National Health - Of Queues and Cures (Full Album)

Of Queues and Cures (also identified as Of Queues & Cures) is the second album recorded by the progressive rock and jazz fusion group National Health, one of the last representatives of the artistically prolific Canterbury scene.
00:00 - 1. "The Bryden Two-Step (For Amphibians), Pt. 1" (Dave Stewart)
08:55 - 2. "The Collapso" (Stewart)
15:13 - 3. "Squarer for Maud" (John Greaves)
27:05 - 4. "Dreams Wide Awake" (Phil Miller)
35:56 - 5. "Binoculars" (Pip Pyle)
47:45 - 6. "Phlâkatön" (Pyle)
47:54 - 7. "The Bryden Two-Step (For Amphibians), Pt. 2" (Stewart)
Personnel
Dave Stewart - Organ and electric piano (tracks 1-5, 7), piano (tracks 1-3, 7), minimoog (tracks 3-5, 7)
Phil Miller - Guitar (tracks 1-5, 7)
John Greaves - Bass (tracks 1-5, 7), piano innards (track 3), crooning (track 5)
Pip Pyle - Drums (tracks 1-5, 7), breakage (track 2), percussion (track 3), handclaps (track 3)
Also:
Selwyn Baptiste - Steel drums (track 2)
Rick Biddulph - Bass on 6, bass & organ solo (track 4)
Peter Blegvad - Spoken word excerpt (track 3)
Georgie Born - Cellos (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7)
Mike Dunne - Engineer, Producer
Brian Gaylor - Engineer
Jimmy Hastings - Clarinets (tracks 3, 5), bass clarinet (track 3), flute (track 5)
Phil Minton - Trumpet (track 1), trumpets (track 5)
Paul Nieman - Trombones (tracks 1, 5)
Keith Thompson - Oboe (tracks 3, 5)
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[@glenngage7833]

This is why back in the day album covers had the names of band members...going through the record bins was always a voyage of discovery. Canterbury, really a modern term for this music, was not a genre yet. So here in the states, the import bins where usually a big mix of everything. The bands kept changing, so we had to look for the musicians on album covers to follow our favorites. In those days, there were very few people who enjoyed these albums and it was your own world as it was tough to share. Today, "Canterbury" is finally being discovered and although many of them are gone now, it is very nice to see them gaining a larger audience and the accolades so richly deserved. Some of them have websites...so check them out and buy their music.

[@Freeskiingisdabest]

Interesting comment, I’d still consider most Canterbury/Jazz-Prog albums to be quite obscure today and definitely more for people of esoteric taste but objectively speaking most of it is some of the most technical and at times experimental music since late 60s - early 70s Zappa material. To me the obscurity of most of these Canterbury albums adds to their charm and it’s cool to hear that it did even more so back when they came out in the 70s.

[@awaken77]

It is not a genre, it is kind of artificial cliche. Journalists took few bands and labeled as "canterbury", as well as other side projects and collaborations of musicians from these bands. Some of them never lived in Canterbury . p.s. isnt Camel a canterbury band then? :-) Richard Sinclair and Dave Sinclair of Caravan played in it.

[@orbpulsargd2608]

Although early Camel has a "hint" of Canterbury sound, they are rather a symphonic prog band than a Canterbury band.

[@written12]

@@Freeskiingisdabestinteresting commment. I’m no expert in early-mid 70s Zappa but I really prefer Canterbury bands. There’s a warmth here in the midst of the technical prowess that I’m like.

[@davidbriggs9675]

And some stupid music journalists who 'championed' Punk, said that everything before Punk was worthless...they should be ashamed of themselves, as should the record companies who at this point in time dropped all the talented, inventive and exceptional UK bands in favour of the safety pin wearing cretins who 'played' Punk music. This is fabulous music thanks for uploading it.

[@nige3801]

They couldn't think for the safety and nappy pins stuck through their noses

[@dasmowilkins]

well we shouldn't discredit punk entirely simply because it sort of replaced prog in the 80s: there were a lot of dope hardcore n post-punk bands out there. this heat, family fodder n crass for ex, who were just as innovative as the prog bands of the 70s

[@jamiepastman5594]

This was such an important album for me, I loved all things Canterbury. Dave Stewart is a great soloist, Phil Miller a great writer, Pip and Greaves wonderful together. This album gets app 20% blame for turning me into a professional musician 40 years ago. I still am!

