Space Shanty [Original recording remastered]

1. Space Shanty (Inc. The Cobalt Sequence and March of the Sine Squadrons)

2. Stranded (Effervescent Psychonovelty No. 5)

3. Mixed Up Man of the Mountains

4. Driving to Amsterdam

5. Stargazers

6. Hollow Stone (Escape of the Space Pirates)

7. Break the Chains [#][*]

8. Mixed Up Man of the Mountains [First Version][#][*]

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Product Description
UK reissue of the British progressive rock act's 1972 album includes two previously unreleased bonus tracks, 'Break The Chains' & Mixed Up Man Of The Mountains'. Eclectic. 2004.

Space Shanty,Khan,Eclectic Discs UK,Canterbury Scene,Pop,Prog-Rock/Art Rock,Rock,Rock/Pop

Space Shanty [Original recording remastered]

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Shanty Town
Heavy and melodic "space prog" from this Canterbury band
Blast Off!
A rediscovered piece of music wonder!
5 stars - a forgotten gem

Space Shanty
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ASIN: B0002O39A2
Release Date: 2005-02-15

Tracks:

Space Shanty (Inc. The Cobalt Sequence and March of the Sine Squadrons)
Stranded (Effervescent Psychonovelty No. 5)
Mixed Up Man of the Mountains
Driving to Amsterdam
Stargazers
Hollow Stone (Escape of the Space Pirates)
Break the Chains [#][*]
Mixed Up Man of the Mountains [First Version][#][*]

Album Description

UK reissue of the British progressive rock act's 1972 album includes two previously unreleased bonus tracks, 'Break The Chains' & Mixed Up Man Of The Mountains'. Eclectic. 2004.

Album Details

Remastered Reissue featuring Previously Unreleased Tracks. Bonus Tracks Are "Break the Chains" and "Mixed Up Man of the Mountains (First Version)".

Customer Reviews:

Shanty Town.......2007-04-10

This is my ALL TIME favorite record. Where have all the good musicians gone? They just do not make them like this anymore. Highly recommended, very enjoyable tunes.

Heavy and melodic "space prog" from this Canterbury band.......2006-12-23

This is a very interesting album from 1972 and certainly one of the heaviest that I have heard from the Canterbury scene. In fact, the riff heavy nature of this album took me a little by surprise - I think I was expecting something a little lighter. Khan is (and was) however a quintessential Canterbury rock band; especially with the dense ensemble work, high level of musicianship, and the ever-present sense of humor. Come to think of it, this album is somewhat stylistically similar to Gong's Camembert Electrique album from 1971 - except not as crazy!

The musicians include fantastic guitarist Steve Hillage (acoustic and electric guitar; vocals); incredible keyboardist Dave Stewart (organ, piano, celeste); Eric Peachey (Drums); and Nick Greenwood (electric bass and vocals). The musicianship on Space Shanty is top notch and there are loads of instrumental passages that show off some pretty dense ensemble work and fantastic soloing by Steve and Dave (they are impressive throughout). Eric and Nick are no slouches either and comprise an excellent rhythm section - in fact I would love to track down some other recordings by these guys but would not know where to start. The vocals and vocal harmonies are excellent by the way.

Although I have described the music as heavy (and believe me Steve rips it up on the electric), there are some very spacey and quieter sections that feature Dave's soft organ playing and Steve on acoustic guitar. In fact, some folks have described this album as space rock, although I think there is far too much going on each composition to call this space rock. In general, each piece features an excellent blend of heavy riffing played in unison on the bass and the electric guitar; intricate ensemble work; and more relaxed passages that feature vocals. The six pieces are highly melodic and it is clear that they spent just as much time on the vocal melodies as the fancier instrumental passages. The tracks are not too long (by prog standards) and range in length from 5'32" to 9'22" - they are all well put together and arranged.

This remastered album is pretty good and has great sound quality, restored cover art, song lyrics, and loads of liner notes. The short bonus tracks include the short (3'31") Break the Chain and an early version of Mixed up Man of the Mountains. Break the Chain is OK.

Space Shanty is very highly recommended along with Camembert Electrique. Steve Hillage went on to join Gong after this album and two heavy/spacey/proggy albums including Angel's Egg (1973) and You (1974) are both highly recommended.

Blast Off!.......2006-08-16

The above reviewers do a great job with the factual information on this disc. I'll just say that if you have any or all of the Steve Hillage solo works or Gong albums with him on guitar, then proceed on to this treasure. If you don't and have an interest in prog, this album will launch your journey into a discovery of the best Hendrix disciple on the planet.

