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Secret Oyster: Sea Son

Read "Sea Son" reviewed by John Kelman


For the second in a series of overdue CD reissues from the 1970s Danish progressive/fusion group Secret Oyster, The Laser's Edge has chosen 1975's Sea Son. In contrast to the through-composed approach of the 1976 ballet score of Vidunderlige Kælling, Sea Son accurately mirrors the unit's improvisation-centric live performances.

Sea Son, Secret Oyster's second release, featured a different rhythm section and consequently took on a harder rock edge than the group's 1974 debut, Furtive Pearl. While Secret Oyster didn't demonstrate ...

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Secret Oyster: Vidunderlige Kaelling

Read "Vidunderlige Kaelling" reviewed by John Kelman


Secret Oyster--a supergroup in Denmark during its short lifespan in the mid-1970s, having emerged from the remnants of a number of other locally successful progressive rock bands--generally leaned more towards the fusion of Mahavishnu Orchestra, Nucleus, and Bitches Brew-era Miles. Still, when recruited to provide music for a Royal Danish Ballet project based on the erotic poetry of Jens August Schade, the quintet demonstrated surprising restraint, substituting detailed through-composition for the more solo-intensive approach manifested on albums like Sea Son ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Live In The USA 2007

Edition Records
2008

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Sea Son

The Laser's Edge
2006

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Vidunderlige Kaelling

The Laser's Edge
2005

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Straight To The...

Edition Records
1976

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Astarte

Edition Records
1976

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Vidunderlige Kælling

Edition Records
1975

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