Hatfield and The North- Share It & Lounging There Trying (First Listen)

[@rockonthestone4907]

LETS GOOOO One of my fav bands, so underrated in the grand scheme of things. "Mumps", the 20 minute epic at the end of the album, is like the best thing music as a whole has to offer

[@sablebasilisk7998]

... and a great improvement from their first album. Phil Miller/Mumps..... Cream Doughnuts.....

[@FiddlerNick]

Lounging There Trying , like so many Hatfield melodies, just sounds so simple and hummable.... but any musician who's tried to play their stuff will tell you it's sooooo difficult, changing key and time signatures all over the place. Great stuff.

[@donaldanderson6604]

Brilliant choice. Whenever we drove north out of London in the 70s it was great to be reminded of this great band. "Halfway between Heaven and Earth" is a beautiful track worth exploring. Richard Sinclair's vocals are wonderful and of course he later joined Camel for Raindances. He later wrote a song about difficult it was to learn to play the HATN music. I can also recommend Jonathan Coe's novel The Rotter's Club which is about a prog loving teenager growing up in Britain in the mid 70s.

[@JustJP]

Ty Don!

[@Richard_Jones]

@@JustJP In case no-one else has made it clear: as you leave London, heading up the A1 highway, one of the more prominent road signs you see is "Hatfield and The North."

[@shyshift]

Love this band. Hard to believe they only managed to release 2 studio albums. The debut is insane. Going Up To People And Tinkling is an example of their zany titles. If you want to hear Phil Miller turn up the wick play Tenemous Roads by National Health literally my favorite tone he has recorded.

[@ithaliem]

Absolutely Tenemous Roads! What a great composition! Or Borogroves part 1 & 2. I always think of Russian classical composers listening to it 🙂.

[@paulayers1111]

YES! I just discovered Hatfield and National Health a few months back. I first heard the debut NH, and “tenemos roads” may just be the best song I’ve ever heard before. Still holds up each time I’ve heard it (100s since a few months back)

[@shyshift]

@@paulayers1111 check out National Health-Missing Pieces.

[@paulayers1111]

@@shyshift never heard of that. Is it a compilation? So far I’ve just heard their first two albums

[@shyshift]

@@paulayers1111 early band with Bill Bruford and a lot more Amanda Parsons and Steve Hillage.

[@blackcatcentralmusic]

The Canterbury scene is my favorite progressive rock, and Hatfield & The North my favorite band from that genre. The music appeals to me on many levels. Jazz influenced, and while the musicians pursue excellence there is an underlying sense of humor to not take things too seriously. Soft Machine "Fourth" has its moments but is not as good as "Third". You can hear the free jazz direction Elton Dean was pushing with "Fletcher's Blemish". You probably switched the music during that song :-) More Hatfield & The North! From the debut: "Lobster in Cleavage Probe" segue into "Land Crabs In Earth Takeover Bid". Beautiful singing by the Northettes.

[@marcos22216]

Finally!! The Ultimate Canterbury Scene Supergroup, one of the best bands of the 70s, when you listen to more of them and egg too you can jump into National Health, Dave Stewart is without a doubt my favorite keyboardist

[@zacharydetrick7428]

my favorite keyboardist too

[@ELECTROxigeno76.]

Exelent album Master piece,.

[@diegomichalski9998]

My head moved the same way on my first listen as well. Gorgeous!!!

[@unichusettsofmassadversity9705]

National Health shares some members...Awesome musicians and song writers!

[@linuxgameplayxp6246]

One of my favorite albums of all time. Can't wait for Mumps!

[@gelsol]

For more great Dave Stewart from that era, check out Steve Hillage's Fish Rising. Essentially a Gong album, but not really. Hatfield rules. LOVE the debut record.

[@gelsol]

Now that I think about it, Fish Rising is almost like a second Khan record.

[@ELECTROxigeno76.]

