Gestalt

by Clark Hutchinson

Gestalt cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: November 1971
  • Label: Deram
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 39:30
  • Community rating: 3.52/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Coverley, Colin Cauldwell, Andy Clark

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Transitioning away from their earlier acoustic blues and raga experiments, the British duo expanded into a full-band format for 'Gestalt'. The record embraces a heavier, more complex progressive rock sound, defined by intricate guitar interplay and sprawling, jam-oriented song structures. Despite its ambitious sonic evolution, the album failed to garner significant commercial traction.

Genres

Tracklist

  1. Man's Best Friend (5:50)
  2. Love Is The Light (5:57)
  3. The Light Burns On (2:35)
  4. Come Up Here (2:58)
  5. Disorientated Part One (1:50)
  6. Boat In The Morning Mist (4:37)
  7. Oriented (1:46)
  8. First Reminder (5:18)
  9. Mix Elixir (3:00)
  10. Poison (4:14)
  11. Disorientated Part Two As Disorientated Part One (1:21)

Credits

  • Mick Hutchinson - acoustic guitar [spanish], electric guitar [lead], rhythm guitar, lead guitar, electric guitar [rhythm, lead], steel guitar, rhythm guitar [string], lead guitar [spanish], lead guitar, bass guitar, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, percussion, electric guitar [gibson stereo], acoustic guitar [ramirez class one a]
  • Coverley - drums, percussion, drums [ludwig]

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