Label: Air Mail Recordings (Japan), AIRAC-1529
Style: Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Country: Leicester, East Midlands, England
Time: 77:25
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 512 Mb
Gypsy is a progressive/hard rock band from Leicester, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, that was formed in 1965 under the name Legay. In 1968, the band changed its name to Gypsy. Not to be confused with Gypsy from the USA.
The band originated in 1965 as Legay, a Leicester R&B–beat combo that performed Tamla–Motown covers on the Midlands club circuit. They featured guitarist–singer Robin Pizer, bassist Dave McCarthy, and guitarists John Knapp and Rod Read. Their namesake, drummer Legay Rogers, left early for health reasons.
In 1967, Legay briefly employed Rob Townsend (en route to Family). The Townsend lineup recorded songs by Pizer (“You’re On My Mind”) and Read (“Impartial Judge”).
Legay hired drummer David “Moth” Smith in time for their February 1968 Fontana single “No-one,” an intense fuzztone psych rocker backed with “The Fantastic Story of the Stream-Driven Banana,” a jaunty harmony pop song.
A. “No-one”
B. “The Fantastic Story of the Steam Driven Banana”
Pizer wrote both songs and the vaulted “High Flying Around,” one of four tracks (along with Read’s “Minstrel Boy” and the two Townsend-era tracks) on a 2015 Legay archival EP on Circle Records.
Legay renamed itself Gypsy Moth (after Smith’s nickname). At the behest of manager Peter Swales, they shortened the name to Gypsy.
(jazzrocksoul.com/artists/gypsy/)
01. What Makes A Man A Man? (03:07)
02. Keep On Truing (04:35)
03. I Don't Care,Do You Mind? (03:13)
04. Turning Wheel (08:04)
05. Feel About The Country Fine (02:30)
06. Standing Alone,Feel So Bad (06:04)
07. I Want To Be Beside You (05:16)
08. Please Don't Stay (05:16)
09. Let Me Take You Home (04:50)
10. Pony Ride (04:59)
11. Changes Coming (03:40)
12. Don't Cry On Me (03:15)
13. Listen To The Music (03:29)
14. I Don't Wanna Lose You (03:12)
15. I Guess She'll Have To Know (03:35)
16. There's A Party (03:46)
17. It Don't Bother Me (03:30)
18. What A Day (04:56)
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