[@cesarincamendozaloyola4407]

Pip and John, also great writers

[@m.fleischer7095]

Ha! Just discovered this album through a comment under king crimson lizard. And a new prog gem emerges from the depths of the past. I just started prog five years ago and it opened a whole new world.

[@terrypussypower]

If you haven’t already, check out the Hatfield And The North LP “The Rotters Club”, a gem of an album….and the first National Health LP. Both are amazing. And if you like heavier prog, then Van Der Graaf Generator’s “Pawn Hearts” is a stunner! Same goes for Peter Hammill’s solo album “The Silent Corner And The Empty Stage”….that one will do your head in! In a good way, of course!

[@m.fleischer7095]

@@terrypussypower thank you. I am a huge Peter hammill vdgg fan so I have to agree with you. Gonna listen to the other ones. Also if you got any recommendations for heavier stuff I just startet listening to Power metal, like helloween (the new Album is a banger) and galneryus, under the force of courage for a long time osanna was my favourite band the Album palepoli is just two long heavy italian prog gems.

[@thefivetones3839]

Univers Zero Heat Wave.... One of my favorite.

[@m.fleischer7095]

@@thefivetones3839 thanks gonna listen to it.

[@terrypussypower]

Phil Miller was my guitar hero as a youngster in the 70’s, especially this album and “The Rotters Club”. I used to spend hours trying to learn his parts on a crappy SG copy! Rest easy Phil.

[@timothydillow3160]

Triplets master

[@awaken77]

he's great. im absolutely pleased with guitar parts in NH

[@arno-luyendijk4798]

@terrypussypower: a copy doesn't have to mean its sound is bad: I play a Les Paul copy for some 30 years by now. and the sum of its sound is mainly by the badass Vox tube amp, the cheap flanger/phaser pedal, the tc eletronics Hall of fame 2 and the excellent EHX Key9 piano pedal which makes this cheap guitar sound like a very expensive Gibson ES 325 jazz guitar. It is this mix and your own talent which makes the decisive sound. Proof: I just tried some very easy solos with this combination while playing along on this album, and the effect was.....just magical , with my eyes closed.

[@stephendail2768]

Actually it's the second album

[@vaseofflowers4619]

I was listening to Rotters Club earlier on today

[@grahamjohnjarvislockley3768]

I consider myself lucky to have seen them live back in 1979

[@gordonlandreth9550]

Where ? Did they come here to the US . I think that they would have been a big hit in California .

[@marijanbrkic4875]

The great late Pip Pyle 🍻

[@MegaCirse]

National Health calls for an indulgent listening at first and then he lends his beauty and sensibility, until one is caught ineluctably in his universe. Each listening unveils a little more of its mystery and its magic

[@richardfinlayson1524]

ineluctably !!

[@MarioMendezCaldeira]

Philippe Cirse is magically everywhere I go :)

[@MegaCirse]

@@MarioMendezCaldeira Yeah... Always with good music 😊

[@gordonlandreth9550]

You mean it grows on you . I think .

[@Jakelyn7133]

My favorite album of this band.

[@AnFr33]

Coool Gold Age Prog Rock! Excellent Band. In my Playlist

[@RiquezaEmGotas]

Dave Stewart 's influence in Bruford 's solo albums can be widely noticed here.

[@asammler]

Yes! at 49:30 this sounds more like Bruford than like National Health.

[@danielwang7793]

The part that starts at 50:45 was recycled for the last Bruford album! The track is "Land's End".

[@RiquezaEmGotas]

@@danielwang7793 That's correct!

[@amh426]

Dave Stewart a most amazing keyboard player.....

[@carlr0gers417]

Check kerry minaer on keys, See Gentle Giant.

[@HammondDER]

@@carlr0gers417 Kerry is cool, but Dave has his unique keybordist mind, Kerry is sophisticated forcibly, Dave -- by nature.

[@carlr0gers417]

100% totally agree , from Hatfeild, Gong, Bruford and of course National Health Dave is always overlooked i mean we aint' talkin'the eurythmics guy are we? heh-heh like him too though.

[@HammondDER]

@@carlr0gers417 well, 5 minutes ago I finished with UH's Sunrise and JP's Sentinel...

