hypersongs

Of Queues and Cures

The second album, with the steel drums of "The Collapso".
National Health, 1978

Stewart, Miller, Greaves and Pyle played it, with guests including Selwyn Baptiste on steel drums, Peter Blegvad on spoken word, Georgie Born on cello, Jimmy Hastings, Phil Minton on trumpet and Paul Nieman on trombone. Wikipedia gives December 1978 as the release; the Calyx fan FAQ says 1979. AllMusic gave it 4.5 stars, its Dave Lynch praising its complexity and quirkiness, and Tom Moon suggested it in 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die after Robert Wyatt's Rock Bottom.

Track listing

  1. The Bryden Two-Step (For Amphibians) Pt 18:54
  2. The Collapso6:19
  3. Squarer for Maud11:51
  4. Dreams Wide Awake8:50
  5. Binoculars11:45
  6. Phlakaton0:09
  7. The Bryden Two-Step Pt 25:31

More from National Health

National Health (1978), D.S. Al Coda (1982), Missing Pieces (1996), Playtime (2001)

Sources

  1. Of Queues and Cures, Wikipedia
  2. National Health FAQ, Calyx