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Pilrig amigo re Circe's Island, absolutely brilliant. I bought The Odyssey in 1976/7. Bedford's classical orchestral genius is astonishing. Died in 2011 RIP.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bedford
I first got to know him when he did orchestration on Kevin Ayers wonderful WHATEVERSHEBRINGSWESING album, along with Mike Oldfield and Robert Wyatt amongst others.
He also appeared bizarrely on crutches after breaking a leg, playing the accordion, with Mike and Kevin in one of my all time favorites which I have fired on this thread before......fuck it why not, from 1972....beautiful.
[video=youtube;6EysN54ROR8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EysN54ROR8[/video]
BIG G
David Bedford also did orchestration for Mike Oldfield on, I think, Hergest Ridge. I'm slowly discovering Bedford's other works via youtube. I bought The Odyssey when it was released, what attracted me to it was a) his work with Oldfield (and also being on the Virgin label) b) my life-long interest in Greek mythology, I knew more about Odysseus & co when I was a kid than I knew about Batman, Superman etc.
This was in the glory days (imho) of Virgin Records, whatever we think of Branson nowadays we should thank him for setting up that label. Oldfield, Bedford, Tangerine Dream, Egg and so on, for a brief few years it was the home for truly avant-garde rock. And of course backed the Sex Pistols at the height of their notoriety when other labels bottled oot of having them.
BIG G said ......
I first got to know him when he did orchestration on Kevin Ayers wonderful WHATEVERSHEBRINGSWESING album, along with Mike Oldfield and Robert Wyatt amongst others.
First track on that album exemplifies this amigo. I was 17 when I bought that album in 1971. As Sandy Denny said 'Who knows where the time goes.'
[video=youtube;OhCgtCH9H7s]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhCgtCH9H7s[/video]
BIG G
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