[@bendream544]

@@carlr0gers417 plays on Hillage-led group called Khan and also Arzachel both fantastic bands with Dave's keyboards already in a world of their own. If you haven't already then check them out.

[@robertochiang8057]

One of the best 78's albums!!! Great even after all this years.

[@samissomar]

Great Progressive Rock...Masters !...

[@awaken77]

Who thinks it's a masterpiece in 2021?

[@1359401]

Oh god yeah F yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! damm epic and legendary genius-right up there as the greatest album of all time

[@gordonlandreth9550]

I do , because the arrangements , musicianship , and overall pacing of the album is top notch . Never boring , but unpredictable and classy , Canterbury at it's very best

[@awaken77]

@@gordonlandreth9550 a"canterbury supergroup"

[@gordonlandreth9550]

@@awaken77 I know , they just have the talent that is off the charts . Wish that I could have seen them play at Winterland .

[@mhiraldo]

Will always be a masterpiece...just as 'Les Noces' by Stravinsky will always be a masterpiece...timeless!

[@scifizydeco]

I picked up the debut National Health album on vinyl when it was issued but somehow missed this gem until now. Thank you intertubes!

[@scifizydeco]

Holy shit - this is SO much more 'comfortable in their own skin' than the first album. I feel like I'm 19 again!

[@stevorinohorton387]

IDK who will appreciate it, but after the first UK album Bruford and Jeff Berlin made the Spice of life 1&2 with the great Kazumi Watanabe. Not catagorically numerable fusion. Just the top of the instrumental scene. And absolutely another wonderful rabbit 🕳️.

[@tomotoole7546]

thanks i will check this out

[@veriteri32]

Still one of my all-time favorite bands! Phenomenal!!!

[@user-rw9ju2zy5u]

Does The Collapso mean “collapsed calypso”?…interesting! This album is the ultimate destination of Canterbury music scene, I think.

[@RustyGulley]

I loved the three Egg albums in the day and it's great to discover this wonderful music after a long time. Brilliant!

[@bukeksiansu2112]

Same level as Bill Buford's One of a Kind, amazing album.

[@philippecirse4872]

To listen to this band is to abolish the surge of everyday noises and images to half-open the space of an elsewhere where contingency and representation give way to the immateriality of the sensitive. The expressive power of the sound architecture breaks with any form of transcription of reality to attach itself to the expression of a fabulous universe where the color and the hythm of the compositions constitute an expiration which gives voice to the exaltation

[@mhiraldo]

Adventurous rock music from the punk era (meaning people proud that they could not play instruments and thought that spitting on the 'audience' was the ultimate musical statement - pfffleaseee!). I'm so glad there is diversity in human minds and hearts because that could have been the end of creativity and substance in music. For more music like this check out early Robert Wyatt, early Gong, Gilgamesh, Alan Gowen, Phil Miller, Hatfield and The North, Egg, Pichio Dal Pozzo, early Hugh Hopper, early and mid-70s Carla Bley, Kew Rhone album, Soft Machine, Camel, Caravan, early Aksak Maboul, Henry Cow, Bruford, etc. etc.

[@davidwalters7867]

So brilliant I can’t put into expression what I am feeling although one person said it well when they added “if you have your health then wealth.”

[@timdillow1941]

Dreams wide Awake is my favorite keyboard solo ever. Dave Stewart said he was literally tearing up his organ, pulling out wires etc. during the actual take .

[@ElektrikHob]

Me too! :) 27:09

[@Wizuu0274]

Damn, where'd you read this? I can almost never find any interviews from him.

[@cesarincamendozaloyola4407]

In the CD booklet

[@pythonflying]

As the band and engineers looked in aghast 😊

[@eliavincenzi8726]

The outro of Dreams Wide Awake is I N S A N E

[@ggmasin]

pure beauty..

[@gordonlandreth9550]

They have a very special sound . The drummer and bass player - superb !

[@johnherbert6497]

This is my generation, a great album, simply sublime.

[@whisk941]

Squarer For Maud -- crazy the way I love it!

[@andymoss6243]

I've heard of this of course, but never heard it until today. Nice! Bruford and Stewart definitely lifted some bits from this album for the Bruford albums!

[@glenngage7833]

By Brufords' own admission, he was really tired of English bass players and brought in the great American Jeff Berlin on bass. This band was quite unique and new. Great players all...although Alan left soon to create another in his brilliant encounters, this was a great band to listen to as they evolved.

