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Progressive Rock
1976
320kb mp3


Tracklist: 1976 Sympathy

01. Sympathy (02:48)
02. You Went Away (04:42)
03. Nature's Fruit (02:37)
04. Bird On A Wing (04:20)
05. What You Want To Know (05:59)
06. Beautiful Scarlet (05:44)
07. Hammerhead (03:32)
08. I'm Thinking (05:38)
09. As Your Mind Flies By (05:51)

Total Time: 41 min 11 sec

Rare Bird was a progressive rock band founded in 1969. They were formed in England, but had more success in other European countries than they did at home. They are mostly remembered for the haunting, organ based track "Sympathy". It sold one million copies globally.

RARE BIRD is a quartet that relied heavily on keyboards as both Kafinetti and Field played together, the former on piano and synthesizers and the latter on organ - much like PROCOL HARUM and later on GREENSLADE. They had a hit with "Sympathy" in the UK but were more successful in Continental Europe where they became quite popular, their sound often reminding us of BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST. This double keyboard attack held no place for a guitarist until Field left along with the drummer Ashton and another keyboard player Lamb. This change occurred as they switched to Polydor label and they took on a guitar player, and played a harder rock with some funky lines. Nic Potter of VDGG played on two albums of the second line-up and John Wetton guested on one.