Socrates Drank the Conium (album)
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Socrates Drank the Conium was the 1972
debut album of the Greek rock
band of the same name. It has more psychedelic- and blues-influenced tracks than their following albums. The work on this album is similar to that of musicians like Jimi Hendrix
and Eric Clapton
.
and Tourkogiorgis; other collaborators are noted.
1972 in music
-Events:*January 17 – Highway 51 South in Memphis, Tennessee is renamed "Elvis Presley Boulevard"*January 20 – The début of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon at The Dome, Brighton, is halted by technical difficulties,...
debut album of the Greek rock
Greek rock
Rock and roll, spread around the world in the 1950s and 60s, entering Greece in the middle of the 60s. Greek rock performers in the field include Jimi Quidd , and Pavlos Sidiropoulos, the most important representative of Greek folk-rock and rock.-1960s:Greek rock , originated in the early 1960s with...
band of the same name. It has more psychedelic- and blues-influenced tracks than their following albums. The work on this album is similar to that of musicians like Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
and Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE, is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and...
.
Track listing
All songs credited to SpathasYannis Spathas
Yannis Spathas is a Greek rock, blues and folk guitarist and composer who was best known for his lead guitar work with the Greek rock band Socrates Drank The Conium in the early 1970s....
and Tourkogiorgis; other collaborators are noted.
- "Live In The Country" — 3:43
- "Something In The Air" (D. Wood) — 3:21
- "Bad Conditions" — 3:59
- "It's A Disgusting World" (Boukouvalas) — 6:52
- "Close The Door And Lay Down" — 3:12
- "Blind Illusion" — 3:33
- "Hoo Yeah!" — 3:36
- "Underground" (D. Wood) — 4:40
- "Starvation" — 3:45
Sources
- http://www.athensguide.com/socrates/
- http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/socrates_drank_the_conium
- http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll
- http://www.aquariusrecords.org/cat/rockpopprogrock7.html