Echoes In The Night

Gary Brooker | Format: Vinyl

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• Vinyl
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B000VU32NG
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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Gary Brooker " Echoes In The Night " Polygram Reocrds 1985 Full Length LP Release

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Almost Procol Harum!, March 23, 2005

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Bill Board (God's Wrath, Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Echoes in the Night (Audio CD)

There being no description of the cd or a listing of the songs hereon, I guess my "review" would be sort of superfluous. Of all GB's solo albums, the this probably the most "Procol" of them all, with Matthew Fisher producing and providing a twin-keyboard attack with The Commander - PLUS, this album/cd contains what is probably the final tracks the absolutely irreplaceable drummer Barrie J. Wilson played. With the exception of the 5 tracks that Procol Harum's lyricist-in-residence, Keith Reid, contributed, "Echoes In The Night" is sort of weak. The title track, "Ghost Train," and "The Long Goodbye" (which has since become a Procol Harum staple)are the strongest tracks. One can't help but think how the 5 Keith Reid songs would've sounded so much better within a Procol Harum milieu.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good and a half, July 31, 2011

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Bill Your 'Free Form FM Handi Cyber Print DJ ... (Mahwah, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ECHOES IN THE NIGHT (Vinyl)

If you were in one of the 1960's greatest psych/prog bands, what do you do in 1985?

If Gary Booker, the same sound on different instruments. Most of the tracks here have the same type of chord structure that you would hear on most Procal Harum albums. But this was 1985, 1969, and synthesizers and booming production was the order of the day

Which does not make as big an impact as you may think. The tracks royal feel actually allows the big 1980's sounds to contribute, not detract from their performance. Harum alwaus had a grand sound, and the big synths and big drums, while absolutely 1980a, actually work in creating this nuance. Booker's voice as soulful and powerful as when it made Harum one of the 1960s best band, and his vocal strength is mixed well here.'

There is modern and their is vapidly slick, and, perhaps surprisingly, Booker walks on the modern side with no danger of ever crossing the line

4.0 out of 5 stars Brooker works with key former Procol Harum members on second solo album, February 6, 2012

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This review is from: Echoes in the Night (Audio CD)

Gary Brooker's "Echoes in the Night" isn't Brooker's best album (it's buried a bit too much in sythesizers and sythedrums for my taste) but the songwriting and performances are, as with all of Brooker's albums, quite good.
Working with long time Procol Harum members Matthew Fisher and the late B. J. Wilson.

"Echoes in the Night" has a number of strong songs on it some of which recall the majesty and experimental nature of Procol Harum (particularly "Mr. Blue Day" with its use of an orchestra that recalls some of Procol Harum's more ambitious live orchestral pairings)and Brooker is in fine voice throughout the album.

Collaborating with long time lyricist Keith Reid, Brooker is more often than not able to recapture the magic that made Procol Harum special although Robin Trower's biting guitar work (Eric Clapton appears on the opening track "Count Me Out" playing a pretty powerful solo)and later member Chris Copping on bass playing is missed, this is a fine album.

There's also an edition out there with a bonus track a track entitled "Summer Nights" and, if you can find it, it's worth picking up for that additional fine bonus track.