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Pacific Sound - Forget Your Dream 1972
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Pacific Sound - Forget Your Dream 1972

Единственный альбом швейцарской группы из
деревни Val-De-Travers в кантоне Невшатель,
тяжелый прог с поползновениями в блюз, очень много органа.
Клавишник довольно аккуратно копирует Лорда времен
1967-68, но на диппапл непохоже, скорее похоже
на Hawkwind с Тернером.

Val-de-Travers has a population (as of December 2015) of 10,905.

На сети про них особо ничего нет; вот что нашел
https://johnkatsmc5.blogspot.be/2016/08/pacific-sound-forget-your-dream-1972.html

Pacific Sound "Forget Your Dream" 1972 mega rare Swiss Psych Prog monster

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Legendary Swiss heavy psychedelic/progressive band with their sole album originally released in 1972 on Splendid Records. First official reissue on Long Hair limited to 500 units. Touches of Procol Harum and obviously inspired by the U.S. westcoast sound, this album is a real killer.

Val-De-Travers lies in the French speaking Swiss canton of Neuchatel. Thus began the story of Pacific Sound. Four friends, Chris Meyer (vocals), Mark Treuthardt (guitar, bass), Diego Lecci (drums) and Roger Page (keyboards) were practising there for their next gig at the Ballroom in their birthplace of Motiers.

Yves Dubois, a friend and fan of the band, was urging the band to "stop playing ballrooms, start writing your own songs, form a pop band!!" The band decided he was right as they were fed up with playing covers of international hits and began to work on their own ideas. Yves started to look after the band's organisational matters and became a sort of a manager.

On Roger's suggestion, the band called themselves Pacific Sound and within a few months began to take shape with a set of almost all original compositions. After playing gigs in their own region the band gained confidence and played nearby France.

The next step on the ladder of success was to release a record. Yves invited Rare Records (from La-Chaux-De-Fonds) producer J. P. Louvin to a gig. Louvin was impressed and offered the band to record a single for his label.

At the end of 1970, the band recorded "The Drug Just Told Me" and "The Green Eyed Girl" at the Stephan Sulke Studio in Biel. The single was a success. Pacific Sound were on a roll and a couple of weeks later they went back to the same studio and producer to record "Ballad To Jimi" and "Thick Fog" for release next year on Splendid Records.

Fans and critics applauded the single, the band's originality and creativity was praised. The single won the first prize at the 1971 European Pop Jury in Cannes and was Pacific Sound's breakthrough. It was also released in 18 countries on 8 different labels including Decca, Phillips, CBS and RCA.

Following the release of the prize-winning single "Ballad To Jimi", the popularity of the band increased dramatically and they were showered with gig offers. The band toured successfully throughout Switzerland. Louvin suggested the band record an LP. Early in 1972, they went back to the Sulke Studio and recorded 7 new songs which, in addition to "Thick Fog", made up the LP "Forget Your Dream!", which was released in 1972 on Splendid Records.

The LP was well received and a European tour was arranged with gigs in Belgium, England, Holland, Germany and France. The band needed to upgrade their equipment for larger gigs, so Roger took out a bank loan, but just as the tour was about to start, the rest of the band, including manager Yves, left Roger in the lurch. Louvin suggested to Roger to look for replacement musicians and a new line-up was created

However, it never recaptured the old Pacific Sound spirit. The new line-up didn't gel musically and Roger was left with his debts which were paid with the money made on the tour. And that is the end of a wonderful story. Nowadays Roger lives in a small village near Neuchatel and is a professional musician
by Roger Page ........

Completely lost in time before to be re-released on
LongHair, this proto-bluesy krautrockin' band is a real
obscurity and curiosity. Pacific Sound published one
inspired and soulful album Forget Your Dream in 1971. They
are playing the blues with an intuitive feeling and with a
sense of instrumental improvisation. Their sound admits
the presence of fuzzed out guitars and pleasantly psych /
mellow Hammond organ passages. This album is not a
revolution but it reveals super efficient and dynamic jams
with an obvious late 60's musical aesthetic. After the
conventional Forget your dream, the second piece called
erotic blues offers a very sensual, intense improvised
musical game including a nice groove, a discreet acid
atmosphere and explosive Hammond organs. Drive my car is a
solid rock 'n' roll piece. Thick Fog is an astonishing
psych-bluesy-rebellious piece with aggressive vocals,
Hammond organ freakouts and heavy- fuzzy-distorto guitar
leads. Ceremony for a dead is an evil, haunting,
emotionally charged bluesy-rock song with plaintive /
aggressive vocals, mega doom fuzzy guitars, and massive
organs. Impressive stuff. Gates of Hell is a moody-dark
bluesy-rockin' piece with plaintive guitar leads,
sumptuous Hammond organs. Esoteric album with a few
melodic grooves, lugubrious atmospheres and constant
inspiration. Recommended if you like the damaged / bluesy
/ improv / psych works of Kapputer Hamster, Prof wolfff
.......

Personnel:
Chris Meyer - voclas
Roger Page - keyboards
Mark Treuthardt - guitars, bass
Diego Lecci - drums

Tracks:
01. Forget Your Dream - 2:25
02. Erotic Blues - 7:59
03. Drive My Car - 2:35
04. Thick Fog - 2:32
05. Gyli Gyli - 2:26
06. Ceremony For A Dead - 5:20
07. If Your Soul Is Uncultivated - 3:37
08. Gates Of Hell - 5:44