Genesis, ELP, Gentle Giant, Supertramp: we know, the groups british of the psych-prog wave were revered in Quebec. But the Babe Ruth case is singular: destined for world glory, by virtue of their contract with Harvest, Pink Floyd’s label, it was here that success came, and not so much elsewhere. Was it Jenny Haan’s powerful voice that seduced, their hard rock-based prog that lifted us up? This box set of their first three albums provides the obvious answer: it was their extrapolations of Ennio Morricone’s spaghetti western themes. The epic The Mexicancreation of the group, which evoked And for a few dollars moreplayed at CHOM every day in 1973: I can testify to that. The second album, Love Caballeropushed the theme to the time of the discovery of America by the Spanish, then returned to Morricone on the third disc, revisiting For a Fistful of Dollars. Declining interest, except in our country. Babe Ruth still exists, but it is their performance at the Jardin des étoiles in 1975, filmed for Quebec television, which immortalizes them.
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