Ekseption - The Golden Years Of Dutch Pop Music (2015)

Genre: Progressive Rock / Art Rock / Sympho Rock
Media: CD
Country of origin of the disc (release): Netherlands
Year of publication: 2015
Publisher (label): Universal Music
Catalog number: 474 391-5
Country of performer (group): Netherlands
Audio codec: FLAC (*.flac)
Rip type: tracks+.cue
Audio bitrate: lossless
Duration: 02:26:46

Tracklist:
CD 1
1. Talk About Tomorrow (2:30)
2. Mojo Ann (2:41)
3. Laura (2:51)
4. From Africa With Love (3:27)
5. The 5th (3:24)
6. Sabre Dance (3:48)
7. Ritual Fire Dance (2:17)
8. Rhapsody In Blue (4:02)
9. Air (2:53)
10. Concerto (3:55)
11. Italian Concerto (5:01)
12. Feelings (3:10)
13. Adagio (3:47)
14. Julia (2:23)
15. Another History (4:37)
16. Rondo (5:27)
17. Peace Planet (3:33)
18. On Sunday They Will Kill The World (3:27)
19. Ave Maria (2:36)
20. Body Party (3:32)
CD 2
1. My Son (2:45)
2. Jesus Joy Of Man's Desiring (2:55)
3. Al La Turka (2:27)
4. Virginal (4:29)
5. On A Persian Market (2:29)
6. Bingo-Bingo (4:03)
7. De Fietser (1:53)
8. Sunny Revival (3:53)
9. Your Home (4:47)
10. Impromptu (2:50)
11. Sabre Dance (1981 Version) (4:13)
12. Conchorus (4:30)
13. Little X Plus (3:32)
14. Dharma For One (3:30)
15. Morning Rose (3:06)
16. The Lamplighter (3:02)
17. Monlope (4:58)
18. Partita No. 2 (5:47)
19. Flight Of A Bumble Bee (3:29)
20. Toccata (5:16)

In 1958 a school band The Jokers was formed in Haarlem. Members were Hans Alta (bass), Rein van den Broek (trumpet), Tim Griek (drums, he was the producer for the first Brainbox (3) album, he died in a car crash in 1988) and Huib van Kampen (guitar/saxophone). They played covers of well known songs. In 1965 the name was changed to Incrowd. In 1967 the name had already changed to Ekseption because there was another Dutch band with the name Incrowd.

The band was also joined by Rob Kruisman, who became the new bandleader. Later that year also Rick Van Der Linden (keyboards) joined the group. He was a classically trained musician who finished Conservatory and had played with several jazz- and popgroups, one of them was the Occasional Swing Combo. They met each other, because both bands played at the same gig. Van den Broek was impressed by the playing of Van der Linden and asked him to join Ekseption. In 1968 the band entered the Loosdrechtse Jazz Concours and won the first prize, a record deal with Phonogram.

At the end of the year the band was about to record their debut album with producer Tony Vos. By this time Alta and Griek were replaced by bass guitarist Cor Dekker (he died in 2005) and drummer Peter de Leeuwe. As the first single "Beethoven's The Fifth" was chosen and it became an instant hit for the band. The follow up singles "Rhapsody in Blue" and "Air" became big hits as well. Because of this chart success Van der Linden became the new bandleader. In 1969 Kruisman left the band because he was not happy with the new musical approach. Shortly after that also co-founder Van Kampen left the band (he dies in 2003). He left the music business, and became a music teacher