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The Rabbit's Hat - "Take Good Care"

I have this double LP sampler "Bumpers", which presents the Island label roster 1971/72, including bands/musicians like Traffic, Spooky Tooth, Jethro Tull, Jimmy Cliff, Dave Mason, Fairport Convention, Renaissance, Fotheringay and more… When I put on "Take good care", I immediately thought - that's exactly this sound in an up to date context. Intelligent song structures, mostly based on acoustic sounding instruments, voices melodic and gentle.The songs are not that easy to get into because they don't follow an easy ABACAB etc. basic. The longer I listened, the more I discovered …like suddenly I realised a whole big part of american West Coast flavour ... CSN&Y, The Association, Bread and because there is this wonderful voice of Terri B. , Rabbit's Hat sometimes gets a Spanky & Our Gang flavour (who's LP "Anything You Choose" is still one of my all time fave releases) ... so, all in all, the more I listened, the more I was completely lost in the music ... timeless 100% quality!! Is there a better way to praise a release??? Stone Premonitons believe in a co-operative and collective style of working .... Stone Premonitions are a label that refuse to put profitability before creativity and constantly endeavor to produce songwriting and music of an extremely high standard. I think it's best to get in touch with this truly outstanding label, ask for more information and order some of the most wonderful music existing at the moment!!

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