Sailor were a band from Minneapolis who released this one obscure progressive rock album, that is even unknown among collectors of the genre. Sometimes you'll see the band listed as The Sailor Band, due to a few copies having a stamp. A surprisingly sophisticated sound for the time and place. Most albums from 1974 - in the US at least - have a pronounced hard rock element, and there's little of that here given the strong overtones of jazz and classical. There's plenty of jazz guitar and piano, in addition to the amp'd up electric guitar and Hammond organ. The album is almost entirely instrumental except the final track. A nice surprise.
No reissues exist as of 3/8/25.
12/5/09 (review); 1/18/19 (update / new entry)
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