Quintessence Spirits From Another Time 1969 71 uk based international multicultural trippy psych prog rock 2016 double disc set
Quintessence Spirits From Another Time 1969 71 uk based international multicultural trippy psych prog rock 2016 double disc set Formed in fashionable Ladbroke Grove in 1969, this international six-piece played extended, improvisatory compositions highlighted by lengthy guitar solos, flute, sitar and communal, Indian-inspired chanting. They took on Eastern names to match their philosophies, with Australian flautist and founder Ronald Rothfield becoming Raja Ram, for example, and American bassist Richard Vaughan known as Shambhu Babaji. Far from a niche, underground concern, however, Quintessence quickly signed to Island after a major-label bidding war, and soon appeared frequently in the music weeklies, and even live on BBC2 and in Nicolas Roeg�s Glastonbury Fayre. Across five studio albums, ranging from 1969�s In Blissful Company to 1972�s Indweller, they journeyed into their own groovy mysticism, lyrically paying as much heed to St Pancras and Ladbroke Grove as to Mount Kailash and va...