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Future Legends
Studio album by
Released5 October 1973
RecordedJuly 1973
StudioEscape Studios in Egerton, Kent
GenreProgressive rock
Length39:37
LabelDawn
ProducerDenis Taylor
Fruupp chronology
Future Legends
(1973)
Seven Secrets
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Future Legends is the debut studio album by North Irish progressive rock band Fruupp. Recorded in July 1973 and produced by Denis Taylor, it was released on 5 October in the United Kingdom on the Dawn Records label, a subsidiary of Pye Records for underground and progressive rock music. To promote the album, the band undertook a two-month tour which finished on 29 November with a concert in The Whitla Hall, Belfast where they played with the Ulster Youth Orchestra.[2]

The track "On a Clear Day" written by Stephen Houston featured in the first hundred vinyl pressings of Future Legends but was later withdrawn from the album. It resurfaced as a bonus track in the 2009 Esoteric Recordings remastered edition.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Vincent McCusker, except "Graveyard Epistle" written by McCusker and Paul Charles, and "On a Clear Day" written by Stephen Houston

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Future Legends"1:27
2."Decision"6:21
3."As Day Breaks with Dawn"4:58
4."Graveyard Epistle"6:14
Side two
No.TitleLength
5."Lord of the Incubus"6:20
6."Olde Tyme Future"5:33
7."Song for a Thought"7:25
8."Future Legends"0:47
Total length:39:37
2009 Esoteric Recordings remastered edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
9."On a Clear Day"7:49
Total length:47:26

Personnel

Fruupp

  • Peter Farrelly – lead vocals, bass guitar; cover painting
  • Stephen Houston – keyboards, oboe, vocals; arrangements (including strings)
  • Vincent McCusker – guitars, vocals
  • Martin Foye – drums, percussion

Technical personnel

  • Denis Taylor – producer
  • Tony Taverner – engineer
  • Michael Rennie – conductor (strings)
  • Paul Charles – cover concept
  • Marie O'Connell – inside photograph

References

  1. ^ Collins, Paul. Fruupp: "Future Legends" > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  2. ^ Charles, Paul (January 2009). Future Legends (booklet). Fruupp. London: Esoteric Recordings (ECLEC2104). p. 9.