
Dirk Bogaert / lead vocals, flute
Gus Roan / guitar
Marc Malyster / organ
Jacky Mauer / drums
Jean-Paul Janssens / bass
Track Listing
01 - Meet Again
02 - Why May I Not Know
03 - Tumblin' Jack
04 - Black Born Children
05 - Life
06 - Problems
07 - Why Don't You Follow Me
08 - Guy in the Neighbourhood
09 - Lonesome Road
10 - Diary of an Old Man
11 - Plastic Mind [bonus track]
12 - Smile [bonus track]
13 - I Can't Live with Nobody but You [bonus track]
14 - The Youngest Day [bonus track]
15 - Bobo's Dream [bonus track]
16 - Bad Time [bonus track]
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Waterloo / First Battle
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Waterloo / First Battle
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Waterloo - First Battle (1970) {Vogue--Musea FGBG4281.AR rel 1999}
Waterloo - First Battle (1970) {Vogue--Musea FGBG4281.AR rel 1999}
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