Name: Kestrel - Remastered Expanded Edition
Brand: Kestrel

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

ECLEC22481

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-06-04

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Cherry Red (ADA)

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

5013929458147

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2 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Kestrel

Genre GB

Prog Rock

Label GB

Esoteric Recordings

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A re-mastered and expanded edition of the classic 1975 self-titled album by Kestrel. Hailing from Newcastle, the band featured Tom Knowles (lead vocals), Dave Black (guitar, vocals), John Cook (keyboards, mellotron), Fenwick Moir (bass) and Dave Whitaker (drums), who had previously been with Newcastle trio Ginhouse. Signing to Cube Records in 1974, Kestrel recorded their sole eponymously titled album in 1975, with the majority of the compositions written by Dave Black. 

A fine example of melodic prog rock, the album featured some outstanding tracks, including the gorgeous ‘The Acrobat’ and the stunning epic ‘August Carol’. Inexplicably the album failed to sell in significant quantities and within a short time Kestrel dis-banded, leaving just one album and a single as their recorded legacy. Four decades later, Kestrel is now rightly regarded as a true over-looked classic of the prog era, with original vinyl copies being impossibly rare and changing hands for huge sums, particularly in Japan. Re-mastered from the original tapes, this reissue has been expanded to include six bonus tracks, with four of them previously unreleased in the UK, and also includes a booklet that fully restores the original album artwork and features an informative essay.

Kestrel - Remastered Expanded Edition

Music GB