{"id":24525,"date":"2023-01-04T05:30:03","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T10:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=24525"},"modified":"2022-12-22T09:50:45","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T14:50:45","slug":"album-review-steve-hillage-the-glastonbury-experience-live-1979","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/04\/album-review-steve-hillage-the-glastonbury-experience-live-1979\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Steve Hillage \u2013 The Glastonbury Experience: Live 1979"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Steve Hillage<\/a> is a beloved musician, and with good reason. His work with Khan, Arzachel, Uriel, Gong <\/a>and System 7 has all been innovative, compelling and tuneful, with just the right degree of wigged-out hippie vibe. And that\u2019s all true of his solo work<\/a> as well, a catalog that features all sorts of lovely works, from 1976\u2019s L<\/i> (with Todd Rundgren and Utopia supporting him), Motivation<\/i>, Green<\/i> and Open<\/i> among other notable highlights. While Hillage remains vital and productive to this day (be sure to check out my conversation with him in which he discusses ten albums that influenced him<\/a>), his commercial peak as a solo artist came between the middle 1970s and the early \u201880s.<\/p>\n

And it was squarely in the middle of that era when Hillage appeared at the famed Glastonbury Festival. (Well, he\u2019s been several times, but a recording of this one is being released.) The Glastonb<\/i>ur<\/i>y <\/i>Experience<\/i>: Live 1979<\/i> captures most of that performance \u2013 11 \u00bd songs \u2013 in good fidelity. Hillage and his band (featuring partner Miquette Giraudy on keys plus drummer Andy Anderson, Paul Francis on bass and Dave Stewart on guitar) are in fine form as they work through a set list that balances original material (\u201cOctave Doctors,\u201d \u201cUnzipping the Zype\u201d) and his own readings of songs he loves (Jimi Hendrix Experience\u2019s \u201cAre You Experienced,\u201d Donovan\u2019s \u201cHurdy Gurdy Man\u201d).<\/p>\n

Longtime Hillage aficionados may be surprised to note that George Harrison\u2019s Beatles-era psych classic \u201cIt\u2019s All Too Much\u201d is not in the set. But the program flows nicely even without it, and the front-of-house mix (captured on cassette master) is surprisingly clear and crisp for a recording of its vintage.<\/p>\n

If you enjoy Gong or Hillage (or, as I never fail to point out to younger music fans, if you appreciate the Hillage-inspired Ozric Tentacles<\/a>), The Glastonbury Experience<\/i> is highly recommended. It differs from (and is thus arguably preferential to) an actual<\/i> Glastonbury experience in that Wellingtons are not required. The album\u2019s book-style package is lovely as well. By the way, for those readers who\u2019re in the UK, Hillage is on tour. Go see!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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