Drums & key & voice ufff

[@geneleonard4368]

Hey , Justin if you Love Dave Stewart you got to listen to Bill Brufords first two solo Albums " Feels good to me " & " One of a Kind" both incredible from start to finish .How can you go wrong with Bill Bruford 🥁 Dave Stewart 🎹 Allan Holdsworth 🎸& Jeff Berlin . Classics😎👍

[@randydoak6638]

Hatfield and the North had their own harmonic spin, a little like jazz and bossa nova but very British.

[@wendellwiggins3776]

JUST FOUND THIS... So happy you discovered Hatfield. I SIMPLY LOVE this and whole various CANTEBURY STYLES of PROG. Musically it's very intricate, playful, jazzy and all around progressive. One Of the best kept secrets of the genre. Definitely in my top 10 of the era, including the instrumental more fusiony next incarnation of the members called National Health

[@JustJP]

Ty Wendell! This was a great set of songs

[@lucianocatarin9176]

Justjp,i recently discover another faaaaaaantastic gem of this group: 1973 live Paris at Chateau d'houreville

[@AriadneJC]

An album to be added to my "To buy" list. Loved these two tracks!

[@craigfazekas3923]

Good to hear you purchase your stuff, versus all the "options" people take up on... Myself ? I'm so last century; I like to buy for the music, and hopefully the packaging is nice along with it. I like to delve into the ins & outs of who produced it, where it was recorded and so on. Given if I especially like the material.... Ariadne, have you listened to Argent ? I especially love that band. They're not top rank as far as progressive music goes, which I disagree with. Top rank as in Yes, ELP, King Crimson, Floyd, ect. Argent tends to get lumped in with Camel, Gentle Giant...somewhat considered "lesser", which is a shame. I'll provide 3 KZbin links for Argent. The 1st you may well know, it's their most popular. The 2nd is an album cut, but great. The 3rd is my favorite thing they did. Have patience, listen through each & I feel you'll be rewarded & like them, hopefully.... Lemme know whatcha think, k ? kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHPRhIqAfcaqh7M kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJuyqKeOmdKsaaM kzbin.info/www/bejne/npjCc5hjmK18m7s

[@AriadneJC]

@@craigfazekas3923 Me too. I can't understand all the younger people (i.e., younger than me!) opting for download-only music. What about when the internet connection goes? What about when one is out and about in the wilds? Or, as I sometimes am, in a basement office with tons and tons of concrete and steel blocking out the signal. What to do for music then? It's almost like anyone brought up in the past 20 years just assumes the internet and its presence is an automatic given, so there's no need to have a contingency plan in place for when it isn't there. But yeah, I will always---ALWAYS---choose to buy the CD of any album, wherever possible. Sure, I then rip them to Vorbis and mp3 (for more convenient PC and iPhone playback, respectively) but this way I have a physical back-up I can return to and recover from any loss, corruption, etc. (I know, "disc rot" and all that. I have about 1200 CDs, many of them from the early 90s from when my brother was alive and heavily into music, and none of them have any signs of deteriorating. That's not to say they won't EVER but so far... fine!) I was already familiar with "Hold Your Head Up" but I suspect it was from the main refrain being used in an ad or as backing music to something else because when the keyboard solo started I was all "Whoa! This is cool! Never knew this was part of the track!" The other two were cool, too. (And both had great keyboard sections that made me happy and tingly.) For the first few minutes of "Music from the Sphere" I got a big "Lamb Lies Down in Broadway" vibe. Nothing specific but just the general feel of it. (And I noticed the track is from 74, same as Lamb, so perhaps it was something in the air at the time?) Towards the end, though, especially the last couple of minutes, I was getting something else and I am still wondering what it was, with a "on the tip of my tongue" feeling. My brain keeps wanting me to go with the final section of "Made Again" by Marillion but I don't feel happy leaving that as the answer. But anyway... thank you! Another name to add to my list!

