Mainstream (Quiet Sun album)

Mainstream (LP)
Studio album by Quiet Sun
Released	1975
Recorded	1975
Genre	Canterbury Scene, Progressive Rock
Length	39:23
Label	Island
Producer	Quiet Sun

Mainstream (CD Release)
Studio album by Quiet Sun
Released	1997
Label	Expression Records

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Gnosis	(not rated) [1]
Stephen Yarwood	(favorable) [2]
Melody Maker	(favorable)[3]
Allmusic	[4]
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Mainstream is the only album of the UK band Quiet Sun. The band split up in 1972, Manzanera to Roxy Music, MacCormick to Matching Mole, Hayward to This Heat and Jarrett began to teach mathematics.

In 1975, Manzanera booked a studio for 26 days to record his first solo album Diamond Head and got Quiet Sun together again to record a studio album from their previously composed material at the same time.^[5] The result Mainstream was critically acclaimed and became the New Musical Express' album of the month, apparently Island Records' fourth or fifth biggest seller at the time, close up to Bad Company and Cat Stevens^[6].

Reworked versions of two tracks from Mainstream - "Mummy was an asteroid..." (merged with Manzanera's song from Diamond Head "East of Echo," and rechristened "East of Asteroid") and "Rongwrong" - were performed by Manzanera's 801 project during 1976 and feature on their acclaimed LP 801 Live.

A CD release of Mainstream was released in 1997 on Manzanera's label, Expression Records.

Track listing

1. "Sol Caliente" (Phil Manzanera) – 8:02
2. "Trumpets with Motherhood" (Charles Hayward) – 1:30
3. "Bargain Classics" (Dave Jarrett) – 5:37
4. "R.F.D." (Jarrett) – 3:09
5. "Mummy was an asteroid, Daddy was a small non-stick kitchen utensil" (Bill MacCormick) – 6:09
6. "Trot" (Manzanera) – 5:00
7. "Rongwrong" (Hayward) – 9:39

Personnel

• Charles Hayward - drums, percussion, keyboards, voice
• Dave Jarrett - Fender rhodes, steinway grand piano, farfisa & hammond organs, VCS3
• Phil Manzanera - electric 6 & 12 string guitars, treated guitars, fender rhodes piano
• Bill MacCormick - electric bass, treated bass, back-up voices

with

• Brian Eno - synthesizer, treatments & Oblique Strategies
• Ian MacCormick - back-up voices

References

1. ^ Oellers, Sjef. "Gnosis2000.net - Quiet Sun". gnosis2000.net. http://gnosis2000.net/reviews/quietsun.htm. Retrieved 9 September 2011. 
2. ^ Yarwood, Stephen. "Quiet Sun". btinternet.com. http://www.btinternet.com/~stephen.yarwood/quiet_sun.htm. Retrieved 9 September 2011. 
3. ^ MacKinnon, Angus. "Quiet Sun Album Reviews". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 2000-03-02. http://web.archive.org/web/20000302125000/http://www.manzanera.com/QuietSunalbum.htm. Retrieved 9 September 2011. 
4. ^ Mills, Ted. "Mainstream - Quiet Sun | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/mainstream-r2118051. Retrieved 9 September 2011. 
5. ^ Quiet Sun Press Pack at the Wayback Machine (archived May 21, 2008)
6. ^ Quiet Sun Album Reviews at the Wayback Machine (archived September 27, 2007)

• Quiet Sun Main Page at the Wayback Machine (archived April 16, 2008) from www.manzanera.com with pictures, interviews and more
• Quiet Sun Catalogue Details at the Wayback Machine (archived April 21, 2008) from manzanera.com
• Phil Manzanera - Recordings at the Wayback Machine (archived May 14, 2008) from manzanera.com