Egg - The Civil Surface Album

Tracklist

1	Nearch Bass – Dave StewartBassoon, Oboe – Lindsay CooperClarinet – Tim Hodgkinson	3:22
2	Wring Out The Ground (Loosely Now) Guitar – Steve Hillage	8:11
3	Prelude Vocals [Vocal] – Amanda Parsons, Ann Rosenthal, Barbara Gaskin	4:17
4	Wind Quartet II Bassoon – Chris Palmer Clarinet – Maurice CambridgeFlute – Stephen SollowayFrench Horn – Mont Campbell	4:48
5	Wind Quartet I Bassoon – Chris Palmer Clarinet – Maurice CambridgeFlute – Stephen SollowayFrench Horn – Mont Campbell	2:20
6	Germ Patrol Bassoon, Oboe – Lindsay CooperClarinet – Tim Hodgkinson	8:31
7	Enneagram	9:07

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
C1510, C 1510	Egg	The Civil Surface ‎(LP, Album)	Caroline Records, Caroline Records	C1510, C 1510	UK	1974
ECLEC 2003	Egg	The Civil Surface ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM, MPO)	Esoteric Recordings	ECLEC 2003	UK	Unknown
VIP-4075	Egg	The Civil Surface ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Virgin	VIP-4075	Japan	1980
VJCP-68688	Egg	The Civil Surface ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RE, Pap)	Caroline Records, Virgin	VJCP-68688	Japan	2004
VJD-5026	Egg	The Civil Surface ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Virgin Japan	VJD-5026	Japan	1989

Credits

• Bass, Voice, Piano – Mont Campbell
• Drums – Clive Brooks
• Engineer – Dave Ruffell, John Purdy
• Organ, Piano – Dave Stewart
• Producer – Egg

Notes

Made in EEC

Barcodes

• Barcode: 3528595640113
• Label Code: LC 04909
• Matrix / Runout: MR 56411
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI LL88
• Rights Society: NCB

Companies

• Recorded At – Saturn Studios

Short intro

The Civil Surface is Eggs third and final studio album, originally released in 1974 on Caroline Records. The band had broken up in 1972, leaving some of their favourite stage pieces unrecorded. At organist Dave Stewart's suggestion, the trio re-united in order to record these compositions. Among the guest musicians on the album are Steve Hillage guitar, Lindsay Cooper oboe & bassoon and vocalists Amanda Parsons, Ann Rosenthal and Barbara Gaskin. Genre: Progressive RockCanterbury Scene Album: Egg Year: 1974 Side one 1. Germ Patrol - Mont Campbell, Dave Stewart 2. Wind Quartet I - Campbell 1974 7 Songs. The Civil Surface. Although Egg had presented some of the material within on their final tour, still that long ago taster barely primed fans for what was to come. For as experimental as the trio had been in days of yore, with Civil Surface the band moved almost completely into improvisational, avant-garde territory. Still, echoes of the past could be heard on Enneagram, with its intricate rhythms and tempo changes and coursing passages counterpointed by slower effervescent segments. Progressive Rock. Other productions from Egg. The Metronomical Society. Seven Is a Jolly Good Time. The Civil Surface reflects widening interests, with Stewart's greater jazz-centricity and wryly melodic Canterbury flavor most notable on the longer tracks Germ Patrol, Enneagram and Wring Out the Ground Loosely Now. That Enneagram and Wring Out, the only vocal track for Campbell, reference Lobster in Cleavage Probe and Gigantic Land Crabs in Earth Takeover Bid from Hatfield's debut is only a matter of timing: these were, after all, originally written before that first album, just recorded afterward. But it's the longer pieces all over eight minutes and Prelude that make The Civil Surface a more satisfying and inherently less-dated effort than Egg's first two albums. Listen free to Egg The Civil Surface Germ Patrol, Wind Quartet I and more. 7 tracks 40:45. Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music23. Egg - The Civil Surface 1974. To favorites 2 Download album. Listen album. Psychedelic Rock. Songs in album Egg - The Civil Surface 1974. Egg - Germ Patrol. Egg - Wind Quartet 1. Egg - Enneagram. Egg - Prelude. Egg - Wing Out The Ground Loosely Now. Egg - Nearch. Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin. Play jigsaw puzzles for free Home. The Civil Surface, 2018. Germ Patrol, 08:30. Wind Quartet 1, 02:20. Enneagram, 09:07. Prelude, 04:17. Wing out the Ground Loosely Now, 08:11. Nearch, 03:11