Nektar - Down To Earth
- Singer: Nektar
- Album's title: Down To Earth
- Genre: Electronic, Rock
- Label:
Bacillus Records – BMC 47,
Bellaphon – BMC 47,
Sabado Som – OW 621
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold Sleeve
Country: Brazil
Date of released: 1975
Category: Electronic, Rock
Style: Psychedelic Rock, Prog Rock, Krautrock - Format: FLAC MP3 AAC MIDI MP1 DXD DMF APE AUD
- Size MP3 ZIP: 1535 mb
- Size FLAC ZIP: 1757 mb
- Rating: 4.9/5
- Votes: 463
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MP3 version
- 1757 downloads at 22 mb/s
FLAC version
Tracklist
| A1 | Astral Man | 3:07 |
| A2 | Nelly The Elephant | 5:02 |
| A3 | Early Morning Clown | 3:21 |
| A4 | That’s Life | 6:49 |
| B1 | Fidgety Queen | 4:04 |
| B2 | Oh Willy | 4:00 |
| B3 | Little Boy | 3:03 |
| B4 | Show Me The Way | 5:55 |
| B5 | Finale | 1:36 |
Companies, etc.
- Manufactured By – RCA Eletrônica Ltda.
- Marketed By – One Way Produções & Edições Musicais Ltda.
- Recorded At – Chipping Norton Recording Studios
- Remixed At – Dierks Studios
- Remixed At – Air Studios
- Mastered At – Sterling Sound
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – Bellaphon
- Published By – Bellver Music
Credits
- Art Direction [Front - Art Direction] – Pierre Tubbs
- Art Direction [Inside & Back - Art Direction] – Helmut Wenske
- Backing Vocals – Kenneth Cole (tracks: A3, B3), P.P. Arnold (tracks: A3, B3)
- Bass, Vocals – "Mo" Moore*
- Choir – Chipping Norton Mandies (tracks: A2, B5)
- Drums, Percussion – Ron Howden
- Effects [Special], Technician [Sounds] – Dieter Dierks
- Engineer – Barry Hammond
- Guitar, Lead Vocals – Roye Albrighton
- Keyboards, Vocals – "Taff" Freeman*
- Lighting [Visual Minority], Other [General Hassles] – Mick Brockett*
- Photography By [Front - Photo Finishing] – Bob Seales
- Photography By [Front] – Bryce Attewell
- Photography By [Inside & Back] – Dieter Weis
- Producer – Nektar, Peter Hauke
- Saxophone [Tenor/baritone] – Chris Mercer (tracks: A2, B1, B2, B5)
- Saxophone [Tenor] – Steve Gregory (tracks: A2, B1, B2, B5)
- Trombone – Chris Pyne (tracks: A2, B1, B2, B5)
- Trumpet [1st] – Butch Hudson (tracks: A2, B1, B2, B5)
- Trumpet [2nd] – Ron Carthy (tracks: A2, B1, B2, B5)
- Tuba – Stephan Wick* (tracks: A1)
- Tuba [Bass] – Phil Brown (tracks: A1)
- Vocals [Duet] – P.P. Arnold (tracks: B4), Roye* (tracks: B4)
- Voice [Ringmaster] – Bob Calvert* (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1)
- Written-By – Freeman*, Moore*, Howden*, Albrighton*
Notes
Recorded at Chipping Norton Studios, England, 22nd March to 1st April 1974.Engineered (with help of the engineers handbook page 128 § 4). Remixed at Dierks Studios, Germany, 18th, 19th April and 13th to 15th June 1974.
Engineered (engineers handbook page 4 § 128 german version).
Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York City.
"Astral Man" re-mixed at Air Studios, London, November 20, 1974.
"Early Morning Clown" re-mixed at Dierks Studios, Germany, November 2, 1974.
Front-photography filmed on location in the wastelands of Wandsworth, England.
All other photographs made at Circus Krone at their site in Dortmund, Germany.
Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLPS 19190 Q | Nektar | Down To Earth (LP, Album, Quad) | Bacillus Records | BLPS 19190 Q | Germany | 1974 |
| DRS 1005 | Nektar | Down To Earth (LP, Album) | Direction Records | DRS 1005 | New Zealand | 1974 |
| UAG 29680 | Nektar | Down To Earth (LP, Album) | United Artists Records | UAG 29680 | UK | 1974 |
| BLPS 19190 Q | Nektar | Down To Earth (LP, Album, Quad, RP) | Bacillus Records | BLPS 19190 Q | Germany | 1974 |
| IECP-10056 | Nektar | Down To Earth (CD, Album, RE, Pap) | WHD Entertainment, Inc. | IECP-10056 | Japan | 2006 |
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