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Sep 20, 2006 · Mike Bloomfield : Lead Guitar Ronnie Montrose : Rythm Guitar Red Ellicot : Bass George Marsh & Lee Charlton : Drums 01. "The Saga Of The Blue Beaver" (4.19) (01)LP "Gandharva" (1971-Warner Bros) (01)CD "In A Wild SanctuaryGandharva" (1994-Warner Bros) Great psychedelic-funky rock gem.
Writing for Saturday Review magazine in 1970, Ellen Sandler described In a Wild Sanctuary as "a powerful ecological statement in movement and sound". Gandharva was partly recorded in Grace Cathedral in San Francisco and included musical contributions from Gerry Mulligan, Bud Shank, Mike Bloomfield and Ronnie Montrose.
As recording artists for Warner Bros. Records in the early 1970s, they released the critically admired albums In a Wild Sanctuary and Gandharva. Tracks 1 Soft, White (Bernie Krause; Paul Beaver) 00:50
Gandharva, an Album by Beaver & Krause. Released in May 1971 on Warner Bros. (catalog no. WS 1909; Vinyl LP). Genres: Progressive Electronic, New Age. Rated #837 in the best albums of 1971.
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- January 1971-11 February 1971
- Beaver & Krause
- May 1971
The journey from noise to quiet would start with the blues-rock of "Saga of the Blue Beaver" at the beginning of side one, with Mike Bloomfield and Ronnie Montrose sharing the lead guitar duties, though it wasn't any old blues-rock, as Beaver and Krause both played Moog synthesizer on the track.
After 1969's Ragnarok Electric Funk, the duo issued In a Wild Sanctuary a year later; 1971's Gandharva -- recorded live in San Francisco's Grace Cathedral and featuring cameos from Mulligan and Bloomfield as well as Bud Shank and Ronnie Montrose -- was the most popular of their releases.
Nov 19, 2020 · Gandharva by legendary Moog pioneers Beaver and Krause has been a favourite of mine since I was a teenager. It is only recently that I discovered that this album was a milestone in commercial quadraphonic recording.