[@craigfazekas3923]

@@AriadneJC Nice, very nice. Glad you dug it !! Know what's funny ? In Hold Your Head Up, I always though that after they sing the title ? I thought they we just singing "whoa" or whatever... Here, they are actually singing, "hold your head up, WOMAN...", not "whoa". The lyrics were meant to underscore & support women's rights & such, back in '72...HUGE hot button topic back then. Meanwhile, I was all of 4 years old....😇 In 1990, I bought Argent Anthology, a good album to start with. About 7 or 8 years ago, I picked up a box set by Epic Records that included Argent's first 5 albums in a mini-CD box. The 1st album ? Meh... the rest gets progressively better & better, for my taste, anyway. That box then set me off, I became A FAN !! Next came their live set on CD, called Encore. Then I bought a book by their drummer, Bob Henrit. Copped it off of eBay, right ? Shows up ? Here, it's an autographed copy & the seller didn't list it that way ! Strange, actually.... Btw, if you're comfortable saying, where are you at ? A region or whatever is fine, if ya want- not even neccessary.... I'm Delaware, USA. Been in the mid-Atlantic region all my life. I just like to know where folks are. I even ask phone CSRs where there at, just 'cause I like to know where I'm calling. Just called Life Alert service for me Mom; their CSRs are in Atlanta, don't ya know....😎 Check out my playlist when you have the time, it's called "Tuneage". Maybe you can pick some stuff outta there that you may like, huh ? Gotta say, your name just tickles me for some reason or other. IN A POSITIVE WAY !! I'd actually asked you before, you'd said it was tied to Greek Mythology, if memory serves.... Enjoy yer Sunday, Miss Ariadne !! 😎🇺🇸

[@JustJP]

Yay! Hope you enjoy the album!

[@AriadneJC]

@@craigfazekas3923 Correct! My family has little to do with Greece past or present but my mother liked the name so that's what she called me. I hated it when I was a teenager because... well... I'm sure you can guess what my peers were like because I had a name they weren't familiar with. I love it now, though, and am glad I have it. I'm from England, just outside a little city called Durham. I went to the university here for my PhD and stayed because I fell in love with the place, how old-fashioned and quaint it is (and the beautiful 930-year-old cathedral). I'll check out your playlists, for sure!

[@timberframingbear]

That guitar solo at 5:42 is so *Gentle Giant*! The whole prog/Canterbury scene in the 70s was a smash up of people jumping bands and stealing riffs. I came into it late by prowling used record shops and following individuals, including producers

[@gammaanteria]

Re: “Share It,” a pure Canterbury genre feel in the whimsical, conversational lyrics. You could easily imagine Robert Wyatt singing it.

[@outernothingness1177]

Actually, it feels like was custom written for Wyatt. I hope we'll get to hear him do it some day.

[@HeavyMetalTones]

used to live near Hatfield and the road sign Hatfield and the north is so familiar to me and i love this music bit of triva there ha

[@xcforce9067]

Bike ride and Canterbury scene could only mean one thing, The Canterbury Sequence by The Tangent.

[@mickcapewell6369]

Richard Sinclair tiled my bathroom 😀 it’s a funny old world when non-entities top the charts and one of our finest artists had to work as a plumber to earn a living 🤷‍♂️ Great lyrics by Pip Pyle...if you like Share It then you’ll love ‘Let’s Eat (Real Soon)’, a non-lp single in similar vein. Great music from great people and so many other great Canterbury bands to investigate....National Health, Gilgamesh, Hugh Hopper, In Cahoots, L’Equipe Out etc etc 👍

[@JustJP]

Really?! Wow thats crazy

[@mickcapewell6369]

JustJP yeah, Richard took up his tools to earn money after the Hatfields split in ‘75, and he kept his hand in after he moved back to Canterbury about 20 years ago (he’d been living in the Netherlands). He did quite a few jobs on my house in Blean, just outside Canterbury round about 2002/3. He moved to Southern Italy not long after...he could afford it with the money i’d paid him! 🙄

[@wolframhohmann1300]

Great review of these wonderful pieces. Thanks

[@stevensabella7287]

Phil Miller was also in Delivery, and Matching Mole with Robert Wyatt. Pip Pyle was the drummer for Gong. FYI

[@garybeaudette4208]

I'm glad you liked this JP , the rest of side 1 is one big movement that has to be listened to as one song! Side 2 is 2 songs. The first album is best listened too at one sitting for best results!!! After this National Health, first two albums are fantastic!!!

