Mellotronists

<< This track comes from a CD entitled "Supermarket" which was released in 
Israel about three years ago.  It features a MKII mellotron throughout which 
previously belonged to Pink Floyd and before that, Judie Tzuke's dad.  The 
album is very retro and melodically strong - something that's missing more 
and more these days. >>

I remember banging on about this lot a few months ago; all but two of their 
albums are sung in their mother tongue (and the jewel boxes for the cd's are 
assembled in reverse....). 
in fact, some sort of repackaging of "supermarket" and the later title "one 
fantastic day" happened and resulted in "another beginning" (with almost 
identical artwork to "1fd") which is the title that's most widely available 
in the UK and US. there's less evidence of the mighty 'tron on the earlier 
titles, and a different style, with a female vocal here and there. can't read 
the sleevenotes...
(judie tzuke's dad? I have, prepare to be astonished, quite a few of judie's 
albums; she's one of those great voices....)

I asked their webmaster/online cd salesperson "why the low profile in UK?" 
and now I've got the older titles, I understand. must've been a wrench for 
them to switch to english, though I can't comment on how it's affected their 
lyrical quality. maybe I'll get paul kaye to have a listen.
the album /is/ quite retro, and very tuneful- it put me in mind of 69-70 
moodies, floyd of about the same period, xtc, vanilla fudge... jellyfish, 
even.

so. "another beginning" is the easiest one to find, and has the best bits of 
"supermarket" and "1fd" and some new material, 13 tracks + a hidden 
knockabout at the end (when oh when are bands going to grow out of this?). 
loads of 'tron and rickenbacker. rainbow quartz is the label. top notch.


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