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David Kubinec's Mainhorse Airline
Geneva Tapes
Genres: Pop, Rock, Classic Rock, Metal

Track Listings (10) - Disc #1
1. Overture and Beginners
2. Blunt Needles
3. The Passing Years
4. Make It the Way You Are
5. Pale Sky
6. What the Government Can Do for You
7. The Daybreak of Eternity
8. Directions for Use
9. A Very Small Child
10. God Can Fix Anything

CD Details

All Artists: David Kubinec's Mainhorse Airline
Title: Geneva Tapes
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Ork Records UK
Original Release Date: 8/28/2007
Re-Release Date: 8/6/2007
Album Type: Import
Genres: Pop, Rock, Classic Rock, Metal
Styles: Progressive, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 5013929592322

Synopsis

Album Description

It has always been said that the origins of the Patrick Moraz debut recording group Mainhorse are not well documented. Now,with the discovery after 37 years of The Geneva Tapes all that has changed. These tapes provide a unique insight into how the band was formed and what its original aims and personnel were. In the late summer of 1969, Moraz and his friend, bass player and cellist Jean Ristori , linked up in England with 17yr old drummer Bryson Graham and vocalist/songwriter/keyboardist David Kubinec. David Kubinec named the band "Mainhorse Airline" with the approval of Sam Miesegaes, a Dutch millionaire living in Switzerland who had a financial stake in the group, and who was also to be responsible for kick-starting Supertramp. In fact Supertramp became the warm-up band for Mainhorse Airline in the early days of MHA when they were supporting the likes of Free, Humble Pie and Canned Heat.

CD Reviews

Lost gem recovered!

LeastLikely | San Fernando Valley, CA | 09/02/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The Geneva Tapes were the lost audio recordings of a band formed by a pre-Yes Patrick Moraz and cellist Jean Ristori called Integral Aim. It's singer and co-songwriter, David Kubinec, later renamed the band Mainhorse Airline. Now recovered and remastered on this CD, the tapes provide a glimpse into the very early years of experimental, progressive rock.

Built essentially on a foundation of heavy, bluesy rock, the songs are mixed with jazz, classical, and psychedelia. Technical virtuosity abounds, particularly with Moraz's keyboarding and Bryson Graham's fast and frenzied drumming. But the thread that ties it all together is the expressive and charismatic David Kubinec, whose musical narration of the lyrics (compelling and evocative by themselves) tugs you along the harrowing flight path of a heroin trip.

The CD's overall sound is exciting and raw, as if recorded live at an underground club. After Kubinec's departure, Moraz and Ristori went on to reform the band as Mainhorse, which recorded a more polished collection of some of these songs, along with some lyrical changes, but lacked the "buzz" found in the original recordings.

The Geneva Tapes by David Kubinec's Mainhorse Airline is a must have for not only prog fans but all music-philes and music history buffs. Great stuff and highly recommended!

For the curious, here is a list of Geneva Tapes songs with their corresponding titles on Mainhorse:

Overture and Beginners --- Introduction

Blunt Needles --- Basia

Directions For Use --- Such A Beautiful Day

God Can Fix Anything --- God

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