[@JustJP]

Ty Gary!

[@edwardthorne9875]

Dave Stewart (on keys) had a regular monthly column in Keyboard magazine. He wrote mostly about creative inspiration, and was very informative. The name National Health came from the British Healthcare system. One member had 'National Health' stamped on his glasses, and that's what they called themselves. He went on to record a few albums with a female vocalist (Barbara someone) the most memorable song was a cover version of ''We are Siamese (if you please)' . Yes from Lady and the Tramp -- quite funny!

[@blackcatcentralmusic]

Barbara Gaskin who was in Spirogyra (Canterbury, not the American jazz band) and she sang with the Northettes. She and Dave Stewart still make albums. "Star Clocks" came out last year.

[@edwardthorne9875]

@@blackcatcentralmusic That is amazing. Thanks for the name and the update.

[@roddmcleodable]

Great rhythm section. Swings so hard.

[@JustJP]

It really does!

[@madmanmoon4038]

You have to check out a few songs from the first HATN album! “Son of ‘There’s No Place Like Homerton’”, “Shaving Is Boring”, and “Gigantic Land Crabs In Earth Takeover Bid” are some of my absolute favorites!

[@CanterburyKnight77]

I absolutely love the Canterbury Scene! Good music and humor to match! You have to listen to Tenemos Roads! Cheers.

[@brunosamppa]

Yes - Machine Messiah (Drama, 1980)

[@tonyt6481]

It looks like it won’t be long before you’re at 10,000 subscribers wish you luck I’m getting very many more

[@markspooner1224]

Wonderful stuff. Both their albums are great. The title 'The Rotters Club' was used (nicked) by the novelist Jonathan Coe for his 2001 novel, later made for BBC TV, so the name lived on. One day you still might try 'Blue' by Kevin Ayers (studio version), one of the most important artists of the Canterbury Scene. This was a very nice surprise, great reaction too.

[@pianocovers4227]

Hi Justin ! I LOVE this whole album ! You've got just the beginning ! Go on for the rest of Side One (tracks 3 to 7) ! then Side Two !

[@williamburchell7906]

Give a listen to Bruford, Bill's band with Dave Stewart. Try "Feels Good to Me".

[@rogerhennie8939]

Your old hero, Bill Bruford, gathered the top Canterbury guys, i.e. Dave Stewart and Alan Holdsworth, for his group Bruford. They made 3 super albums, start with 'Feels Good to Me', where the americans Anette Peacock and Jeff Berlin also shines!

[@alexalvarez2076]

This album should be one of the next albums you get to, JP. Such a fantastic album, along with the self-titled debut.

[@dchalmers9331]

Great to see you've played something by Hatfield and the North. The Rotter's Club is easily one of my top 5 favourite albums. If you haven't heard it already you should try the fantastic multi-part suite "Mumps" from the same album. Just fantastic! Keep up the good work.

[@JustJP]

Ty D!

[@ithaliem]

When I recommended this song a couple of months ago I suggested that you should listen the next song as well. And you did it 🙂. As a matter of fact the first side is more or less one piece. The Rotters Club goes to my top 5 all time records. A great combination of prog & jazz and very unique. When you have listened to this album you should take National Health, which is about the same band without Sinclair and his vocals.

[@JustJP]

Ty John! I noticed that after I edited in the comments😅 you knew what you were talking about!

[@blackcatcentralmusic]

Another recommendation for National Health. Great music.

