Listen and discover: They Play Like Kings.Review: Welcome Inside the Brain - Queen of the Day Flies.Related artist(s): Elton Dean, Phil Miller, Dave Stewart, National Health, Pip Pyle, John Greaves, Alan Gowen, Annie Whitehead While this reissue is adeqaute in and of itself, a better choice would be National Health Complete, a 2CD set containing all three albums in their entirety with some bonus tracks.įiled under: Reissues, Isreleases, 1982 recordings Some of the instrumentation makes certain tracks hard to bear - cheesy early-80s synths, primitive electronic drums, poor horn arrangements, etc., but several standout tracks (like 'Toad of Toad Hall,' 'Portrait of a Shrinking Man,' and 'Shining Water') make the album worth owning, especially for Canterbury freaks. Although the material is perhaps jazzier than ever before, it is still firmly rooted in the bittersweet Canterbury style. whats the difference between dc al fine and ds al fine, and dc al coda and ds al coda Four answers: Mamianka 9 years ago Either way - you are going to be jumping to the Coda when you see the sign to do so - words 'to Coda'and/or sign that looks like a gunsight with crosshairs. Musically, the album doesn't quite measure up to the previous two National Health releases, but that is largely due to the times and technology and not the songwriting.

Several notable guests appear as well, including Amanda Parsons (Hatfield and the North), Barbara Gaskin (who's been working with Stewart ever since), Jimmy Hastings (Caravan), and Richard Sinclair (Caravan). Sometimes they may stand alone, such as 'DC' or 'DS', and sometimes they'll have 'DC al CODA,' 'DS al CODA,' DC al Fine' and 'DS al Fine. Both of these words instruct the musician where he/she should go after the repeat. The remaining band was Phil Miller (guitar), Dave Stewart (keyboards), John Greaves (bass), and Pip Pyle (drums). The DC says al coda, and the DS says al fine.

al Coda ( Blueprint BP129CD, 1982/2001, CD)Īfter passing away in May of 1981, Alan Gowen's last band National Health went on to record this, their third album, comprised entirely of material Alan had put to paper but never recorded. al coda, or da capo al coda, literally means from the head beginning to the coda.

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