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National Health was a progressive rock band associated with the Canterbury Scene. Founded in 1975 by keyboardists Dave Stewart (from Hatfield and the North) and Alan Gowen (from Gilgamesh), the band also included guitarists Phil Miller and Phil Lee and bassist Mont Campbell as original members. Bill Bruford was the initial drummer but was soon replaced by Pip Pyle. Campbell was replaced by Neil Murray and then John Greaves. A frequently changing lineup toured extensively and released two LPs of often lengthy, mostly instrumental, complexly scored compositions before splitting up in 1980. After the May 1981 death of Gowen, remaining members reconvened to record the album D.S. Al Coda, a set of compositions by Gowen, most previously unrecorded. The original albums and additional archival material have subsequently been released on CD. Their 1978 record Of Queues and Cures, which included Peter Blegvad (guitar, vocals) and Georgie Born (cello), is currently held as the third best record ever (of 53,000 candidate records) on the Gnosis web site. wikipedia weird shit, i like it.

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Uploaded: January 13, 2007 at 8:38 pm
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lenskap (Saturday 22nd of November 2008 07:08:04 PM)
Dave Stewart is one of the most original keyboardists ever. Playing a Hammond through a fuzz and wahwah is genius. Phil miller is no slouch either.
PrimericanIdol (Friday 21st of November 2008 10:04:33 PM)
i can't believe you think THIS is good. Not even Bill Bruford could make them suck less.
jaydude214 (Thursday 30th of October 2008 12:12:00 AM)
the actual song is awesome... the spoon thing with the drummer was just fuckin stupid
Kddog1103 (Sunday 19th of October 2008 01:39:10 PM)
Does anybody else think that that the drummer resembles Keith Emerson? This is great stuff, really rare. Thanks. They don't write'em like that anymore.
PrimericanIdol (Tuesday 30th of September 2008 10:25:56 PM)
Holy shit... this is terrible.
sparksmediagr (Tuesday 18th of November 2008 10:18:29 PM)
Did you give it a chance beyond the intro. These are incredible musicians who are willing to take risks. Some work & some don't. Not sure how you stumbled upon this, but if you knew these guys pedigree, you would know they are the real deal!
DRGasMoney (Friday 28th of November 2008 09:53:10 PM)
you have to give it a minute or two and it gets slightly more standable.
kenrayboy (Monday 29th of September 2008 10:50:32 PM)
Ha! Can't believe you mentioned John McCain, I played with him in the 80's in Fort Worth...Godzilla bites. Superb fellow and one of the world's truly great musicians.
28if (Sunday 28th of September 2008 11:13:16 PM)
I think Spinal Tap covered this song during their free jazz period
Soamsey (Saturday 27th of September 2008 08:06:35 PM)
Stewart and Gowen was a monster combination. Can't think of a single comparable pair on keys.