[@yes_head]

Canterbury in Excelsis! So many great things about these tracks. Pip gives "Share It" such a great drive and groove, but Richard's mild mannered intonation of the goofy lyrics are the star for me. And remember, the Canterbury scene was deeply rooted in English hippy culture, so the lyrics are a pretty much straight up request for more "sex, drugs & rock-n-roll". 😄

[@Whiteshirtloosetie]

Wow! This is also a first time ever hearing this. I new about the Group's name decades ago and remember Hatfield and the North as a road sign on the old A1 road from London to Welwyn Garden City when Hatfield was a dangerous T junction before the Galleria (near De Havilland Aircraft Factory of the first Jet Airliner etc) was even thought about. Then my dad would turn off on the A1000 road towards St Ippolyts then Hitchin then Henlow before the A1 became the A1M Motorway to get onto country roads that were not insane. All these decades. I don't drive but every time passing think of the name of the group when passing Hatfield. All these years but honestly this is the first time I've ever listen to any of their music thanks to you. It was worth the wait as really like it. :)

[@wolframhohmann1300]

Hey JP... another Canterbury Scene liking guy. Great, I found your channel. Cheers

[@JustJP]

Welcome aboard Wolfram! And thank you!

[@realbser1956]

Absolutely loved this one. I admit that the vocals I need to focus on a bit more but the second song was fire🔥. Looks like I have some homework to do.

[@RayRay-ot5xd]

Love the Canterbury scene, great bands. The lyrical cadence reminds me of Caravan’s ‘Winter Wine’. I absolutely love Richard’s voice, it’s so calming 😊. May I make a suggestion for the band Gryphon and their album ‘Red Queen to Gryphon Three’. Four songs, all instrumental with incredible musicianship. Keep up the great work exploring the world of Prog, your videos are the best!

[@olemartinsen9733]

This is feelgood prog! Just wonderful😊Love the album, a classic!

[@geoffw913]

Hatfield and the North and their first two albums... unsurpassed examples of Canterbury music!

[@ericfroshnider3524]

First, I've heard this song decades ago and loved it then, so happy to hear again for the second time Now its downloaded Thank you very much for playing it

[@JustJP]

Absolutely! Ty Eric

[@PaulfromOregon]

Hatfield and the North reaction? Yeah, I subbed. Good work man.

[@JustJP]

Thanks P & A!

[@gerardodoherty9178]

If you love dave Stewart s playing, you HAVE to check out national health. The broken 2 step is a must as is most of "of queues and cures" - the album it's from

[@snowdog87]

No particular comment except continuing amazement at the creativity of human expression in music and all forms of art What is it that we are trying to tell each other or ourselves Perhaps that we are not so different from each other that we and our creativity arise from the same source one to which we will return OK i know its Sunday morning So I'll throw in a quote that any nondualists will appreciate "What is looking...is what you are looking for"...St. Francis "and in the shuffling of dreams , remember who on earth you are" Lake/Sinfield

[@chroniquephilousophique9983]

Love this! I like the constant off tempo but right on place of this music. They have excellante technicity.

[@ronjm945]

These songs have a fusion feel, nice...

[@Umbrella2]

Glad you listened to this, love the whole vibe of this album.

[@dchalmers9331]

I make no apologies for banging on about this but you really should hear Dave Stewart's multi-part composition Mumps from The Rotter's Club. Running at about 20 minutes it would be ideal for long song Saturday, quite apart from that it's fab!

[@lucianocatarin9176]

Hey,my musical friend,you have to check also "the rotter's club" from this fantastic group,salutations from Treviso Italy

[@sammarsh3679]

This band is a low-key supergroup really, as nobody was super-famous, but all of them had cred. Pip Pyle came from Gong, and Phil Miller from Matching Mole (Robert Wyatt's band right out of Soft Machine). You'll probably like National Health too, which came next, with all but Sinclair involved.

[@madmanmoon4038]

Most classic Canterbury bands were supergroups tbh haha

[@MisterWondrous]

Wondrously welcome flashback. Thanks! From this century, do you know Syd Arthur's "Apricity"? Nothing like it, but good, and also mentioned on the Canterbury scene wiki. Their name makes me think of Barclay James Harvest, and thus Fairport Convention and Clannad, in one direction, and Daniel Steven Crafts, in another very different and strange direction. Could be that they were all in the twilight of my awareness, but never fully noon.

