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Lady Lake — No Pictures
(Musea FG 1200.AR, 1978/1997, CD)

by Mike McLatchey, Published 1998-02-01

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Another Musea sublabel and a decent start. Lady Lake is a Dutch group which released its only album in the late 70s, one that has been bandied about with much enthusiasm amongst three-digit symphonic rock collectors. Their music is straight symphonic rock, reminding one heavily of early period (Mirage to Raindances) Camel. And of course another comparison would inevitably be Rousseau. There are beautiful and poignant melodies, emotive guitar playing, and drifty keyboards. Check out the eight-minute "Magic Twanger" with its "Lady Fantasy" / "Rhyader..." guitar melodies. There’s also a bit of Genesis, especially in the acoustic guitar work, reminding one of some of Steve Hackett's work. This is obviously one that many will like, it's very catchy — the vocals are sparse, not really great but not bad either — and very serene. There are also bonus tracks here from a reformed Lady Lake (the keys and guitar players remaining from the original line-up) and show them as still the same type of group and sound although I would say there is more of a Scandinavian type sound here similar to early Kerrs Pink or some of Kaipa's music. This music is almost entirely instrumental and makes a nice addition to a pleasant CD.

Filed under: Reissues, Issue 14, 1997 releases, 1978 recordings

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