KEN HYDER'S TALISKER : Dreaming Of Glenisla

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Label: Reel Recordings

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"Drummer Ken Hyder left his Dundee, Scotland home during the summer of 1970, and headed for the London jazz scene, where he quickly found himself replacing Robert Wyatt on the vacated throne of Mal Dean's Amazing Band. Study with John Stevens led to his playing with numerous different cutting-edge musicians at John's Little Theater Club, which was the center of new music in the 1970s. Soon Hyder founded his own band, Talisker, focusing on spontaneously improvised music and traditional Scottish folk music, with both aesthetics being mutually informed. The instrumentation driven by Ken was unique: paired double bass and paired reeds (alto, tenor, clarinets) with voices and whistles. In 1975, Talisker recorded their debut album, the breathtakingly beautiful Dreaming Of Glenisla, which was released on the Virgin subsidiary, Caroline Records. By turns serene and sensuous, impassioned and celebratory, this magnificent marriage of musical styles ultimately proves seamless. However, Dreaming Of Glenisla's success was more than musical; with micro and macro-dynamics gloriously preserved, it stands among the finest acoustic recordings of its generation. This long-awaited reissue of Ken Hyder's classic album is augmented with previously unreleased studio recordings of his grand quintet, Talisker."

Tracklist
1 Dreaming Of Glenisla
Composed By ? Ken Hyder
2.1 Diddlin' For The Bairns
Composed By ? Ken Hyder
2.2 Lament For Dairmid
Arranged By ? Hyder
Composed By ? Traditional
3.1 Drum Salute
Composed By ? Ken Hyder
3.2 Lament For Mal Dean
Composed By ? Webster, Hyder
4.1 Mrs. Macleod Raasay
Arranged By ? Hyder
Composed By ? Traditional
4.2 Soldier's Song
Arranged By ? Hyder
Composed By ? Traditional
5 Ca' The Yows
Arranged By ? Hyder
Composed By ? Traditional
6 Mingulay Boat Song
Arranged By ? Hyder
Composed By ? Traditional
7 Heel An' Toe, Foot An' Moo'
Composed By ? Ken Hyder
8 Homeward
Composed By ? Ken Hyder
9 He Mandu
Arranged By ? Hyder
Composed By ? Traditional
10 Tha Cu Ban Againn
Composed By ? Rangecroft, Hyder
11 The Black Bear

Arranged By ? Hyder
Composed By ? Traditional

Credits
Alto Saxophone ? Davie Webster
Bass ? Lindsay Cooper, Marc Meggido
Drums ? Ken Hyder
Mixed By ? Dave Ruffell, Ken Hyder
Mixed By [Assistance] ? Paul Deeley
Producer [Produced In Canada By] ? Michael King
Recorded By ? Dave Ruffell
Technician [Sound Advice] ? Miki Dandy
Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet ? John Rangecroft

Notes
Tracks 1 to 8: Recorded at Saturn Studios, Worthing, June 14,15, 1975
Tracks 9 to 11: Additional Recordings, London, February 24, 1976