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Faerie Symphony and Other Stories
This album came out very late in the progressive rock era, which may explain why it seems only to have shown up in England where, with punk riding high in 1977, it was promptly buried and forgotten. Tom Newman conceived, composed, and arranged this work running slightly over 30 minutes, which treads into Alan Stivell territory. Faerie Symphony is a very Celtic-sounding work, built on the timbres and textures of Irish and Scottish traditional instruments, here supported by a multitude of electric guitars and synthesizers for an effect that's somewhere midway between Tomita's and Mike Oldfield's music with a Gaelic edge. It's all lyrical, and some sections have an ethereal quality while others...
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