The Gardening Club - Premium Gardening Tools & Supplies for Home & Outdoor Use | Perfect for Planting, Landscaping & DIY Projects
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CD reissue. Martin Springett is an extraordinary artist, and was a friend of the legendary Pauline Baynes. He was born in Crayford, Kent, England, in 1947. He studied art (that is he learned to play the guitar) for two semesters at the Brassey School of Art in Hastings, Sussex. He emigrated to the West Coast of Canada in 1965, but returned to the UK in 1973 to pursue music in various bands. He spent time in Germany, and toured through Europe. While in London Martin started to illustrate and design record covers for Columbia Records. Upon his return to Vancouver, Martin carried on with music and illustrated various books and magazines. In 1978 he moved to Toronto, maintaining activity in every area where illustration is required. He released his own album, The Gardening Club, in 1983. This is a gloriously melodic and original album, and we are very pleased to bring it back into the public eye for the first time in many decades.
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4.5
Originally released in 1983. Not particularly my cup of tea - but I will say that this CD reissue offers the listener(s) really well-produced playing, arrangements, etc. Best description I could come up with is '80's progressive. Tracks here that I found to be the most promising were "Midnight Road", "The Traveller", "Andromeda" which shows true musical beauty, the well-played "The Garden", "Rebirth" and "Endersby Meets The Team", "Aerial Adventures" along with "Endersby Meets The Chef" that seems to run together as a three-part song. Plus, the label added five bonus tunes - for good measure. Spoke to a patron who mentioned that he truly appreciated Martin's 12-string guitar work - considering it to be borderline-brilliant. Fans of some Gong and say - Soft Machine should likely get some good out of this reissue.
