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Third Ear Band: From Sean Breadin in 2008
I think it's fair
to say that with the passing of Glen Sweeney some years back the Third
Ear Band are now a thing of the past, though interest in the band
continues and a healthy discography remains available on both CD & vinyl
- as a search through ebay will reveal, likewise the collectability of their earlier works.
Plans are even afoot for a tribute Fourth Ear Band, with Glen's wife's
blessing...
Looking at my sources (i.e. Luca Ferrari's Third Ear Gig List that forms
an essential part of his Necromancers of the Drifting West booklet) I
might surmise that the lineup on that occasion was Glen Sweeney, Paul
Minns, Richard Coff and Ursula Smith on cello, who joined in the July of
1969 (replacing Paul Buckmaster, who replaced Mel Davis). In Third Ear
History line-ups are as fleeting and as ephemeral as the music, but that
quartet assumed a semi-permanence and recorded not only their second
album for Harvest, but also the music for a German animaton by Fuchs (Abelarde
& Heloise) and some memorable sessions for the BBC. I see you've linked
to one of Will's little films there too; if you link to his SEA film,
the soundtrack is taken from one of the BBC sessions featuring the
quartet with Smith. |