A rediscovered piece of music wonder!.......2006-03-26

It was eleven years ago, when in the Cheapo record store (God Bless her) in Uptown Minneapolis, going through the shelves of used cds, I stumbled with one with the strange name of "Khan: Space Shanty", I looked at the back cover and there they were, four long haired guys, one of them even with a long beard. Among them was Steve Hillage, whose fame rang a little bit my bells, and there was Dave Stewart, of whom I had heard in the two vinyls I used to own of Hatfield and the North. Even so I took it to the desk and asked for a hearing of the disc. Well, it sounded good and it had a good price, four dollars if I recall well. I took it home, and played it, played it, played it..., my goodness, this disc grew and grew in me. 1972, impressive guitar work by Hillage, dreamy keyboard work by Dave Stewart, sound and fascinating rhythm section of Eric Peachey (drums) and Nick Greenwood (bass). The latter and Hillage perform the vocals, which are quite good and coherent with the style of the music played, authentic progressive rock characterized by awesome instrumentation, lots of time signatures, structured improvisation, long instrumental passages punctuated by nice and moving vocals that reinforce the epic feeling pervading the music. Besides, the lyrics composed mainly by Hillage not only transpire the spirit of the seventies, but reach out to a more universal subject, that of the questions and answers that the Human Being keeps on asking and wanting during its existence, set in a science-fictional frame.
It was quite strange for me that discovering such a disc in that marvelous Cheapo Record Stores of my adored city of Minneapolis was really a matter of much luck for me, because Space Shanty had been out of print for a long time!!! And not even the few reviews that I found in the internet, even some in the Amazon site, made justice to the value of this masterpiece.
I celebrate the reissue of such a wonder!!! I bought it again in Amazon, and here I give testimony that the purchase is worthwhile. This reissue contains two bonus tracks, plus a valuable commentary by a critic called Mark Powell. It is sad that this is the one and only record that this group made. That what did I do with my old disc? Well, after graduating in the University of Minnesota I live in my country now, the Dominican Republic, and thinking that good music must be shared, and already having the reissued one, I donated it to a former student of mine, 23 years old, who was struck by this awesome music.
Isn't that enough proof that this disc is worthy of all this praise? Buy it, and you will be grateful.

5 stars - a forgotten gem.......2005-09-22

before joining Gong, steve hillage gathered this ensemble to perform the music that had been fermenting within him while at college. This is some of his most progressive and complicated songwriting with elaborate time signatures and dense arrangements. the music has a thick texture of progressive improvisation and elaborate composition thanks in no small measure to the presence of dave stewart on keybords fresh from his work with egg; in fact this resemble very closely some of egg's great albums but apparently hillage wrote the material. in fact hillage and stewart started their musical careers together in a band 'uriel' in high school actually recording a very psychedelic jam session together under the pseudonym 'arzachel' which is also excellant but very differant from this. on this album steve hillage brings all his emerging talent to the table. hillage and stewart have a keen telepathy and the intelligence on this album soars. the music (like egg) is very involved and will probably require keen attention or several listenings to hear the canterburian magic of this great album. every single track is fantastic, including the two bonus tracks. hillages guitar is superb and abundant all thru as is stewart's keywork. the high level of craftmanship never falters and this ends up being one of finest recordings of hillages career. he actually composed material for a second khan album which ended up being used on 'fish rising' which also utilized the talents of his friend stewart. while not as psychedelic and quite a bit more progressive than his later work, this is an absolutely beautiful example of canterburian space rock.

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Space Shanty
Khan
Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000008HA0
Release Date: 1993-07-06

Tracks:

Space Shanty
Stranded (Incl. "Effervescent Psycho Novelty No. 5)
Mixed Up Man of the Mountains
Driving to Amsterdam
Stargazers
Hollow Stone (Incl. "Escape of the Space Pilots")

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Space Shanty
Khan
Manufacturer: Eclectic Discs
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000BYRA4O
Release Date: 2005-09-23

Tracks:

Space Shanty (Inc. The Cobalt Sequence and March of the Sine Squadrons)
Stranded (Effervescent Psychonovelty No. 5)
Mixed Up Man of the Mountains
Driving to Amsterdam
Stargazers
Hollow Stone (Escape of the Space Pirates)
Break the Chains [#][*]
Mixed Up Man of the Mountains [First Version][#][*]

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Space Shanty
Khan
Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Vision
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000BRHZ0U
Release Date: 2001-12-11

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Khan - 'Space Shanty' (Deram)
Between Egg, Gong and solo Steve Hillage
Prog-rock classic
Early prog. influenced Steve Hillage album
Classic progressive rock

Space Shanty
Khan
Manufacturer: Polygram Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000584TJ
Release Date: 2001-04-17

Tracks:

Space Shanty
Stranded (Incl. "Effervescent Psycho Novelty No. 5)
Mixed Up Man of the Mountains
Driving to Amsterdam
Stargazers
Hollow Stone (Incl. "Escape of the Space Pilots")

Album Description

Japanese reissue of British art-rock act's 1972 debut album. Packaged in a miniature gatefold LP sleeve.

