5013929458147

Kestrel

Kestrel

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Format: 2CD

Cat No: ECLEC22481

Release Date:  04 June 2021

Label:  Esoteric Recordings / Cherry Red

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  5013929458147

Genres:  Rock  

  • Description

    RE-PRESS: CD ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 2015 .

    • REMASTERED & EXPANDED 2 CD EDITION OF THIS LONG LOST CLASSIC 1975 ALBUM BY KESTREL
    • WITH SIX BONUS TRACKS
    • REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL TAPES
    • FULLY RESTORED ARTWORK

    A re-mastered and expanded edition of the classic 1975 self-titled album by KESTREL. Hailing from Newcastle, the band featured Tom Knowles (lead vocals), Dave Black (guitar, vocals), John Cook (keyboards, mellotron), Fenwick Moir (bass) and Dave Whitaker (drums), who had previously been with Newcastle trio GINHOUSE.

    Signing to Cube Records in 1974, Kestrel recorded their sole eponymously titled album in 1975, with the majority of the compositions written by Dave Black. A fine example of melodic Progressive Rock, the album featured some outstanding tracks, including the gorgeous ‘The Acrobat’ and the stunning epic ‘August Carol’. Inexplicably the album failed to sell in significant quantities and within a short time Kestrel dis-banded, leaving just one album and a single as their recorded legacy.

    Four decades later, “Kestrel” is now rightly regarded as a true over-looked classic of the Progressive Rock era, with original vinyl copies being impossibly rare and changing hands for huge sums, particularly in Japan.

    Re-mastered from the original tapes, this reissue of “Kestrel” has includes six bonus tracks and also includes a booklet that fully restores the original album artwork and features an informative essay.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. The Acrobat
      • 2. Wind Cloud
      • 3. I Believe In You
      • 4. Last Request
      • 5. In The War
      • 6. Take It Away
      • 7. End Of The Affair
      • 8. August Carol

      Disc 2

      • 1. August Carol (Single Version)
      • 2. Wind Cloud (Single Version)
      • 3. The Searcher
      • 4. Part Of The Machine
      • 5. The Acrobat (Alternate Version)
      • 6. August Carol (Alternate Version)