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Peter Gabriel > Gabriel, Peter

Artist: Peter Gabriel
Label: ATCO Records
Catalog#: SD 36-147
Format: Vinyl
Country: US
Released: 1977-02
Strawberry Bricks Entry: 
Peter Gabriel's first solo album came less than two years after his departure from Genesis. (Trainspotters, take note: His first post-Genesis release was a cover of The Beatles' "Strawberry Fields Forever" on the soundtrack for the 1976 film All This And World War II.) Gabriel teamed up with producer Bob Ezrin, then best known for his work with Alice Cooper and Lou Reed, to record the album in Toronto. Here, Gabriel sought to distance himself from his previous band and work; and apart from his distinct voice, the album indeed offers little of his past.

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Pictures > Island

Artist: Island
Label: Round Records
Catalog#: No. 01001
Format: Vinyl
Country: Switzerland
Released: 1977

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Playing The Fool > Gentle Giant

Artist: Gentle Giant
Label: Capitol Records
Catalog#: SKBB-11592
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1977-01

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Point Of Know Return > Kansas

Artist: Kansas
Label: Kirshner
Catalog#: JZ 34929
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1977
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Poised with the difficult prospect of repeating the success of the previous year's Leftoverture, Kansas continued the trend of shorter, but no less electric, songs. Their follow-up album, Point Of Know Return, again produced by Jeff Glixman, fortunately charted a similar course, reaching the US No. 4 and again earning multi-platinum sales status.

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Pompeii > Triumvirat

Artist: The New Triumvirat
Label: Capitol Records
Catalog#: ST-11697
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1977

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Quark, Strangeness And Charm > Hawkwind

Artist: Hawkwind
Label: Sire
Catalog#: SRK 6047
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1977
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Coming into 1977, Alan Powell, Paul Rudolph and Nik Turner were given the boot from Hawkwind following a failed coup orchestrated by Turner. Retaining Simon House and Simon King, Dave Brock and Robert Calvert recruited Adrian Shaw on bass to complete the new lineup. Released in 1977, Quark Strangeness and Charm proves the Brock/Calvert songwriting team had hit their stride; and musically, Hawkwind is at its most progressive.

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Ra > Utopia

Artist: Utopia
Label: Bearsville
Catalog#: BR 6965
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1977

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Rain Dances > Camel

Artist: Camel
Label: Janus Records
Catalog#: JXS-7035
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1977
Strawberry Bricks Entry: 
After the departure of Doug Ferguson, Camel entered the studio in 1977 with Andrew Latimer doubling on bass. However, Latimer vacated the role, as bassist Richard Sinclair finally took the call, providing a tenuous link to the Canterbury scene. Saxophonist Mel Collins, having first been a guest on the preceding tour, also joined the band as a full-fledged member.

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Rare Birds > Hoelderlin

Artist: Hoelderlin
Label: Spiegelei
Catalog#: INT 160.608
Format: Vinyl
Country: Germany
Released: 1977
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At the beginning of the year, Christian von Grumbkow put down his guitar to become the band's manager (although he would continue to provide lyrics for their music). Spaniard Pablo Weeber, on a recommendation by Guru Guru, took his place, adding a significant mark to the band's sound. Rare Birds was recorded with Cedric Beatty and Manfred Schunke, the latter of the Kunstkopf or "artificial head" fame. "Häktik Intergaläctic" and "Sky Lift" open, revealing a more song-based approach, though one no less progressive.

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Rhizosphere > Pinhas, Richard

Artist: Richard Pinhas
Label: Cobra, Cobra
Catalog#: COB 37005, COB 37.005
Format: Vinyl
Country: France
Released: 1977

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