Without 'New York State of Mind' or "Other Peoples' Rooms,' you can't really have a Mark Almond's greatest hits, can you? Wish e-music could grab those cuts and the respective albums that carried them. Still, I found five cuts here essential to my collection.
I have the real 'best of mark almond' cd. but more importantly have their first album on cd. it's all amazing and includes 'the ghetto,' 'tramp and the young girl,' and 'the city' and much more. also the john mayall album 'turning point' in which mark and almond play on this. their sound is essential to the album and the sax is other worldly. their first album is just amazing. their best is alright. but if they only made the first album alone, they should be in rock history for such an incredible unique sound. (mark from cleveland...you have to hear the sax on he first album and on the 'turning point album.'have both cds for anyone that wants.....free..................................................because you guys are cool to know and like mark almond.their real best includes the definitive version of the song 'new york state of mind.' so i'm not sure what this is....ps e music has 'turning point' by john mayall. check out the song 'california' and 'thoughts about roxanne'
I how have the CD Other Peoples Rooms..
Mark-Almond knocked me off my symbolic chair in the mid-Seventies, and it's a gift from pop blues heaven to find them here. One way Sunday is one of the finest and most memorable songs about alienation ever written. No self-indulgences here, just pure musical observation.
What a great duo Mark / Almond are. I could listen to Johnny Almond's raw sax soloing over and over. To be honest I was a little surprised to fid this on eMusic, since I had thought it was a little on the rare side.
this not truly the best, except 'the city' and 'the ghetto.' too bad they don't have the first mark almond album.
I had this on vinyl. Does anyone have this on CD?
The Mark - Almond Band have been a part of my life for over 30 years and for a good reason - their music is timeless! EMusic is very wise in releasing almost everything they have done on this site, it is all uniformly excellent. They are willing to take chances and always hit the mark. Their melodies stick in your head for days and their arrangements and unusual instrument choices are very appealing. I recommend you download everything they have on this site along with the Jon Mark releases.
When I first discovered this music I thought the “The City” and “The Ghetto” were marvels with their warm/cool jazz styling. Re-discovering them here at emusic, decades later and after steeping in jazz of all sorts for 25 years, I still think it is a marvel; really 60’s prog rock evolving into jazz, I think.
The Mark-Almond Band produced a sound that was not exactly progressive rock, sophisticated jazz-pop, or folk, but a blend of these styles. Even a die-hard "alternative" fan who might dismiss this as boring old "hippie" music could listen to a song like "Tramp And The Young Girl", and hear seminal echoes of Tinderbox or the Eels in its dark, haunting and morose beauty. "The Ghetto" "What am I Living For" and "The City" are worth the price of this CD alone, with thier compelling acoustic jazz grooves and hypnotic vocals. If you follow electic artists like John Martyn, or of more recent vintage, Beth Orton, then you'll love this stuff. [edit]
