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Polyandri

Artist: Group 1850
Label: Rubber Records (6)
Catalog#: RR 1851
Format: Vinyl
Country: Netherlands
Released: 1975
Tracklist
A1 Jojo 1:34
  Notes:

Dolf Geldof - Bass
Paul Van Wageningen - Drums
Leo Bennink - Guitar
Peter Sjardin - Organ [Organisor], Piano

A2 Between Eighteen And Fifty Part: 1850 2:57
  Notes:

Dolf Geldof - Bass
Martin Van Duynhoven - Drums
Dave Duba - Guitar
Peter Sjardin - Organ [Organisor]

A3 Flower Garden 0:32
  Notes:

Maarten Lucas Troost - Piano, Voice

A4 Thousand Years Before 4:35
  Notes:

Dolf Geldof - Bass
Martin Van Duynhoven - Drums
Dave Duba - Guitar
Peter Sjardin - Organ [Organisor], Piano, Voice

A5 Starfighter 2:29
  Notes:

Dolf Geldof - Bass
Paul Van Wageningen - Drums
Leo Bennink - Guitar
Peter Sjardin - Organ [Organisor]

A6 Silver Earring 4:10
  Notes:

Dolf Geldof - Bass
Martin Van Duynhoven - Drums
Sjoerd Koppert - Effects [Revox]
Barry Hay - Flute
Peter Sjardin - Organ [Organisor]

A7 Patience 2:48
  Notes:

Dolf Geldof - Bass
Martin Van Duynhoven - Drums
Frank Van Der Kloot - Guitar
Peter Sjardin - Organ [Organisor], Piano, Voice

B1 U.S.S.R. Gossip 5:03
  Notes:

Dolf Geldof - Bass
Nippy Noya - Congas
Martin Van Duynhoven - Drums, Cowbell, Performer [Trunk]
Dave Duba - Guitar
Peter Sjardin - Organ [Organisor], Performer [Trunk], Tambourine, Voice
Hans Dulfer - Saxophone
Robby (17) - Tambourine

B2 Cages 5:23
  Notes:

Dolf Geldof - Bass
Martin Van Duynhoven - Drums
Peter Sjardin - Organ [Organisor]

B3 Avant Les Pericles 6:19
  Notes:

Martin Van Duynhoven - Drums
Peter Sjardin - Organ [Organisor]
Hans Dulfer - Saxophone, Sounds

B4 Pumping Up The Rubber Trees 3:11
  Notes:

Dolf Geldof - Bass
Paul Van Wageningen - Drums
Leo Bennink - Guitar [Main]
Mark Boon - Guitar [Solo]
Peter Sjardin - Organ [Organisor], Voice

Credits

Robby (17) - Art Direction, Design
Peter Sjardin - Composed By, Producer

Notes

All selections composed and produced for Orange Upstairs Organization.
Main recordings January 1974
Studio's: Rainbow, Artisound Wenckebachweg 81 Adam
Including inlay and plastic sleeve.

Strawberry Bricks Entry: 
Formed in The Hague, Netherlands in the early 60s, Groep 1850—or rather, Group 1850—was one of the Netherlands' early rock groups. Early singles earned the band the attention of Philips Records; and in late 1968, that gave way to a full-blown acid classic, Agemo's Trip to Mother Earth. Written by keyboardist Peter Sjardin and guitarist Daniel van Bergen, the album is very much of the era, and one that embraces both the good and bad of psychedelia; the sound lies somewhere between the West Coast acid rock and London's psychedelia. A second album followed in 1969, with drummer Martin van Duynhoven, guitarist Dave Duba and bassist Dave Geldof in the fold. However, this would be the band's last recording for some time. By the early 70s, the group (minus van Bergen) had an altogether different vibe, and live recordings reveal long-form jamming based around Sjardin's keyboards. Seemingly out of nowhere, a new album appeared on the small Rubber Records in 1975. Titled Polyandri, it's a very different animal than its 60s brethren. Closer in vibe to Gong, the album embraces psychedelia's natural progression towards space rock. Written and produced (or as the liner notes put it, "organised") by Sjardin, there's still plenty of acid fun here, but the groove of "Thousand Years Before" is positively electric, fueled by Duba's guitar. "Silver Earring" adds a flute from Golden Earring's Barry Hay, but it's Geldof's bass line that steals the show. "Patience" has a near-krautrock vibe that flows through to "Cages." "Avant Le Pericles" even ventures toward the ambient, with a pulsing organ floating throughout the soundscape, accented by Hans Dulfer's sax. All in all, the band offers an excellent album of space rock; but unfortunately, also one that got lost in the annals of time. Aside from a couple of live albums in the mid-70s, little else was heard again from Group 1850 or its members.
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