Morgan
Nova Solis

Smarkhand the Golden
Alone
War Games
Nova Solis (a suite)
— Theme
— Floating
— Take-Off
— Asteroids
— Earth
— Hyperspace
— The Return Home
— Nova
— May I Remeber
— Theme

All music by Morgan fisher
All lyrics by Tim Staffell.

SJPCD067 Available in all good record stores, or by mail order from Angel Air Records

Morgan were:
Morgan Fisher Keyboards and Synthesizers
Tim Staffell Vocals and Acoustic Guitar
Bob Sapsed Bass
Mo Bacon Drums and Percussion

Recorded in RCA Studios, Rome, June/July 1972.
Produced by Morgan Fisher and Gianni Grandis
Musical Assistant: Rodolfo "Foffo" Bianchi
Engineer: Rodolfo Grappa
Tape Operator: Paolo Venditti
Road Manager: Dave Fawcett
Cover Art: Tim Staffell

Remastered at SRT, Cambridge, England during May 2000 by Nick Watson.
Licenced exclusively from Bacon Publishing Empire Ltd.

Half Moon Bay says... As always, an excellent overall package with entertaining and very infomative notes.

One of the things some us oldies bemoan is the passing of the gatefold album sleeve with all the rich and evocative artwork that would have accompanied a recording such as this. But here we have someting to aid our enjoyment of what is very good prog rock of the day.

Morgan lets it slip in the notes for track 1 that he was very much into ELP at the time and as soon as you know that you can naturally hear the influences. However, I have to say that Morgans playing is maybe less daunting and more entertaining than Kieth Emersons stuff.

This is a good companion to the already released 'The Sleeper Wakes' from Angel Air and chock full of very contemporary, and beyond the contemporary of the time, stuff and sounds.

Completists will need this record but I do understand these old prog rock things are, maybe, an acquired taste. However, if that is (or was) your sort of thing, then this is a fine example of that and good to listen to while working, actually.

Review Date: May 2001

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