Tim Blake - opinions please

[Keith Henderson]

>I've just got my dealer update and there's three Tim Blake albums back on -
>Blake's New Jerusalem, Crystal Machine and Magick.
>
>Now I've never heard anything from any of these.  Should I spend some hard
>earned pennies?
>
>Opinions please.

I'd recommend New Jerusalem of the three.  The side-long title track is a
real winner IMHO.  Side One has a couple of goofy tunes (the acoustic 'Song
for a New Age' or something, and 'Generator', which is a little hard to
take), but also the excellent "Lighthouse" (later done by Hawkwind w/ Blake,
as was New Jerusalem at one point) and the last instrumental number (French
title?) which I like a lot as well.

Magick is 90's material (I actually saw him on tour following that album)
that has some nice things, but not all that necessary.  Crystal Machine I
haven't listened to in years, having only the LP, but it's more synth
ramblings than structured music.

Keith H. (FAA)

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