Julian Jay Savarin - Waiters On The Dance download free

If you enjoyed Julian's Treatement's A Time Before This, it's a no-brainer that you need Julian Jay Savarin's only solo album, Waiters on the Dance. It's not every day you come across an author who also explored music (other than Michael Moorcock who periodically associated himself with Hawkwind), Julian Jay Savarin being another example, only difference is Julian was also a musician, fully capable of playing organ (and also, on this album, Mellotron). Although the lineup has totally changed, therefore dropping the Julian's Treatment moniker, to be honest, this may as well be another Julian's Treatment album, as it's very similar in sound and spirit. Jo Meek replaced Cathy Pruden. Jo was the sister of Anna Meek, of Catapilla, and in fact Jo was the original vocalist for Catapilla, but she left (to sing for Julian Jay Savarin) before they got to record, to be replaced by Anna. Also the drummer is Roger Odell, who I know from CMU (who also featured his wife Larraine Odell on vocals) and Shakatak. Jo's vocals aren't too terribly different from her predecessor Cathy Pruden. Anyways, the music seems to have a bit more edge than on A TIme Before This, a bit less of that "groovy '60s" feel to it, showing more maturity, with some really nice use of Mellotron on top of Julian's typical cosmic organ playing. What a wonderful cover to go with it, it screams "rare and obscure collector's item", and to be honest, the original LP on the Birth label is very hard to find (in fact harder to come by than the Julian's Treatment album). Thankfully this album has been reissue sparing you the big money an original goes for. What else can I say, this really comes highly recommended!