Home ?– The Alchemist 1973y. UK-1 press , ( NM/NM) Concept Prog.Rock.
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Home ?– The Alchemist
Label: CBS ?– S 65550, CBS ?– 65550 Format: Vinyl, LP, Mispress, GatefoldCountry: UK Released: 1973 Genre: Rock Style: Prog Rock vinyl: listen very carefully,(EX+)to(NM). Great sound.Cover: (NM)
Tracklist
A1 Schooldays A2 The Old Man Dying A3 Time Passes By A4 The Old Man Calling (Save The People) A5 The Disaster A6 The Sun’s Revenge B1 A Secret To Keep B2 The Brass Band Played B3 Rejoicing B4 The Disaster Returns (Devastation) B5 The Death Of The Alchemist B6 The AlchemistCredits
- Art Direction, Design – Roslav Szaybo
- Bass Guitar, Vocals, Music By – Cliff Williams
- Drums, Percussion [Various], Music By – Mick (Cookie) Cook*
- Engineer [1st, Rockfield Studios Recording] – Pat Moran
- Engineer [1st, Trident Studios Mix] – Mike Stone
- Engineer [1st, Trident Studios Recording] – Ted Sharp
- Illustration – William Rankin (3)
- Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Steel Guitar, Vocals, Music By – Laurie Wisefield
- Lead Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Music By – Mick Stubbs
- Liner Notes, Lyrics By, Words By [Story] – David Skillin
- Photography – John Brown
- Piano, Organ, Mellotron, Synthesizer, Vocals, Arranged By [All Keyboard] – Jimmy Anderson (8)
- Producer, Engineer – John Anthony
- Typography – Hundred Percent Studio
- Words By [Story] – Micky Stubbs*
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Stamped Side A): 65550 A1
- Matrix / Runout (Etched Side A): MIKIP
- Matrix / Runout (Stamped Side B): 65550 B1
- Of their three albums, Home's The Alchemist is the most well known, in large part because it was a progressive rock concept album. Even as prog rock concept albums go, it's still pretty obscure, but it's bound to interest prog rock collectors as an elaborate recording with similarities to the music of some other, more famous British art rock bands of the period. To roughly summarize, The Alchemist is the story of a young boy given magical powers by a dying man, warning of and then saving his hometown from a catastrophe. The alchemist who acts as a hero of the story dies at the end, for good measure. In common with some other rock concept albums of the period, then, it's a fanciful thread upon which to hang a record. The music integrates some British folkiness with blends of proficient versatile guitar (byLaurie Wisefield), then-futuristic keyboard sounds (by non-member Jimmy Anderson), and passages that range in mood from the pastoral to the verging-on-bombastic. Some spiraling guitar lines in particular recall Steve Howe's work, and while the ambition is admirable and the playing accomplished, the vocals are less impressive. Too, the songs are not individually memorable in the way that tunes from concept albums by the Who, or tunes from non-concept albums by the likes of Yesand Genesis, were. The CD reissue on Esoteric adds historical liner notes, both sides of a non-LP 1974 single, and a previously unreleased track.
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