Album: Magic Is a Child by Nektar (1977)
Genre: Progressive Rock
Format: Album

Description: Magic Is A Child is the seventh album from English progressive rock band Nektar. This album is one of only two studio albums released by Nektar without Roye Albrighton on guitar and lead vocals, instead featuring Dave Nelson; the other is The Other Side (2020).

Brooke Shields, 12 years old at the time, is the model on the cover.

The track "Train from Nowhere" features Robert Fripp of King Crimson on lead guitar (under the pseudonym “Walt Nektroid").

Artist Background: NEKTAR is probably the most German-like of the Seventies British bands, a fame that owes a lot to the town in which this band was founded (Hamburg) and to their stylistic approach (Assimilated to Krautrock). NEKTAR was formed in 1969 by Allan FREEMAN (keyboards & vocals), Roye Albrighton (guitars & vocals), Derek MOORE (bass, Mellotron & vocals) and Ron HOWDEN (drums). Their earliest albums were hard rock that drew heavily from the space-rock and PINK FLOYD styles of the same period. The 70's... Emerged in the 1960s era.

Music Scene: Emerged in the 1960s era.

Tags: Progressive Rock, 1970s, Album

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Magic Is A Child is the seventh album from English progressive rock band Nektar. This album is one of only two studio albums released by Nektar without Roye Albrighton on guitar and lead vocals, instead featuring Dave Nelson; the other is The Other Side (2020).

Brooke Shields, 12 years old at the time, is the model on the cover.

The track "Train from Nowhere" features Robert Fripp of King Crimson on lead guitar (under the pseudonym “Walt Nektroid").

Magic Is a Child

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