[@julianoricardo4881]

Awesome Band. Very modern sound. Their debut album is also amazing.

[@toshibautoob]

Never heard this but I love these two cuts. Thanks Justin.

[@JustJP]

I'm glad!

[@fmellish71]

I've been loving the rolling out of videos the beat club page has been doing lately. The Winter Wine one is also great. Hatfield & the North has such a good softness and clarity. Very classy sound.

[@JustJP]

Absolutely! Great channel

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

This was fantastic music. . Great reaction. You should definitely check out Air Raid Shelter by Patto.

[@johntree6425]

Hatfields... of course. Great selection, great review/reaction as usual. Always watchable, with good insights, thank you.

[@JustJP]

Appreciate it John!

[@runciblemoon1194]

Delighted you've finally got to this one, Justin! And doubly delighted that you let it roll into the second track and instantly got the vibe. This whole album is a masterpiece - permanent fixture in my top 10 for well over a decade. Fingers crossed you can continue with it and get the whole lot on camera. At the very least please give us a video for"Mumps", the sidelong suite on side 2. That track is tied with "Tenemos Roads" by National Health as my favourite Canterbury piece of all time.

[@JustJP]

Ty David! This was a great one!

[@neilhinks5734]

Well.. Another great sounding band Justin. 👍 Love Richards vocals, and the drums and bass are stunning butty. 😊 Another wonderful video Justin. 👍 👍 Richard done some amazing stuff with Camel too Justin. Albums.. "Breathless " oh yes ♥️ and "Rain Dances", two cracking albums butty. Have a fab day butty. Loved that keyboard solo.. Hmm.

[@zgieria]

Beautiful album from Canterbury scene

[@andyburge7358]

Whoa!, haven't heard this since I was about 15 - there were a whole lot of rock/jazz fusion bands around at that time - H&TN, Henry Cow, Magma, Soft Machine, Caravan, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Gong - all worth a listen although some are quite inaccessible ..

[@andyburge7358]

Want to try some more - how about 'Why are We Sleeping' - with the sublime Robert Wyatt on drums and the the unpredictability of Kevin Ayers on basxz and vocals - try it, you'll love it

[@RGRG3232]

Very nice choice for a Sunday morning. Interesting listen and fits with how I'm feeling...kind of laid back and a bit peppy.

[@JustJP]

It is a good Sunday song isn't it?😃

[@tonyt6481]

You got to try and ride in your bike at night but make sure you put lights on the wheels and lights everywhere so they can see you there’s a whole bunch of us in California the road especially in Venice Beach electric light parade it’s awesome hope you get to see that on the Internet look it up it’s pretty cool

[@johnpbh]

So glad you enjoyed it...

[@JustJP]

Very easy to enjoy!

[@mannycalavera6011]

Two diferent bands to recommend, two diferent ways of being genius: First, Naked City - recommended songs: Batman, Latin Quarter, The Sicilian Clan, The James Bond Theme. Second, Santana - Recommended songs: Oye como va, Black Woman. Hope you enjoy...

[@ericdupont1326]

Hi Justin ; I'm so happy you came to this band and album .......... , "Share It" , that is another name for your channel ; isn't it ? yes , the vocals and bass of Richard Sinclair , the keys of Dave Stewart , guitar of Phil Miller are hugely good ; but the druming of Pip Pyle !...... listen again ! and comming next in this album : The Northettes : Amanda Parsons, Barbara Gaskin et Ann Rosenthal ! Dave Stewart , Phil Miller , Pip Pyle , Amanda Parsons : also in " National Health " ( listen to "Tenemos Roads " ) Pip and Phil , we miss you both

[@JustJP]

Haha seems to be Eric😄

[@gammaanteria]

P.S. a terrific track (in my opinion) to consider for a future reaction video is the opening track (“7 Sisters”) to Pip Pyle’s 1998 solo album (“7 Year Itch”). Has all the members of Hatfield and the North (Richard Sinclair on vocals only, not bass), also has Elton Dean in the line-up. The first half of the song is like a tender and reflective jazzy ballad with a fine vocal performance from Richard Sinclair, and it gradually transitions into a glorious second part of controlled chaos, where it sounds like half of the band go off doing wild solo improvisations at once (sounds like it wouldn’t work, but it does).

