The untimely death of the great Roger Bunn, scourge of apartheid and beater of many a Bass guitar, has prevented the proper promotion of his newest sonic release, Piece of Mind on Roller Coaster Records.
Way back, before Bunn joined the Roxy Music crew as their first bassist, Roger Bunn was making music with everyone and even did his own solo with the Dutch Royal Philharmonic.
The story behind the album is infuriating as it was buried in oblivion as a "foreign album" instead of a Brit-Pop explosion contribution. Roger's history is full of love, intrigue, being in the right place at the right time and doing the wrong thing for your future. Like the time Roxy music asked him to clean up his face, cut the moustache and hair for the group. He preferred to quit and let his freak flag fly then to curtail his freedom and liberty. How many times did Roger ask me late at night if that might have been an error in judgment?
Well, this turns out the same. The album was set about in the mid sixties as Roger's fame as a session man grew in the inner London crowd of new Brit Explosion bands. AR men at the record company knew Roger was a great musician and decided to team him with a philharmonic orchestra background. This thrilled Roger no end as he could compose and was a musician’s musician. Well, off to Holland to record with the Dutch Royal Philharmonic. Alas, as the album finishes it is released not as domestic rock but foreign release and is buried in obscurity.
Roger goes on to gig with Hendrix, Bowie and all the real names in the British rock scene as his release dies behind the music industries push in other directions.
Piece of Mind is an extraordinary piece of music. Historically the first of its kind in a trackless state. As one huge piece of music, the tracks move into each other without the mind taking notice. From hippie drum circle to smooth jazz chordal movements and Lydian scales the album breaks new ground for the next decade. Eventually the whole British music scene copies the style of Roger Bunn as his release languished in the foreign bin.
Now you have a chance to add this amazing piece in its entirety to your collection with a huge color insert booklet with history, pictures and more through Rollercoaster Records right here online. With new tracks added, including some of his recent collaborations with Cream songwriters! We think you will love this classic. We will never get anything else from Roger and with this you can have a small treasure of the talent the world will forever miss.
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