Secret Oyster

Danish jazzy-prog rock band featuring ex members of Burnin' Red Ivanhoe and Hurdy Gurdy, and C.Dans. Secret Oyster was really a continuation of Burnin' Red Ivanhoe, who split (for the first time) in 1972 following several disputes over the future direction of the band between Karsten Vogel and the other members. With Secret Oyster's excellent musicians (including Bøhling from Hurdy Gurdy and Knudsen from Coronarias Dans), Vogel had a perfect vehicle to explore new directions in instrumental fusion, partly inspired by Weather Report, and Bøhling burning it up on lead guitar. Secret Oyster's first album became an artistic and commercial success in Denmark. It was successful throughout Scandanavia with some recognition in Germany, Great Britain and the USA. In spite of this, Vinding and Andersen left the group. The appearance of Stæhr caused Burnin' Red Ivanhoe to rise again, now with the same line-up as Secret Oyster (but with a different musical style). Several of their original albums have been re-released on CD in recent years on The Laser's Edge label. [from Alex Gitlin's web page entry] Albums: Secret Oyster 1973 CBS 65769 CD: The Laser's Edge LE 1050, 2007 Sea Son 1974 CBS 80489 (released in the USA as "Furtive Pearl") CD: The Laser's Edge LE 1045, 2006 Vidunderlige Kælling 1975 CBS 81044 CD: The Laser's Edge LE 1043, 2005 Straight To The Krankenhaus 1976 CBS 81434 CD: The Laser's Edge LE 1049, 2007 Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.