[@CthulhuWaitsDreaming]

I am glad you got around to this. And I happily noticed my previous comments featured in your intro. Canterbury holds the grooviest position in the prog canon, in every sense of the word. Dave Stewart absolutely kills it. In a very different direction, I am going to once again very strongly recommend that you dig into the albums The Crushed Velvet Apocalypse and Any Day Now by the band The Legendary Pink Dots. I really think you will find that this band has been missing from your life.

[@BaldJean]

"Beat Club" was a German TV show that ran from September 1965 to December 1972. It had the top rock acts from all over the world playing live. Way before my time though.

[@bobholtzmann]

I enjoy Beat Club - letting it run on the Roku TV is a real party!

[@blackcatcentralmusic]

By the time Hatfield & The North formed Beat Club had become Musikladen but Uschi Nerke continued to host. The show was made in Germany and unfortunately Hatfield did not appear. However, there is a brief film of a concert at The Rainbow. Beat Club is a fantastic archive.

[@ericarmstrong6540]

The next band to try out is National Health. They were formed after Hatfield & the North disbanded. The band consisted of the members of Hatfield, minus Richard Sinclair. John Greaves of Henry Cow joins this band and takes Sinclair's spot. Every bid as good as Hatfield & the North.

[@nomisnestral6956]

Hey! That sleeve's up on my living room wall, next to Kimono My House.

[@jimhardiman3836]

What's next, National Health?

[@Habichiwoowoo]

I happened upon this whole Reaction Video phenomenon near the beginning of the COVID shenanigans and promptly climbed into several rabbit holes until I settled on three favorites: a couple of college guys looking for "bangers" with lots of "sauce" (took me a bit to plumb the depths of those enigmatic terms); a gentleman one generation behind me who was raised on rap and hip hop; and you. The first two are mostly mainstreamers, but you my friend are much more adventurous; you're willing to go into the great beyond, bringing me things I've never heard before. Some I've heard *of* but never got around to actually hearing and others that never even sailed into my little ocean. I'm sixty-two years old and never heard of Hatfield and the North (let alone the Canterbury scene) until today. And now I have something else I have to add to my Amazon wish list. Thanks a lot. i-don't-know-how-i'm-gonna-keep-up-with-all-this-stuff...

[@johnhoerl7326]

If you’re new to the Canterbury scene, you should start with Caravan. Richard Sinclair (bass and vocals on this track) was a founding member, before joining Hatfield. In the Land of Grey and Pink is their finest album, in my opinion, and a great intro to their music.

[@JustJP]

Hahaha ty! Glad you found something to add to the cart😅

[@bradhernandez5823]

N ever heard this band E nding is fantastic K eep 'em coming JP T ry to see if you can find A nother hint for future R eactions in this reply

[@JustJP]

Haha, its coming...I think next week

[@krapulax605]

rotter's club, by jonathan coe- a beautiful novel that took its title from this song. and the motto is also from here

[@davidgale7384]

Gentle Giant lyrical style with consistent time signatures (mostly)...? What do you think?

[@ZalMoxis]

You NEED to listen to Steve Hillage - Fish Rising - first track solar Musik Suite

[@tonyt6481]

To tell the truth I like the second half of the song better than the first half like the guitar playing it was real good

[@Tintop]

next one "Mumps" from Hatfield & the North :)

[@timberframingbear]

Try Matching Mole. You'll like it a lot

[@stevensabella7287]

They continued past the first two albums as National Health. They lost Richard Sinclair ( to Camel ) and renamed the band N.H.

