National Health

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National Health was a progressive rock band that is part of the Canterbury scene . In the original formation of 1975 it consisted of keyboardists Dave Stewart ( Hatfield and the North ) and Alan Gowen ( Gilgamesh ), guitarists Phil Miller and Phil Lee , bassist Mont Campbell and drummer Bill Bruford . Bruford was soon replaced by Pip Pyle ; Campbell was replaced by Neil Murray and later John Greaves .

In constantly changing formations, the band toured extensively and released two albums of mostly long, mostly instrumental and complex set compositions. It broke up in 1980 and, after Alan Gowen's death in May 1981, came together again to record the album DS Al Coda , a collection of largely unrecorded compositions by Gowen.

National Health's albums and other archive material have now been released on CD . Her album Of Queues and Cures (1978), on which Peter Blegvad also played guitar and vocals and Georgie Born on cello , is currently number three of the 63,000 best records on Gnosis.

Discography

  • National Health (1977)
  • Of Queues and Cures (1978)
  • DS Al Coda (1982)
  • Complete (1990; includes the three studio albums and two bonus tracks)
  • Missing Pieces (1996; archival material, mostly from before the first album National Health )
  • Playtime (2001; live recordings from 1979)

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