Third Ear Band
Third Ear Band were a British musical group formed in London during the mid-1960s. Their line-up initially consisted of violin, cello, oboe and percussion. Most of their performances were instrumental and partly improvised. Nevertheless, their records for the Harvest label, Alchemy and Third Ear Band, achieved some popularity, after which they found some success creating soundtrack music for films.
Third Ear Band were a British musical group formed in London during the mid-1960s. Their line-up initially consisted of violin, cello, oboe and percussion. Most of their performances were instrumental and partly improvised. Nevertheless, their records for the Harvest label, Alchemy and Third Ear Band, achieved some popularity, after which they found some success creating soundtrack music for films.
Druid One - Live at Essen Pop & Blues Festival 1970
Big Tip! From 1969 to 1972, Third Ear Band released three albums on the progressive Harvest label, of which "Music From Macbeth" (1972) was the best known and most commercially successful. On April 24, 1970, the Third Ear Band performed at the 2nd Essen Pop & Blues Festival. For some reason, they did not appear on the official poster for the event or in the festival program. The line-up was packed with acts like The Flock, Ekseption, Rhinocerous, The Groundhogs, It"s A Beautiful Day and the stil…
Elements 1970-1971
* Original gatefold artwork. Insert with notes and images. * Eerie, dissonant and hypnotic, Third Ear Band sounded like no one else on the British underground scene. Their second album - often referred to as 'Elements' - was released in June 1970. Spanning classical, jazz and folk, with clear original influences, it's a lost classic that's reissued here in its original gatefold artwork and with an insert offering images and background info. Formed in 1968 around a nucleus of Glen Sweeney (percus…
Mosaics: The Albums 1969-1972
* New Re-mastered 3CD box of the classic albums by Third Ear Band released between 1969 & 1972* Third Ear Band emerged in 1967 from the Ladbroke Grove/Notting Hill counterculture scene. Saxophonist/flautist Dave Tomlin teamed up with jazz drummer Glen Sweeney and bassist Roger Bunn to form an ensemble with the unlikely moniker Giant Sun Trolley to participate in the free improvisation sessions that took place at the end of the Thursday club nights at the famed UFO club. Even in these early da…
Macbeth
This 1971 darkly evocative and eerie music of Third Ear Band fitted perfectly with Roman Polanski’s cinematic vision of the acclaimed Shakespearian drama
Alchemy
**180 gram vinyl edition is a faithful reproduction of the original 1969 gatefold LP release. It has been re-mastered from the original Harvest master tapes and has been cut at Abbey Road studios for this definitive edition vinyl reissue." Formed in 1968 around a nucleus of Glen Sweeney (percussion), Paul Minns (Oboe), Richard Coff (Violin, Viola) and Ursula Smith (Cello), the Third Ear Band were unique in their exploration of exotic baroque music fused with experimental rock. Signing to Blackhi…
The Magus
The Third Ear Band burst into life within the British psychedelic scene at the end of the 60s, breaking away from the initial premises a few years later when the band’s ethnic approach yielded to external influences such as oriental raga, folk and occult spirituality. The Magus is considered the band’s fourth “missing” studio album, recorded in 1972 after the acclaimed soundtrack for Roman Polanski’s film Macbeth, but released only thirty years later. The Magus marks a further change in their mu…
Alchemy / Elements
Awesome double CD in slpcase, digitally remastered, with new liner notes. New and still factory sealed! Two-fer from the British Progressive rock band containing their first two albums originally issued on the Harvest label: Alchemy (1969) and Elements (1970). Third ear Band remains unique in the history of progressive rock. This band reveals an eclectic, colourful, inspired musical "mantra", a multi influenced musical profile and consequently difficult to classify in a specific subgenre. "Alche…
Live Ghosts
With this album , the return of the Third Ear Band became reality mostly though the realization of an italian producer and label owner of Materiali Sonori and longtime fan. Two of the four original members regrouped and added Mick Carter on guitar which was to remain for many years to come and Alan Samuel on Violin but the fourth member will often change for future albums . But the music has not change after a 15 year stop, and we are right away plunged through the usual and quasi dronal music T…