[@cesarincamendozaloyola4407]

Bruford asked Stewart to do it.

[@TheBitterSweetgr]

This unique supergroup achieved a very high standard of emotion, atmosphere and virtuosity. Music for constant tripping.

[@gordonlandreth9550]

You don't have to loaded to enjoy this band . They are good enough to take you on a trip .

[@TheBitterSweetgr]

@@gordonlandreth9550 agreed 100%

[@gordonlandreth9550]

@@TheBitterSweetgr Thanks Much good buddy .

[@cezargalvao1993]

One of the best band of Canterbury Scene.

[@r-d3440]

Digamos la mejor y ya.

[@jehki-sammeli]

Every time I listening to this I am bursting!

[@cristauxfeur2560]

So amazing, the reprise of The Bryden Two-Step (For Amphibians) theme always gets me a bit emotional.

[@dougdrazga4461]

The Brits really knew how to bookend albums in the 70s. Dave Stewart is so underrated, especially in the States.

[@fusionhar]

EVER SINCE THIS PERIOD, GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING AS TO WHAT IS MUSIC HAS DETERIORATED DRAMATICALLY. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PERIOD OF TIME TO WITNESS AND ENJOY SUCH AUDIO BLISS AND BEAUTIFUL COMPOSITIONS

[@MegaCirse]

You forget or force yourself to ignore these new talents that are > Radiohead, Porcupine Tree, Mr Bungle and Muse! Try them ......... ;-)

[@SteveAstronaut]

In 1978, when this album was released, it was pretty obscure. You certainly wouldn't have heard it on daytime radio. There's lots of fantastic music being made and released today. Now, as then, you have to look for it.

[@JoinTheProgress]

@@MegaCirse I've tried all of them and they suck. They are this-era wannabees. I tried Radiohead repeatedly and they were nowhere near this, and saw Porcupine Tree and was bored out of my skull. With rare exception, prog/fusion wasn't innovative beyond the 70's.

[@MegaCirse]

@@JoinTheProgress Je ne peux vous donner tort (excusez moi je réponds en français car je suis un musicien français :) les années 70's étaient des feux d'artifices de créations en matière sonore et quand vous avez connu des groupes tels que VDGG, Floyd, King crimson, la période "spatiale" de Tangerine Dream (Atem-Zeit-Alpha centauri-Phaedra & Rubycon) Henry cow, Yes, Magma et Gentle Giant, les formations que vous citez resteront des "avatars" mais méritants & brillants quand même.. L'ordre logique des choses !! (try Google Trad for translation ;-)

[@JoinTheProgress]

@@MegaCirse Why would I try to translate anything from someone with such lousy taste in music...lol...;)

[@GuyWhoLikesTheSnarkies1435]

Before: Just me, being a Snarky Puppy fan* *Discovered the whole Canterbury Scene, esp. Dave Stewart projects** After: *"Wdym by Snarky Puppy, some feral dogs? Who's this Cory organ dude?! Cory Wong?"* Joke aside, I love both actually. Still I won't be lying when I say this band are just on a league so far above. This album simply is an underrated masterpiece😃😆

[@akarshrastogi3682]

I discovered jazz through the prog and jazz-fusion route. Then I looked at tge modern bands like Snarky etc. Love them all, but yes I too have been in love with Canterbury

[@grahamhowes6904]

Fine fine band - attended their concerts as National Health and particularly as Hatfield and the North. Not enough of their magnificent live shows where they were often more improvisatory.

[@gordonlandreth9550]

Lucky you were to see both of these bands in their prime . I wish they had more airplay on the radio here in the US , and if they had , they would have been big stars .

[@tomotoole7546]

you are so lucky to have seen them, omg... i did get to see ds with bruford, he is just the shizz.

