Unicorn - Blue Pine Trees (1974 Capitol Records) LP⭐

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Unicorn – Blue Pine Trees Label: Capitol Records – ST-11334 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Los Angeles Pressing Country: UK Released: 1974 Genre: Folk Rock, Country Rock Audio codec: FLAC | lossless Tracklist: A1. Electric Night 4:55 A2. Sleep Song 4:57 A3. Autumn Wine 3:02 A4. Rat Race 4:21 A5. Just Wanna Hold You 5:05 B1. Holland 3:26 B2. Nightingale Crescent 3:35 B3. The Farmer 3:30 B4. In The Gym 5:27 B5. Blue Pine Trees 3:47 B6. Ooh Mother 3:50 Personnel: Bass Guitar, Vocals – Pat Martin Drums, Lead Vocals – Pete Perrier Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals – Kenny Baker Lead Guitar, Mandolin – Kevin Smith Producer, Pedal Steel Guitar – David Gilmour The Unicorn saga began in 1963 with the meeting of two British schoolboys, Ken Baker and Pat Martin, a distant relative of Eric Clapton. Each of them had just mastered the guitar, and so, as further practice, the guys would jam together, performing covers of bands like the Beatles and Hollies. As Ken and Pat gained skills, they wanted to form a band, and the first thing they did was to connect Baker's classmate Pete Perrier (who later also became the lead vocalist) to the drums. At first, bass players changed like gloves, but when guitarist Trevor Mee joined the band, Martin himself took up the four strings. When the guys graduated from school, the quartet went professional and began working under the brand name "The Late Edition" (later simply "The Late"). The group performed both independently and as accompaniment to some famous singers, but the basis of its then repertoire was fashionable beat hits. The situation changed dramatically when the guys attended a performance of "Crosby, Nash & Young" - the ensemble reoriented itself to country rock, and Ken began to compose original things. A number of demos, made in a new style, brought the musicians to the company "Transatlantic", or more precisely to its division "Big T", collaborating with folk rockers like Bert Jansch and John Renbourn. When it came to recording their debut album, the team decided to change the name, and the disc "Uphill All The Way", produced by Hugh Murphy (who later brought fame to Gerry Rafferty), was released under the label "Unicorn". In support of the record, the company organized a British tour for the "unicorns" accompanied by Stefan Grossman, but soon the personnel manager at "Transatlantic" changed, and since this guy did not like soft rock, the number of concerts was sharply reduced. The musicians spent their free time on intensive rehearsals, and during this period they found a new reference point - the group "Traffic". Meanwhile, Trevor managed to get bogged down in love affairs, so show business became a side for him, and he made room for Kevin Smith, a former member of "Camel" and a big fan of Clarence White from "The Byrds". In 1972, the team rarely toured, but they managed to make several trips abroad and perform as an opening act for the "Flying Burrito Brothers". A more serious event occurred early next year, when the band played at the wedding of their friend Ricky Hopper. One of the guests was David Gilmour, who really liked Unicorn. The famous Pink Floyd guitarist joined the Unicorns for a jam, and then offered them his studio and help in getting a new contract. Of course, it was a sin not to use such a chance, and in 1974 the album Blue Pine Trees was released. Despite the fact that the record was produced by Gilmour himself, it sounded quite American and evoked associations with Poco, Firefall and the same Flying Burrito Brothers. Charisma, Capitol and EMI took on the implementation of the disc, and Unicorn conducted the accompanying tour in the company of Fleetwood Mac, Climax Blues Band, Doobie Brothers, Styx and a number of other soft rockers. The third album was based on the remains of the Blue Pine Trees sessions, but Too Many Crooks was in no way inferior to its predecessor and was listed by many critics as a "unicorn" classic. The next sessions began under the leadership of the same Gilmour, but then the production functions passed into the hands of Muff Winwood. There were two reasons for this: Dave's distraction with Pink Floyd affairs and the label's desire to make One More Tomorrow a more commercial product with a smoothed-out sound and the inclusion of some material not from Baker. One way or another, but the surging wave of punk made the album little in demand, and already in mid-1977 the group broke up. Unicorn reminded of themselves only in the third millennium, when several reunion concerts took place and a collection of archival outtakes "Shed No Tear" was released