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The Nice, The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack
Audio CD
Disk ID: 1272554
Disk length: 1h 6m 56s (15 Tracks)
Original Release Date: 1967
Label: Unknown
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Tracks & Durations
| 1. Flower King Of Flies | 3:17 |
| 2. The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack | 2:47 |
| 3. Bonnie K | 3:22 |
| 4. Rondo | 8:20 |
| 5. War And Peace | 5:13 |
| 6. Tantalising Maggie | 4:33 |
| 7. Dawn | 5:15 |
| 8. The Cry Of Eugene | 4:33 |
| 9. The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack (Extended Version) | 4:12 |
| 10. Flower King Of Flies (Extended Version) | 3:34 |
| 11. Azrael (Angel Of Death) (Single B Side) | 3:43 |
| 12. America (Single Version) | 6:19 |
| 13. Second Amendment | 6:05 |
| 14. Diamond-Hard Blue Apples Of The Moon (Single B Side) | 2:46 |
| 15. Daddy, Where Did You Come From? (Early Version) | 2:48 |
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Review
A compelling, largely undigested stew of psychedelia, r&b, and their own idiosyncratic musical fetishes, The Nice's debut album displayed a band whose shaggy artisanship had more in common with contemporary alt.rock than the bloated prog Keith Emerson's later ELP would come to epitomize. The band (who reformed for a warmly received European tour and live album in 2001-2) may have had its humble origins as the back-up band for former Ikette PP Arnold, but its aggressive obliqueness outside those r&b circles quickly made it into one of the UK's premiere art rock powerhouses. While the album lacks some of the inventive, rough-hewn grace displayed on later covers of Dylan and Tim Hardin, their aggressive takes of "Rondo" (from Brubeck's "Blue Rondo ala Turk") and Leonard Bernstein's "America" (an American flag-torching, Vietnam-protesting performance of which at the Albert Hall was said to drive the composer to attempted censorship) became band hallmarks. Powered by Emerson's nimble keyboards, cult-fave David O'List's unhinged psych-guitar, Lee Jackson's gruff vocals, and drummer Brian Davison's driving beat, their originals here range from the bouncy pop of "Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack" to the stream-of-consciousness soundscape "Dawn." This new release features a generous slate of bonus cuts, including single and extended versions of "America," chunky early versions of "Flower King of Flies" and "Daddy, Where Did I Come From" as well B-sides of "Azrael" (in a beefy early version) and "Diamond Hard Apples of the Moon," making it the definitive edition of a proto-prog classic. --Jerry McCulley
Other Versions
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Tracks: 8 (-7 tracks), Disk length: 37m 10s (-30m 14s)
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