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(No Pussyfooting) > Fripp & Eno

Artist: Fripp & Eno
Label: Island Records
Catalog#: HELP 16
Format: Vinyl
Country: United Kingdom
Released: 1973-11
Strawberry Bricks Entry: 
Robert Fripp and Brian Eno paired up for this recording over a year prior to its release. At the time Eno had just departed Roxy Music and was on his way to a subsequent solo career, while Fripp had just sacked all of King Crimson. Recorded in Eno's front room, the album's centerpiece is "The Heavenly Music Corporation"; it's Fripp's guitar feed looped-back through two tape recorders. The result? You guessed it - heavenly music!

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...Sounds Like This > Nektar

Artist: Nektar
Label: Bacillus Records, Bellaphon
Catalog#: BDA 7501, BDA 7501
Format: Vinyl
Country: Germany
Released: 1973

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2nd > Agitation Free

Artist: Agitation Free
Label: Vertigo
Catalog#: 6360 615
Format: Vinyl
Country: Germany
Released: 1973

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A Passion Play > Jethro Tull

Artist: Jethro Tull
Label: Chrysalis
Catalog#: CHR 1040
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1973-07
Strawberry Bricks Entry: 
Jethro Tull headed off to Michel Magne's famous Chateau D'Herouville studio in France to record the follow-up to the prior year's Thick As A Brick. Unfortunately, the sessions were abandoned and the band returned to England without a record. (The sessions were eventually released on CD in 1993). Reconstituted in London, Tull started anew and recorded another album-length epic, this time centering on the altogether heavier topic of life and death! Although a concise edit (#8) was found for a single, A Passion Play is best taken as a whole.

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A.R. IV > A.R. & Machines

Artist: Achim Reichel
Label: Zebra
Catalog#: 2949 008
Format: Vinyl
Country: Germany
Released: 1973

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Abbiamo Tutti Un Blues Da Piangere > Perigeo, Il

Artist: Perigeo
Label: RCA Italiana
Catalog#: DPSL 10609
Format: Vinyl
Country: Italy
Released: 1973-09

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Air Cut > Curved Air

Artist: Curved Air
Label: Warner Bros. Records
Catalog#: K 46224
Format: Vinyl
Country: United Kingdom
Released: 1973-04
Strawberry Bricks Entry: 
Following the departure of Darryl Way and Francis Monkman, Sonja Kristina and Mike Wedgewood regrouped Curved Air, bringing in two young prodigies: guitarist Kirby Gregory and keyboardist Eddie Jobson, along with drummer Jim Russell, all made their debut on the 1973 album Air Cut. "Purple Speed Queen" kicks off the album driven on by Jobson's heavy organ and Gregory's up-in-the-mix guitar runs. "Elfin Boy" contrasts this completely; it's a gentle folk number with Kristina's voice to the fore.

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All Our Own Work > Strawbs

Artist: Sandy Denny And Strawbs
Label: Pickwick
Catalog#: SPI-7019
Format: Vinyl
Country: United Kingdom
Released: 1973

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Alphataurus > Alphataurus

Artist: Alphataurus
Label: Magma
Catalog#: MAGL 18001
Format: Vinyl
Country: Italy
Released: 1973

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Angel's Egg (Radio Gnome Invisible Part 2) > Gong

Artist: Gong
Label: Virgin
Catalog#: V 2007
Format: Vinyl
Country: United Kingdom
Released: 1973
Strawberry Bricks Entry: 
While Daevid Allen and Gilli Smyth were off in Majorca, the core of Tim Blake, Steve Hillage and Didier Malherbe, with newcomers Mike Howlett on bass and Pierre Moerlen on drums spent the spring touring France as Paragong. When the couple returned, this "classic" lineup completed their first UK tour in the summer, then returned to France to record the second installment of the Radio Gnome trilogy. In terms of musical composition, the album is one of the more democratic with all members participating, but the story is once again all Allen's.

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