SUN DIAL – Acid Yantra & Libertine

Cover	Release	Style
	2007	Alternative rock
	Label
	http://www.acmerecords.co.uk
	Website
	http://www.sundial.org.uk http://www.myspace.com/sundial001
	Contact
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	Playing Time	Cat. N°
	Libertine: 36:23 Acid Yantra: 50:08	Libertine: AC8039CD Acid Yantra: AC8040CD
	Review by	Rating
	Johan	-

nederlands	Review
This two CD’s are reissues of the bands most successful albums originally released on Beggars Banquet in 1994 and 1995. These two albums come with bonus tracks or previously unissued material. Also a new artwork and sleeves notes from Byron Coley are provided. Libertine was the bands third album and was always one of the more problematic entries in Sundial’s discography while it clearly contained more great song material. It was their first album for Beggars Banquet, so there was a little pressure to create something a bit more commercial than their root work. They were a quartet at that time and relying on a second guitar for heavy fills my have songwriter Gary Ramon think in slightly different way about the song writing. Certainly there’s a more approach to riffing, less reliance on the mind bending lead work that had balanced on the earlier records. These definitive versions consist of 80% previously unissued material and has everything stripped down to the raw basics. A couple of songs that can be found on the original are missing and there’s a bit of a change-up in the song order and a few other reshufflings, but what’s really different is the sound. The guitars rage, the vocals blur & echo and concessions to commerciality tossed into the trash bin. On Acid Yantra Sun Dial had lost their way a bit during the recording sessions and it looked like the recording studio had gobbled up essential elements of their sound. Also they were stripped down as a trio once more but proved to be the most stable line up. Recorded in an 8 track studio “Acid Yantra” stands in high contrast to the sound of “Libertine”. The focus is also again on the guitar but Ramon’s sound is wildly variant over here. At different times he recalls some elements of David Gilmour, Eddie Hazell, Ron Asheton, James Williamson and Jimi Hendrix. From the acoustic opener “Red Sky” to the feverish rock action of “Apollo” over the blues-readymade “Rollercoaster” or the Alice Cooperism “Nova” many styles can be found on this album.
Musicians
Libertine: Gary Ramon: Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals Chris Dalley: Guitars, Backing Vocals Nigel Carpenter: Bass Craig Adrienne: Drum, Percussion, Backing vocals Acid Yantra: Gary Ramon: Guitars, Kryboards, Vocals Jake Honeywill: Bass, Percusion Craig Adrienne: Drum, Percussion, Backing vocals
Tracklist
Libertine: Dual (3.34) Going Down (3.40) Watch Your Smile (4.12) Deep Inside (5.51) Hold On (3.36) Around And Around (6.01) Star Baby (4.53) Believer (4.23) Acid Yantra: Red Sky (6.40) Apollo (4.02) Rollercoaster (5.55) 3000 Miles (5.29) Bad Drug (3.29) Are You Supernatural (5.17) Fly Into The Sun (4.57) Nova (7.35) Yantra Jam (3.24) Fairground (3.00)
Discography
Other Way Out (1990) Reflector (1992) Libertine (1994) Return Journey (1994) Acid Yantra (1995) Live Drug (1996) Zen for Sale (2003) Shards of God


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