Fools Meeting
Encyclopedia
Fools Meeting is an album by Carol Grimes
with the british
blues
/progressive rock
band Delivery
, founded in the late 1968. The band was one of the wellsprings of the progressive rock Canterbury scene
.
Fools Meeting was their only album, originally released on vinyl in 1970. A CD re-release with additional tracks was released by Cuneiform Records
.
Additional tracks on the CD:
with:
Carol Grimes
Carol Grimes is a smooth jazz and world music singer.Grimes came to prominence in 1969 as a member of Delivery, associated with the Canterbury Scene. During the 1970s she performed regularly on the London blues circuit with her band The London Boogie Band...
with the british
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
/progressive rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
band Delivery
Delivery (band)
Delivery was a British blues/progressive rock musical group, formed in the late 1960s. The band was one of the wellsprings of the progressive rock Canterbury scene....
, founded in the late 1968. The band was one of the wellsprings of the progressive rock Canterbury scene
Canterbury Scene
The Canterbury scene is a term used to loosely describe the group of progressive rock, avant-garde and jazz musicians, many of whom were based around the city of Canterbury, Kent, England during the late 1960s and early 1970s...
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Fools Meeting was their only album, originally released on vinyl in 1970. A CD re-release with additional tracks was released by Cuneiform Records
Cuneiform Records
Cuneiform Records is an independent record label based in Silver Spring, Maryland.The label releases a mixture of musical styles, including progressive jazz, modern fusion music, progressive rock, the Canterbury Scene and electronic music...
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Track listing
- "Blind To Your Light" - 5:05 (Carol Grimes, Phil Miller)
- "Miserable Man" - 8:28 (Carol Grimes, Delivery)
- "Home Made Ruin" - 3:23 (Phil Miller)
- "It Is Really The Same" - 5:44 (Keith JarrettKeith JarrettKeith Jarrett is an American pianist and composer who performs both jazz and classical music.Jarrett started his career with Art Blakey, moving on to play with Charles Lloyd and Miles Davis. Since the early 1970s he has enjoyed a great deal of success in jazz, jazz fusion, and classical music; as...
) - "We Were Satisfied" - 4:02 (Phil Miller)
- "The Wrong Time" - 7:50 (Carol Grimes, Delivery)
- "Fighting It Out" - 5:48 (Phil Miller)
- "Fools Meeting" - 5:27 (Carol Grimes, Delivery)
Additional tracks on the CD:
- "Harry Lucky" (Single A-side) - 3:41 (Pip Pyle, A.Benge, Steve Miller)
- "Home Made Ruin" (Single B-side) - 2:56
- "Is It Really The Same?" (Boz BurrellBoz BurrellRaymond "Boz" Burrell was an English musician. Originally a vocalist, Burrell is best known for his bass playing and work with the rock bands King Crimson and Bad Company.-Career:...
; C Sunday Concert, 3 December 1970) - 5:19 - "Blind To Your Light" (Boz Burrell; C Sunday Concert, 3 December 1970)
- "One For You" - 7:43 (from the Coxhill-Miller album, with Richard SinclairRichard SinclairRichard S. Sinclair is a progressive rock bassist, guitarist and vocalist who has been a member of several bands of the Canterbury scene.-Biography:...
) - 5:29 (Steve Miller) - "Miserable Man" (Boz Burrell; C Sunday Concert, 3 December 1970) - 8:15
Personnel
- Carol GrimesCarol GrimesCarol Grimes is a smooth jazz and world music singer.Grimes came to prominence in 1969 as a member of Delivery, associated with the Canterbury Scene. During the 1970s she performed regularly on the London blues circuit with her band The London Boogie Band...
, vocals, lyrics - Phil MillerPhil MillerPhil Miller is an English progressive rock/jazz guitarist who was part of the Canterbury scene.He was a member of the bands Delivery, Matching Mole, Hatfield and the North, National Health, Short Wave and has since worked in solo projects and in his band In Cahoots, which he founded in 1982...
guitar, lyrics - Steve Miller, piano
- Roy BabbingtonRoy BabbingtonRoy Babbington is a rock and jazz bassist. He became well known for being a member of the Canterbury scene progressive rock/jazz fusion band Soft Machine.-Biography:...
, bass - Pip PylePip PylePhillip "Pip" Pyle was an English-born drummer from Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, who later resided in France...
, drums
with:
- Lol CoxhillLol CoxhillLowen Coxhill, generally known as Lol Coxhill is a free improvising saxophonist and raconteur...
, saxophones - Roddy Skeaping, viola