THE NICE – FIVE BRIDGES LP – Nr MINT UK 1970 PROG

The Nice – Five Bridges
(Charisma Records  1970  CAS1014)
Matrix No’s: A5/B5 – UK Pressing
Charisma Pink Scroll Label

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are a few surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

EJ Day Gatefold Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
– a little wear to edges

The Nice were an English progressive rock band active in the late 1960s. They blended rock, jazz and classical music and were keyboardist Keith Emerson’s first commercially successful band.

The Five Bridges Suite is a modern piece of music, written in the 1960s, combining classical music and jazz. Written about the UK city of Newcastle upon Tyne, it was released as an album by The Nice which achieved the number two position in the UK album charts.

Track listing

Side one

1. “The Five Bridges Suite” (Keith Emerson, Lee Jackson) – 18:06

• “Fantasia 1st Bridge”
• “2nd Bridge”
• “Chorale 3rd Bridge”
• “High Level Fugue 4th Bridge”
• “Finale 5th Bridge”

Side two

2. “Intermezzo ‘Karelia Suite'” (Sibelius) – 9:01
3. “Pathetique (Symphony No. 6, 3rd Movement)” (Tchaikovsky, Arr. Emerson, Joseph Eger) – 9:23
4. “Country Pie/Brandenburg Concerto No. 6” (Bob Dylan, Johann Sebastian Bach) – 5:40
5. “One Of Those People” (Emerson, Jackson) – 3:08

Personnel

• Brian Davison – drums, percussion
• Keith Emerson – organ
• Lee Jackson – vocals, bass guitar

With:

• Joe Harriott – saxophone
• Peter King – saxophone
• Chris Pyne – trombone
• Alan Skidmore – saxophone
• John Warren
• Kenny Wheeler – trumpet, flugelhorn