Dantalian's Chariot: Chariot Rising 1967 (Reissue 1996)

              

 

There are bands not nearly as interesting or inventive from the same period, who also sang about the

catholic stuff related to all humans: shadows, loneliness, autumn, alienation, heartsickness, out-of-mind states, daytripping, and so on - in the words of Vonnegut. What Chariot Rising manages to accomplish over others is pretty simple, really: genuinely novel songs, including two or three of the best from the 1960s loosely gathered UK psych pop-rock milieu.
                             

Dantalian's Chariot were a British psychedelic pop band formed in 1967, led by keyboardist and bandleader Zoot Money, and also featuring Andy Summers (later of The Police). They are best

remembered for their single "Madman Running Through the Fields", and for their live performances, which featured early psychedelic light shows. The band would all wear white robes and kaftans in concert, with all of their equipment painted white, to heighten the effect of these light shows. The group disbanded in April 1968, with Money going on to join Eric Burdon & The Animals and Summers joining Soft Machine.
                       

From the band's first recording sessions, EMI released the single "Madman Running Through the Fields" in September 1967 on their Columbia label. Money commented, many years later: "Madman was a description of our personal experiences, and the subsequent self-revelations

brought about by hallucinogenics... The verse is the voice of the taker, the one who's dropped the acid, and the chorus is him being observed by a second party - "Isn't that the madman running through the fields?" A puzzled onlooker - much like the audiences at the time." Despite some critical support, the record failed to reach the UK Singles Chart. However, the song's reputation has grown over the years, prompting journalist Nick James to note in Record Collector magazine that "nowadays, the record is rightly regarded as one of the essential works of the era."
                                  

Dantalian's Chariot – 1996 - Chariot Rising
Label: Wooden Hill – WHCD0051996 Reissuse:1996 
Format: CD, Album
Country: UK
Released: (Originally recorded 1967)
Genre: Rock
Style: Psychedelic Rock, Pop Rock
                                  

TRACKS

              

01. Madman Running Through The Fields    4:09
02. World War Three    4:06
03. This Island    3:53
04. Fourpenny Bus Ride    3:40
05. Four Firemen    3:27
06. Sun Came Bursting Through My Cloud    3:03
07. Recapture The Thrill    3:51
08. Soma (Written-By – Jarazbhoy)   6:10
09. Coffee Song    2:46
10. High Flying Bird    3:42

LINE - UP

                     

Lead Vocals, Piano, Organ – Zoot Money
Backing Vocals – Ray Smith, Tony Colton
Bass, Vocals – Pat Donaldson
Drums, Percussion, Vocals – Colin Allen
Flute, Saxophone – Nick Newall
Guitar, Sitar, Vocals – Andy Somers
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Geoff Condon
Written-By – Somers (tracks: 1 to 5, 8, 10), Money (tracks: 1 to 5, 10), Smith (tracks: 6, 7, 9), Colton (tracks: 6, 7, 9)

NOTES

                         

All tracks recorded 1967.
This Release © Wooden Hill, 1996. Wooden Hill, 48 Armdale Rd., Woking, Surrey GU21 3LB, England.
Special thanks to Jon Newey, Phil Smee, Mathias Buck, Jo Mirowski, Steve Emery, and of course, Zoot Money.
Track running order on this CD version is different from original 1995 compilation LP version, and Track 3 "This Island" is a bonus track that was not included on that either.

Flac Size: 194 MB