[@lunacatfish]

Still beautiful after all these years

[@rockonthestone4907]

Alright, i might just have to refer to this as the greatest album I've ever heard

[@canterburied]

l avro ascoltato 100 volte. sempre nuovo e magnifico

[@drazenlesic2530]

Great band, great record! *****💜💛🖤

[@Wizuu0274]

Not to diss on the rest of Dave Stewart's work, but this is what I think to be his peak. Or really, the peak of the powers of everyone who were in the band at the time. I mean, goddamn, everyone gets a stellar moment on this record. -Dave's eerie, almost ominous keyboards on the intro to the first track already set the mood -Pip's drumming on The Collapso is otherwordly -It'd be a crime if I didn't talk about John Greaves' bassline in Squarer for Maud, let alone his writing -Phil's rythm guitar on Dreams Wide Awake, and his solo on the outro to Binoculars are both tear jerkers And of course, there's the ending, where everybody reunites to give the album the closer it deserves. It's a shame this band never got more attention, or that there are no live performances recorded except bootlegs here and there, and maybe the Old Grey Whistle Test performance of "The Collapso".

[@mikeziemba2269]

There is a live album, "Playtime", which featured Alan Gowan on keys - please check out his band, Gilgamesh. I had a chance to see them during this period (1979?) at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, but left the festivities as I thought they were never going to play - it was after midnight and other commitments needed to be considered for the following day. I will always regret this decision. With respect to musicians being at their peak, let me say that after having read Dave Stewart's account of NH's misadventures, it is totally understandable that he would strike off in a new and, hopefully, more profitable direction. With respect to Phil Miller (RIP), I believe that he really took off as a guitarist, song writer and band leader after he left NH. Pip Pyle (RIP) and John Greaves were also fantastic.

[@Wizuu0274]

I have checked out Gilgamesh, and love their second record. What was with the misadventures? Never read of this.

[@1359401]

No mention of his playing and composistions in the bill bruford band? Sorry disagree while i think National health is damm great and queues and cures is top 10 greatest albums of all time bruford band is overall better and dave peaked with their music and thats saying a lot because i like National health almost as much

[@Lesiga1]

@@1359401 Thats certainly true of One of A KInd, and I would never hear a word against the Bruford band! But NH had Pip on drums, and his explosively precise playing still holds its own amongst the greatest of the world! Thankfully we dont have to choose, we have it all. :)

[@wholeworld399]

National Health, Hatfield and the North, Egg, Gilgamesh, Caravan, Camel, Henry Cow, Gong, . .all unique with same purpose (70s were awesome).

[@paulblakey4589]

Great band, great album.

[@simontessier4833]

When Prog was at its height, in front of what in 1978... Punk and Disco? The end of a nice decade! There is a real soul here, no age, timeless classic. One of my favorite album of all time.

[@richardfinlayson1524]

the 70s was great it had everything!

[@richardfinlayson1524]

although i think progressive rock was at its height a few years before 1978, in my opinion anyway.

[@TheVeryBlondeOne]

Squarer for Maud sounds as if it would very well fit in a U. K. (that band with Bruford, Wetton, Jobson and Holdsworth) album

[@laredolenny682]

U.K , yessssss. I saw them at the Old Palladium in Manhattan NYC on thier first time out. Saw Brufords Hells Bells tour the year b4. I am a die hard fan of Canterbury and am always amazed no one mentions Soft Machine. They were like the Grand Parents to all this. Wyatt played with all these folks.

[@tapiagg]

Squarer for maud is the best piece in the album, IMO. Amazing guitar solo from Phil...

[@mortcola]

Well, Bruford spent some time with this band....not a bad fit, but Pip Pyle, RIP, was THE Canterbury drummer. The Manic Octopus of Percussion.

[@mikenichols3965]

And of course, David Stewart was in the band Bruford, right around the UK period.

[@akarshrastogi3682]

@@laredolenny682 indeed, while I haven't been as lucky to be born 50 years ago in a western nation, I do enjoy Soft Machine, UK, and whatever live shows I can find online from the canterbury scene.

[@jeanwilliquet4035]

C'est génial and it cannot sink that I missed out so long on this association.

[@RodM.Peters]

Same thing happened to me. Been a fan of Soft Machine and Caravan for ages now, and how I could have missed ever hearing National Health before is one of life's unsolved mysteries to me!

[@jamesfowler6785]

Personally I think the is the greatest Canterbury scene album - this is the pinnacle of what the sound achieved

[@Olegzyan]

Great album!

[@jamiepastman5594]

Listen to my band Apprentice, the album "Rough Draft" from 1982 to hear a band more influenced by this music than any other you'll hear! We loved National Health, Hatfield, Egg, etc. and my writing reflected it (along with a dose of Weather Report and Happy The Man and Gentle Giant).

[@Lesiga1]

Thank you! I am listening, its nice . :) .

