Bangor Flying Circus

Bangor Flying Circus | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 28, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: One Way Records Inc
• ASIN: B000002R3O
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #204,405 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Violent Man

2. Come On People

3. Ode To Sadness

4. Concerto For Clouds

5. A Change In Our Lives

6. Someday I'll Find

7. Mama Don't You Know (That Your Daughter's Acting Mighty Strange)

8. In the Woods

9. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars After 30 years still my favorite group and album of all time, December 12, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Bangor Flying Circus (Audio CD)

Bangor Flying Circus was way ahead of its time! These Chicago area music vets did Beatle-esque material (e.g. Norwegian Wood on the album) and also rocked with the best. They were an original "power trio" and I had the pleasure of seeing them live several times! Long live the "Circus"!!! I urge anyone who likes progressive rock for the ages to listen to this CD.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great band..., September 9, 2008

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Paul Scarpelli "Rocco Vaselino" (Ivins, UT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bangor Flying Circus (Audio CD)

Bangor Flying Circus was an amazing ensemble both from a writing and playing perspective, with three virtuosos; "Hawk" Wolinski, "Addison Al" DeCarlo, and one of the finest drummers to ever live, Mike Tegza. Mike was replaced by drum technician Ross Salamone, and as strong as Ross was, the band was never as satisfying when they became Madura. As a fellow drummer from Chicago (I joined The Shadows of Knight about a year after "Hawk" left the band), I would buy any recording that had Tegza on it.

I hope these three guys are alive and well and still playing music; if not together, at least somewhere.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jazz-rock at its best, January 2, 2003

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Mark W. Mckenzie (Cary, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bangor Flying Circus (Audio CD)

This is the band that inspired me to pick up the guitar and become a musician. I saw them in concert several times in the late 60's. This album contains some the hottest and most tasteful jazz-rock guitar solos I've ever heard. The writing and arranging is excellent. The band really cooks on everything. Their smoking arrangement of "Norwegian Wood" has some awesome drum fills.

I've got this on vinyl, but I don't own this remastered edition, so I can only vouch for the origin peformance, but it's first-rate. If you enjoy guitar players like Terry Kath and Frank Zappa, you really should check this one out.