A Story Ended

by Dick Heckstall-Smith

A Story Ended cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: June 1972
  • Label: Bronze
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:10:25
  • Community rating: 3.77/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Following the collapse of Colosseum, the acclaimed British saxophonist enlisted a formidable roster of progressive and jazz-rock luminaries for his solo debut. The complex, highly demanding compositions bridge robust jazz improvisation with heavy rhythm-and-blues dynamics, showcasing his distinctive dual-saxophone technique and formidable compositional ambition.

Genres

Descriptors: fusion, experimental, saxophone, storytelling, live

Tracklist

  1. Future Song (4:07)
  2. Crabs (5:12)
  3. Moses in the Bullrushourses (Live) (3:40)
  4. What the Morning Was After (5:30)
  5. The Pirate's Dream (Live) (11:09)
  6. Same Old Thing (6:36)
  7. Moses in the Bullrushourses (7:43)
  8. The Pirate's Dream (10:18)
  9. No Amount of Loving (Live) (9:24)
  10. I'll Go Back to Venus (3:43)
  11. I Can't Get It (2:58)

Credits

  • Dick Heckstall-Smith - primary artist, sleeve notes [uncredited], tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, soprano saxophone [electric], written-by
  • Mark Clarke - bass guitar, vocals, vocals, bass guitar
  • Rob Tait - drums
  • Chris Spedding - electric guitar
  • Caleb Quaye - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Dave Greenslade - piano
  • Gordon Beck - piano
  • Graham Bond - piano, organ, synthesizer [moog], vocals, organ, vocals

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