Pymlico - Directions CD (album) cover     Crossover Prog  4.00 |
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stars "Compliments of Sharkey" is, if I am not mistaken, a
tribute to the exalted world of E.P. Jacobs, a Euro-cartoon
icon, famed for his "Adventures of Blake and Mortimer" series.
Sharkey was adjutant to Colonel Olrik, the nasty fiend and
nemesis to both Francis Blake of SIS and Professor Philip
Mortimer. If so, putting the exhilarating pseudo sci-fi anti-
hero as a platform for some rollicking prog is quite an original
twist, waltz or fandango. Fittingly the mood is pulsating,
grandiose and epic, a Norwegian one-man instrumental show led by
Arild Broter and some family and friends. Arild is a
professional live drummer (Lucifer Was), so the beat is a non-
worry issue. Fun beginnings but one would never expect a stellar
follow-up track and the 14 minute + "Heroes" (referring again to
Blake and Mortimer?) is as fabulous as i