[@thomassharmer7127]

It took a couple of listens to tune my ear in to some of the harmonic shifts. I still haven't quite got what feels like out of sync rhythms among the instruments at some points, but I like it. Kind of a gentler Gentle Giant. The whole Canterbury scene has a very English emotional understatement on the surface, but with a lot actually going on underneath.

[@UnnaturalHaz]

To me, the crowning achievement of the Canterbury Scene is 'Rock Bottom' by Robert Wyatt. It was the first album he released after his accident and the mood definitely reflects this. It also has an all star cast: Mike Oldfield, Fred Frith, Hugh Hopper, Richard Sinclair, Ivor Cutler and Nick Mason as producer! Has anyone suggested Henry Cow yet? Their first album (Legend or Leg End) is somewhat related to the Canterbury Scene but from the second (Unrest) on, it's all downhill avant-garde delight. For a first listen I would suggest "Half Asleep/Half Awake".

[@De_Futura]

The best album in the “Canterbury Scene”.

[@tonyt6481]

There was a lot of people requested this do you want to try a zoom request reaction

[@Kevbest777]

You really have to listen to the band ‘National Health’ featuring, Dave Stewart on keys...

[@brumleyhall]

National Health is actually the exact same band, minus Richard Sinclair.

[@lucianocatarin9176]

Excuse me "Chateau D'eureville"

[@TmRnBn]

I get an Al Di Meola vibe from Phil here. Can't put a finger on it, though. If you don't know Al--go to Elegant Gypsy (1977?) or anything else into the mid 1980's.

[@-davidolivares]

Land of the Midnight Sun is my favorite, I do have the five/six albums after but, Land is my choice for best. It just eeks it out to first place.

[@JustJP]

Ty! Very very familiar with EG, island album

[@-davidolivares]

JustJP Land of the Midnight Sun is the Son of RTF’s Romantic Warrior, just saying.

[@maruad7577]

In the last 48 hours I have heard, for the first time, five groups that were contemporary with many of the bands of my youth. Four of them I had never heard of before. and two of which I definitely like with two more that may move into the like category with more exposure. What do they have in common? I heard them here first. As a thank you, I gift you knowledge of The Weakerthans... okay they are probably too well known. How about Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, specifically 49 tonnes. B&TRK are a Canadian C&W band with a difference.

[@JustJP]

That makes me happy tonhear Maruad; I'm glad you've been discovering new stuff alongside myself

[@jamespaivapaiva4460]

Love Phil Millers guitar licks, check out Matching Mole the fusion is rampant! Peace.

[@tonyt6481]

The guy sounds like he’s British the singer

[@madmanmoon4038]

He is. This band is part of the Canterbury scene.

[@dutmastersmut7049]

Check out Giles Giles & Fripp. Thank me later.

[@mariobaert8346]

I've tried several of the the Canterbury genre. And I just don't get it. Camel is the only one close to this genre that I do like. The vocals here are not captivating for me and the instrumental parts are sometimes interesting but too much 'noodling' for my taste. I have similar problems to the jazz stuff I tried to listen to. Lack of a clear melody or something maybe? I don't know. I don't have the skills JustJP has to analyse and know why it hits or why it doesn't. What I do know, give me a Yes, Genesis, Marillion, Pendragon, Arena, IQ, Pink Floyd, Mike Oldfield song any time and it flies for me (not necessarily in that order ;-) ). And countless others of course!

[@timberframingbear]

Sorry. Me again. Brand X is worth listening to, as well

[@Divedown_25]

Not heard them before. Musically great but I do not feel the song melody on the first song, just following the music. Or vice versa. For me it got a bit annoying. The second song only instrumental part though really really good. Jabba-dibba-dobba-jazz as my old man would have said. More of that and I’ll forget the first song 🤠

[@benoitdesmarais2948]

Another trip down memory lane, this time to try out a band i reaaaally wanted to like way back when, bought the album as an import. But the singer... He hits all the notes, which aren't easy to sing at all, but his voice is colourless, adds nothing. Hadn't heard this since i don't know when but some things don't change: Hatfield should have hired a singer, or just be an instrumental band (I enjoyed Lounging There Trying.)