Cressida

Cressida was a Uk art rock-band formed on the tail-end from the 1960s within the darkness of (and their music quite definitely in thrall to) the Moody Blues, with much body organ and Mellotron audio courtesy of key pad participant Peter Jennings. The initial lineup of Jennings, Angus Cullen (vocals, acoustic guitar), John Heyworth (acoustic guitar), Kevin McCarthy (bass), and Ian Clark (drums) was authorized to Polydor’s intensifying rock and roll imprint, Vertigo Information. The group experienced a thick, lyrical sound, and Cullen’s performing was of a nice, almost pop character, inside a vein much like Justin Hayward, Paul McCartney, et al. Their self-titled debut recording was filled up with hauntingly gorgeous melodies and fairly accessible, straightforward track structures. It had been relatively derivative of antecedents like the Moody Blues, nonetheless it did sufficiently to justify a follow-up in 1971. Heyworth experienced departed by enough time of the next recording, entitled Asylum, changed by John Culley and Paul Martin Layton (of the brand new Seekers) on acoustic guitar, along with Harold McNair added on flute aswell. That album, made by Ossie Byrne, was even more ambitious instrumentally and, remarkably, given Byrne’s earlier use the Bee Gees and Eclection, much less centered on Cullen’s vocals. By 1972, nevertheless, the group experienced go out of vapor and recording agreement, and they never had an opportunity to develop a background. Ian Clark shifted to a short stick with Uriah Heep and John Culley joined up with Dark Widow.