[@gordonlandreth9550]

Interesting , I will listen .

[@bassbymichele]

Incredible record

[@gordonlandreth9550]

You got that right - how did we ( California ) miss out on these guys ?

[@laredolenny682]

Thank you for posting this.

[@godbluffvdgg]

Thanks so much for the upload.

[@galbaribeirodefaria6104]

It's great! Thanks a lot!! From BRAZIL!!!

[@angelbyronsalgado5307]

Excelente trabajo. Gracias por subirlo.

[@juamachin]

¡Discazo!

[@cesarincamendozaloyola4407]

Y que lo digas

[@didierbion8056]

Brings back memories when we were young and beautiful lol.

[@danfirstcrazy5finger]

..Genialne nadcasove,tento masterpiece ta oblecie, odeje a nasyti :-) 25rokov spät som to pocul prvy krat a nestratilo to nic z toho naboja a hudobnej fantazie akoby z druheho sveta :-)

[@safrey3824]

I Love this...I have it on vinyl !

[@blipblip88]

Nat Health and the Soft Machine were my college favorites. Still are!

[@OttoSell]

Masterpiece

[@philperot587]

Nice, very nice, I like it. !

[@enzogalli5506]

Excellent!!!

[@Ramblin-Man]

National Health, Egg, Curved Air, early Strawbs, Hatfield & The North and Igginbottom were the best, but I love them all.

[@philippecirse4872]

Yes but ............. Henry Cow ...................... King Crimson ......................... Magma (french group ;)

[@narasimha7187]

Oh God, this is NUTS! 🤯💕

[@RiquezaEmGotas]

I hear some Mike Ratledge influences here and there.

[@brookiestorer5231]

Incredible musicianship...Pip Pyle is invincible.

[@gordonlandreth9550]

No doubt about it , the drumming is incredible . I wish I had heard this when it first came out , the arrangements , are so intricate , the vocals from Amanda Parsons hit me hard .. Love National Health !!!

[@kaerustation]

Wow those last bars around 35:05 on Dreams Wide Awake! Awesome

[@gelubatir9794]

National Health - Of Queues and Cures (Full Album)Of Queues and Cures (also identified as Of Queues & Cures) is the second album recorded by the progressive rock and jazz fusion group National Health, one of the last representatives of the artistically prolific Canterbury scene.Track listing No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "The Bryden Two-Step (For Amphibians), Pt. 1" Dave Stewart 8:54 2. "The Collapso" Stewart 6:19 3. "Squarer for Maud" John Greaves 11:51 4. "Dreams Wide Awake" Phil Miller 8:50 5. "Binoculars" Pip Pyle 11:45 6. "Phlâkatön" Pyle 0:09 7. "The Bryden Two-Step (For Amphibians), Pt. 2" Stewart 5:31 8. "Paracelsus (Excerpt)" (Bonus Track) 9. "The Apocalypso" (Bonus Track) Personnel Dave Stewart - Organ and electric piano (tracks 1-5, 7), piano (tracks 1-3, 7), minimoog (tracks 3-5, 7) Phil Miller - Guitar (tracks 1-5, 7) John Greaves - Bass (tracks 1-5, 7), piano innards (track 3), crooning (track 5) Pip Pyle - Drums (tracks 1-5, 7), breakage (track 2), percussion (track 3), handclaps (track 3) Also: Selwyn Baptiste - Steel drums (track 2) Rick Biddulph - Bass during 6/4 organ solo (track 4) Peter Blegvad - Spoken word excerpt (track 3) Georgie Born - Cellos (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7) Mike Dunne - Engineer, Producer Brian Gaylor - Engineer Jimmy Hastings - Clarinets (tracks 3, 5), bass clarinet (track 3), flute (track 5) Phil Minton - Trumpet (track 1), trumpets (track 5) Paul Nieman - Trombones (tracks 1, 5) Keith Thompson - Oboe (tracks 3, 5)

[@jaysonvalentine]

Phil Fucking Miller.

[@Icxhot1]

Simple perfect

[@polobede9054]

super fin et excellent ! ! ! Tout comme " Hattfield and the North " ( les cousins proches ! )

[@truthreveals7198]

Original Phil Miller 😊

[@fidelbootlegs4458]

Excelente

[@stephendail2768]

After being into the soft machine since it's conception it is so cool to find that there are dozens more fans that came out of the same era and they all knew each other have listened to National Health before but just caught this first album now it is my kind of album no freaking nonsense

[@paulblakey4589]

Unique genius

[@Olegzyan]

The Lonely Rocker digs this kinda music!

