Solution - 1971 TrackListing: 1. Koan (7:50) 2. Preview (0:51) 3. Phases (12:19) 4. Trane Steps (10:19) 5. Circus Circumstances (7:03) 6. Second Line (8:43) 7. Divergence (5:55) 8. Concentration (11:29) 9. Theme (0:42) 10. New Dimension (6:25) Total time: 01:09:36 EMI 0777 7 90751 2 6 - Tom Barlage / sax, flute - Willem Ennes / keyboards - Hans Waterman / drums - Guus Willemse / bass, vocals ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Solution (1971) Tracks: 1.Koan (T. Barlage, W. Ennes, H. Waterman) [7:53] 2.Preview (T. Barlage, W. Ennes, H. Waterman) [:58] 3.Phases (T. Barlage, W. Ennes, H. Waterman) [12:17] 4.Trane steps (T. Barlage, W. Ennes, H. Waterman) [10:20] 5.Circus circumstances (Ibert, Emerson, T. Barlage, W. Ennes, H. Waterman) [7:07] Musicians: Tom Barlage: Sax, flute Willem Ennes: Keyboards Hans Waterman: Drums Peter van de Sande: Bass guitar, vocals Information: Produced by Joop Visser Recorded on May 17, 18 and 19 1971 at Bovema Studios, Heemstede, The Netherlands. LP Catfish 5c 054-24377 (1971) LP EMI 5c 180-25407/8 (1975) (double album, together with Divergence) CD EMI-Bovema CDP 7 90751 2 (1988) (together with Divergence) Notes: The album cover is a picture of the band in their home-town Groningen. Review: This is a great debut album. The music is mainly instrumental, the few vocals that can be heard are from van de Sande who left the band just before the album was released. References can be made to the Soft Machine or to fellow Dutchmen Supersister (although Solution's music is not flavored with humor), so it can best described as jazzy progressive rock. The tracks are rather long and have several key changes, so you won't be bored. This album really defines the specific sound of Solution. Divergence (1972) Tracks: 1.Second line (T. Barlage, W. Ennes, H. Waterman, G. Willemse) [8:44] 2.Divergence (T. Barlage, W. Ennes, H. Waterman, G. Willemse) [5:58] 3.Fever (T. Barlage, W. Ennes, H. Waterman, G. Willemse) [4:22] 4.Concentration (T. Barlage, W. Ennes, H. Waterman, G. Willemse) [12:28] 5.Theme (T. Barlage, W. Ennes, H. Waterman, G. Willemse) [:38] 6.New dimension (T. Barlage, W. Ennes, H. Waterman, G. Willemse) [6:25] Musicians: Tom Barlage: Sax, flute Willem Ennes: Keyboards Hans Waterman: Drums Guus Willemse: Bass guitar, vocals Information: Produced by John Schuursma. LP Harvest 5c 056-24541 (1972) LP EMI 5c 180-25407/8 (1975) (double album, together with Solution) CD EMI-Bovema CDP 7 90751 2 (1988) (together with Solution, the track Fever is omitted) Notes: The main theme from "Divergence" is also recorded by Focus on the album "Moving Waves" as "Tommy" Review: On this album we can hear the classic Solution line up, since van de Sande was replaced with Willemse. This replacement did them good, because Willemse is a better vocalist. It is always a hard choice, but this is probably their best album (a hard choice because the first three are all very good). Compared with their debut, the sound became even more jazzy and more vocal oriented.
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