Album Details

Japanese version digitally remastered in a LP style sleeve cover.

Customer Reviews:

Khan - 'Space Shanty' (Deram).......2005-08-14

Originally released in 1972,by this short-lived project.Even though it's not as mind-blowing as Steve Hillage's earlier one-time group effort,Arzachel(see my review)it's still a good disc to own a copy of.Nicely done/obscure progressive art rock title.Took me a while to get a copy of this reissue,but was worth the wait.Key tracks are the nine minute title cut "Space Shanty",the airy and sometime even spaced out "Mixed Up Man Of The Mountain" and "Stargazers".Line-up:Hillage-guitar&vocals,Nick Greenwood-bass&vocals,Dave Stewart(keyboardist for Egg)-piano,organ&marimbas and Eric Peachey-drums.A should-have for most Gong and Hillage fans.

Between Egg, Gong and solo Steve Hillage.......2004-12-20

I have this record on vynil. It is probably Steve Hillage's most art rock experimental effort, next to Fish Rising. Dave Strewart keyboard mastery is always influencial.

Back in 1972, you could not find this record in the US. I obtained it through Jem Imports aroung 1978. At the time, I was a little disappointed because Fish Rising and some really excellent Gong albums had already been release, heard, studied and admired for several years by then. I pulled in out of storage and gave it a spin again recently and the reality is this: For 1972, this would have been a really unique effort but the players are at a point of maturing as artist, but they were not there yet.

For a collector, this is a must own! Not as dated as Arzachel and not as solid as Fish Rising... so you have to ask your self if Steve Hillage or Dave Stewart (Egg) are players you are a serious collector for... or do you like raw space rock?
For me, a needed spin!

Prog-rock classic.......2003-06-14

This is a classic of the prog-rock genre. The tunes are quite ethereal and give off a vibe of Edenic placidity. It's a pity they didn't record more albums but this one should be in your collection if you enjoy Egg, Hillage, Gong, Yes, etc.

Early prog. influenced Steve Hillage album.......2002-07-16

This album is probably a lot heavier in feel than you might expect from Steve Hillage, but the inclusion of two members of the Crazy World of Arthur Brown, may have alot to do with it.I find the vocals melodramatic in style and can sometimes detract from the complex music presented here.
There are some great moments, especially between Hillage on guitar and Dave Stewart on organ (both went on to greater things with "Gong","Hatfield and the north" and the album "Fish Rising").

Although the music is varied in feel the style gets a bit samey after a while; its an interesting album to hear these musicians playing early in their careers, but I found it fairly hard going, and wouldn't put at the top of my list of must haves!!

Classic progressive rock.......2001-12-29

Khan only released this one album, Space Shanty in 1972. If you like Gong or Hatfield & the North, you know you need this album thanks to the presence of Steve Hillage and Dave Stewart. But unlike those bands, Khan has a very typical prog rock sound, heavy on the Hammond organ (the electric piano that Dave Stewart would later use much more like with Hatfield & the North is kept to a minimum here concentrating mostly on the organ). The music is also definately heavier than what Caravan had done as well, none of the pop tendencies like you would hear from that band. Some of the passages are jazzy, but not in the fusion style like Hatfield & the North. At this point, Steve Hillage hadn't really developed his trademark guitar style (although the opening cut does features a fantastic guitar solo that will represent his trademark style like on Gong's You and his solo efforts, most of the rest of the album sounds like him sounding like any other countless guitarists in prog and jazz rock bands). You don't even have to like Gong or Hatfield & the North to like Space Shanty, you just have to like early '70s Hammond organ driven prog rock. My only real complaint of the album is it gets rather homogenous in the long run, despite the rather interesting compositions.

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Space Shanty
Kahn
Manufacturer: Msi Music Corp
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B0002BA9YY
Release Date: 2002-08-19

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Space Shanty
Khan
Manufacturer: deram
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000AB3WLI

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