[@nevrastan]

You mean to say, the Rocker with "Real" taste!

[@Olegzyan]

@@nevrastan yep! that's what I mean.

[@podulox]

Takes me back......... Not sure where/when it takes me back to.... I can't remember mo0st of the seventies........

[@LilHaseProductions]

12:04 the bassline from Son of There's no place like Homerton

[@Miler97487]

While symphonic prog was in bad shape in 1978 (Love Beach) it's strange that the best Canterbury came out in 1978 and that's the two albums from National Health! I own both of these and they're amazing. Also in 1978 was American band the Muffins who released their great debut the same year with Manna/Mirage, one of the finest examples of Canterbury not by a British band.

[@tomotoole7546]

the muffins, picchio dal pozzo, rascal reporters, all amazingsfish

[@Miler97487]

Picchio dal Pozzo (and of course the Muffins since I brought them up) I know of. Never heard of Rascal Reporters until now. Got to hear a little of them on KZbin and like what I hear. They're from Detroit so another Canterbury-influenced band from America. I also highly recommend the Japanese band the De Lorians. They only put out one album in 2019 but you could swear you're listening to never heard before Soft Machine tracks from the Third and 4-era. All instrumental and worth your time.

[@adrianreyes7114]

Squarer for Maud JOYA SUPERLATIVA, BEST EVER

[@tomotoole7546]

the whole album is goated, squarer for maud, greaves contribution ,is just superlative, he is amazing

[@dogus.utoopia]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Logan-Wolverine]

Questo disco e Rotter's Club sono i migliori album della scena di Canterbury

[@helenepoire5298]

More jazz than i like but great moments

[@lemming9984]

Yeah, I love most Canterbury stuff but this and Hatfield way too jazzy for me. There are moments though - first track.

[@kuku1760]

Әла шејди :-)

[@fernandobouzada2968]

intellectual trip

[@josemujica7533]

Taki afandiyev es una gozada gracias

[@user-nd2cf6zy3f]

My name is Great Scott😂 national health is one of my favorite bands you can go to caravan and Hatfield and North

[@geronimofernandes7370]

🇧🇷🤘

[@johnnywilson3071]

Dave stewart has to be in the top 5 most technically gifted keyboardists. Its no wonder that quite lot of the work he's done is how should I put it, very difficult to play.

[@1359401]

Dave stewart and kerry minnear are my 2 favorite keyboardists of all time and easily both are geniuses that are obscenely criminally underrated.

[@cesarincamendozaloyola4407]

​@@1359401, add Patrick Moraz and there you have three keyboard gods that are obscenely underrated

[@poempadgett4664]

Love “Binoculars” was that Pip Pyle singing? It’s his song but didn’t say who did vocals.

[@1359401]

Its the bass player john greaves

[@poempadgett4664]

Thanks, very good and very “Sinclairian-style” lyrics and vocals, imo, lol.

[@awaken77]

Guitar player is a killer. This solo from 17:58 makes me cry. Where else he played?

[@trobin]

listen to national healths other album, as well as hatfield and the norths albums and matching mole. all great work by phil miller

[@martinrodzzz5329]

Delivery Matching Mole Hatfield and The North

[@davidframe8362]

@@martinrodzzz5329 he also had a band with Pip Pyle around the nineties called In Cahoots that I saw in London on the same bill as Caravan. Spent a bit of the evening with Gilli from Gong, they were both fuckin brilliant as you'd expect.

[@fluentpiffle]

I seem to remember Phil Miller plays a similar kind of solo on Robert Wyatt's Rockbottom album...another classic!

[@billytheschmid]

This is like Egg with extra bacon.

[@cesarincamendozaloyola4407]

While riding to Hatfield

[@natfletcher1445]

If you are wealthy you are healthy

[@davidwalters7867]

This band so influenced ELP it is almost like plagiarism; ie. chapter two. GBG NO EDITS.

[@LilHaseProductions]

Hatfield was better. And Egg was better than that.

[@tomotoole7546]

i love those bands to the point of obsession, esp hf and the n, but this is my bestie