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Catapilla

Changes

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The second and last album by the English band Catapilla, released by Vertigo in 1972 in a die-cut sleeve: four long tracks of jazz-rock with Anna Meek's vocals and Robert Calvert's saxophones over organ and guitar.

Catapilla was an English group built around guitarist Graham Wilson, saxophonist Robert Calvert and singer Anna Meek. For Changes, their second album, the band was rebuilt around them with Brian Hanson on drums, Carl Wassard on bass and Ralph Rolinson on organ and electric piano. Produced by Colin Caldwell, it came out on Vertigo in June 1972, and the group broke up shortly after.

There are only four tracks, two of them past the twelve-minute mark. Calvert's saxophones, often electrically treated, carry the long improvised sections, while Meek, who wrote all the lyrics, sings over them. The music sits between the heavier progressive rock of the early Vertigo roster and British jazz-rock, with hypnotic, repeated bass and organ figures under the soloists.

Japanese CD reissue by Belle Antique in a gatefold die-cut mini LP replica with obi and Japanese liner notes, SHM-CD, remastered.

Details
Cat. number: BELLE 193072
Year: 2019

Release notes

Packaged in a gatefold die-cut mini LP sleeve with obi, Japanese liner notes and cloth CD sleeve in a resealable clear plastic sleeve. Made in Japan.

Tracklist
1Reflections12:14
2Charing Cross6:48
3Thank Christ For George12:11
4It Could Only Happen To Me6:56
Credits
Izumi Idogawa
Artwork [CD Artwork Coordinator], Coordinator [CD Artwork Coordinator]
Martin Dean
Design
Brian Hanson
Drums
Carl Wassard
Electric Bass
Graham Wilson
Guitar
Mark Brennan
Liner Notes
Anna B. Meek
Lyrics By, Vocals
Ralph Rolinson
Organ, Electric Piano
George Wlodzimier Borkowski
Other [Titles]
Colin Caldwell
Producer
Kazuo Ogino
Remastered By [Digitally]
Robert Calvert
Saxophone [Electric And Acoustic], Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone

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