Esperanto (band)

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This article is about the progressive rock band. For other uses of the word Esperanto, see Esperanto (disambiguation).

Esperanto was a Belgo-English rock band which had a short career at the beginning of the 70s.

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[edit] Band members

  • Raymond Vincent, a Belgian violinist/songwriter who played in Wallace Collection (band).
  • Glenn Shorrock, an English/Australian singer who was living near London at the time and had left the group Axiom.
  • Joy Yates, Janice Slater and Bridget Dudoit, who had released a record under the name of Bones.
  • Brian Holloway, an Australian guitar player.
  • Godfrey Salmon, second violin
  • Tony Harris, viola
  • Timothy Kraemer, cello.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Esperanto Rock Orchestra

Esperanto Rock Orchestra (1973)[1]

  1. On Down The Road 5:00 (Vincent - Shorrock)
  2. Never Again 5:40 (Vincent - Libert)
  3. Perhaps One Day 4:35 (Vincent - Libert)
  4. Statue Of Liberty 5:00 (Glenn Shorrock)
  5. Gypsy 6:35 (Brian Holloway)
  6. City 4:06 (Vincent - Shorrock)
  7. Roses 5:10 (Vincent - Libert)
  8. Move Away 3:39 (Vincent - Shorrock)

[edit] Danse Macabre

Danse Macabre (1974)[2]

  1. The Journey 10:13 (Libert - Vincent)
  2. The Castle 3:31 (Vincent - Shorrock - Libert)
  3. The Duel 7:03 (Vincent - G. & T. Malisan)
  4. The Cloister 5:28 (Vincent - Libert - Shorrock)
  5. The Decision 5:57 (Brian Holloway)
  6. The Prisoner 7:20 (Vincent - Shorrock)
  7. Danse Macabre 1:58 (Camille Saint-Saëns arrangements by Vincent & Tony Malisan)

[edit] Last Tango

Last Tango (1975), starts with a murderous version of Eleanor Rigby[3]. The title track was recorded in both French (La drole de fin) and Spanish (El tango aquel) versions by Sylvie Vartan.

  1. Eleanor Rigby 7:43 (Lennon - McCartney)
  2. Still Life 7:27 (Vincent - Meakin)
  3. Painted Lady 3:26 (Vincent - Meakin)
  4. Obsession 4:33 (Vincent - Meakin)
  5. The Rape 12:07 (Vincent - Daniels)
  6. Last Tango 3:29 (Vincent - Libert - Meakin)

bonus tracks on Si-Wan CD version:

  • In Search Of A Dream 4:45 (Yates)
  • Busy Doing Nothing 3:44 (Vincent - Shorrock)

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Extensive details of the first album including musicians, release details etc
  2. ^ Extensive details of Danse Macabre including musicians, release details etc
  3. ^ Andre Hagberg review



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