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It'll All Work out in Boomland [Vinyl]

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T2, just like Emerson, Lake & Palmer, was one of those prog rock bands that got one of their first public exposures at the Isle of Wight Festival in August 1970. While ELP had became one of the most recognized figures in prog the world over with chart topping albums and songs that used to receive regular FM radio airplay, T2 more went the way of Cressida, Gracious, Spring, etc. by quickly vanishing in to obscurity and making their albums quite rare and sought after. "It'll All Work Out In Boomland", originally released in 1970 on Decca in the UK and London here in the US, was T2 one and only album released during their lifetime (I believe a never before released second album called Fantasy surfaced on CD just a few years back). The band consisted of guitarist and keyboardist Keith Cross, drummer and vocalist Peter Dunton, and bassist Bernard Jinks. Apparently Keith Cross was just 17 at the time of this album, but he played guitar like a seasoned vetaran. The music is mostly high energy guitar jams. Peter Dunton's vocals seem unusually quiet for such loud music, his vocals work best on the second cut, "J.L.T.", which is a more laid back cut. The rest of the album is much more typical early '70s prog rock with some unbelievable intesity, that is "No More White Horses", "In Circles", and the side length "Morning". At first I was a bit disappointed with the album as it's pretty obvious who was the center of this album: Keith Cross' guitar where it was obvious he was just showing off, but then I really become to appreciate this album. If you're a keyboard lover, look elsewhere, the only keyboard I notice here is piano, there might be Mellotron on "J.L.T.", but it could be real strings (the album credits don't say). If you like mindblowing intense guitar-oriented prog rock, be sure to give "It'll All Work Out in Boomland" a try.

This amazing early progressive rock album has great guitar work, vocal harmonies and wonderful orchestration. As this album originally recorded in 1970, it's not an old-fashioned stuff. Essentially T2 were formed in early 1970 as a power trio like The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cream and Budgie. (their guitar player Keith Cross was only seventeen at that time and being hailed as the new Eric Clapton) But this album has a unique blend of various musical styles. They played as one, with great emotional intensity and sounded like no one else. Their music goes through constant changes of light and shade, from wistful acoustic whisper to thunderous roars of anger, creating great musical tension on the way. The reissue CD features extra BBC sessions

cracking british power trio progressive album that was a cult in 1970 and has been ever since. Think early moodies / king crimson but more riffy, fabulous guitar-hero solos from kieth cross (whatever happened to..)melodic, well structured, powerful - four long tracks but they never flag (no drum solos). Thier only recorded work, vinyl copy has been top-notch rarity in the UK for years, and for once the sounds live up to the pricetag. This Japanese edition is clearly a labour of love - exquisite mini cardboard replica sleeve and superbly mastered, loud and clear - why can't all CD reissues be done this way?

T2 gets lumped with Cressida and Fantasy--two other great Enligsh prog bands far too few know about. This makes sense. T2 uses strings and carefully constructed compositions to create extremely tasteful art rock. It is a shame ELP and Genisis got so big where much better bands like these are talked about today by about 10,000 people on the planet who are shocked when someone else knows of them.

But what made T2 different from their Cressida and Fantasy is their use of the blues. Where those two bands wrote in complex changes, T2 took blues structres, then mudated them into symphonic grandure. The first track could almost be a John Lee Hooker romp, and even big constructions like "No More White Horses" have a blues base.

This does not take away from the sheer elegance of this music, but makes it even more facinating. Take a simple form, and build on it with tasteful, clean and unique arrangments.

Fantastic album that holds up better than any radio 70s prog I know.

Like their self-titled album, this effort was first released in 1970 and from the first listen, I could tell you that 'It'll All Work' is DEFINITELY one of those many 'great' lesser-known albums that most of us have never heard. Tunes here I couldn't get enough of were "J. T. L.", "No More White Horses", the twenty-one minute (unknown) true progressive classic "Morning" and one of this reissue's two bonus cuts - the incredible rocker "CD". Whoa! This disc really (sort of) threw me for a loop. Should appeal to fans of maybe Ten Years After, Free but more likely Atomic Rooster and Freedom. A must-have.

Solo decir que, para mi, es un disco extraordinario desde el punto de vista instrumental y melodico. Una joyita del progresivo, que sin ser agresivo ni rebuscado, tiene una fuerza increible.

THIS IS A PSYCHEDELIC ROCK MASTERPIECE. FEEL 70'S HIPPIE EMOTIONS AND SPIRIT DEEPLY

I'm sorry,but akarma has messed this up badly .The last track is supposed to be 20 minutes long. Who goofed? Don' t buy this rip-off.

An interesting hard rock/progressive rock band T2 was with this album- the songs are almost immediately enjoyable, and the songwriting is definitely a few notches above average. A really good band. Maybe the fact each and every song has such a lengthy time is the reason more people weren't willing to give them a chance. Honestly though, the music is quite melodic and should be worth your time if you're interested in discovering old forgotten rock bands. T2 made melodic music with this album.

I would have liked to see this band make it big. These guys have a way with variety in their instrumental choices that makes me really want to recommend them to everyone who admires talent when they hear it, and T2 certainly fits the description.

Also, they have a way with SCORCHING guitar playing when they feel like it. The guitar playing really rocks the house down. I really like the jazzy parts of the album, and the moody (quiet) parts are always melodic and interesting. So yeah, this is a great band that unfortunately fell victim to not much success.

It'll All Work out in BoomlandIt'll All Work out in Boomland, es un disco formidable de inicio de loa setenta. Una combinación magnifica de potencia y melodía. El trío ingles T2, pese a la calidad del disco, fue ignorado por mucho tiempo, sin embargo, tanto la critica como su pequeña secta de seguidores, lo consideran como uno de los grandes tesoros del rock progresivo. En efecto, se trata de los llamados tríos de poder. Su estilo permite la práctica de duelos formidables entre bajo y guitarra o esta con teclados, mientras los vocales entran y salen cómodos en cada fragmento. Destaca los cortes "Morning', " Cicles' y la clásica inmortal "White Horses'. Esperemos que con las recientes reediciones de esta joya, saquemos del olvido discos excepcionales como este. Juvenal Aragón. México