SKY
3
(1981)
Made shortly after Francis Monkman's replacement by Steve Gray,
this album was an indication of things to come: fewer serious weighty
pieces and more of a jazz feel and sound, obvious from the first few tracks.
The highlights are those pieces which would remain in SKY's repertoire
for the remainder of their performing career, namely "Hello" (Steve's turn at the simple tune),
"Meheeco" and "Westwind". "Dance Of The Big Fairies", as the name indicates,
was a bit of silliness, and John proves himselves a fine arranger for this particular combo with his take on Handel.
1. The Grace 4'53
(Herbie Flowers)
2. Chiropodie No. 1 6'23
(Herbie Flowers / Kevin Peek)
3. West Wind 3'04
(Kevin Peek)
4. Sarabande 4'12
(George Frideric Handel, Arr. John Williams)
5. Connecting Rooms 3'04
(Tristan Fry)
6. Moonroof 4'07
(Kevin Peek)
7. Sister Rose 4'34
(Steve Gray)
8. Hello 4'14
(Steve Gray)
9. Dance Of The Big Fairies 3'25
(Herbie Flowers / Kevin Peek)
10. Meheeco 6'35
(Herbie Flowers / Steve Gray)
11. Keep Me Safe And Keep Me Warm,
Shelter Me From Darkness 0'57
(Herbie Flowers)
Total Time: 45:28
John Williams - Ovation Classical Guitars, Fleta Spanish Guitar, Gibson Les Paul Guitar
Kevin Peek - Ovation Classical Guitar, Adanas Acoustic Guitar, Fender Stratocaster Guitar, Gibson LSS Guitar
Steve Gray - Oberheim OBI Synthesizer, Oberheim OBX Synthesizer, Prophet 5 Synthesizer, Steinway Acoustic Grand Piano, Harpsihord, Electric Clavinet
Herbie Flowers - Bass Guitar, Double Bass, Tuba (Becsey & Hawkes, of couse)
Tristan Fry - Premier Drum Kit, Percussion, Waterphone, Premier Marimba, Premier Vibraphone
Produced by SKY / Tony Clark / Haydn Bendall /
Mastered by: Malcolm Davies
Photography by: Ray Massey
Cover Design by: Peter Parker, Philip Bergman
Published by: MARTIN-COULTER MUSIC / SKY WRITING (Publishing) Ltd.
Recorded and Mixed at STUDIO 3, EMI, Abbey Road
Last year -1980- was both highly memorable and contrasting - our first
double album; the opportunities to tour abroad with all our crew who had already contributed so much to our career; the first
appearance of Herbie masquerading as Noddy (!) and, also in October, Francis Monkman's decision to leave the band.
What he gave SKY as a founder member, a composer and our keyboard player is there for everyone to hear on our first two records and we'd like to express our gratitude
to him for everything and wish him well in the future. Equally we now all very much want to publicity welcome Steve Gray who is not in any way a facsimile of Francis u is as you can hear, quite different and who has already given us progression as well as continuity in areas
PLT and SKY
©1981 ARIOLA RECORDS LIMITED
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