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Audience — Raviolé
Album: House On The Hill
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Released: 1971
Length: 3:36
Plays (last 30 days): 3
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A friend of mine used this track in 1975 to make a video of our local clubs hang gliding activity. I'm still listening to it and watching it 50 years later!
Posted 2 weeks ago by midtoad    [ Reply ]
Wow!  How did I miss this back when it came out?  This was the height of my music exploration days, and yet this is the first I have heard this band.  What a discovery.

Much work to to.
Posted 3 weeks ago by RParadise    [ Reply ]
Man, I hadn't heard that in a while. And I've never heard it on radio. Thanks!

I learned to fly hang gliders in 1974, and a friend of mine used this track as the score for a short film he made about us flying.
Posted 10 months ago by midtoad    [ Reply ]
Well this is new to me despite my musical coming of age at the time it was released and I am quite impressed! Thanks RP!
Posted 10 months ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
Shades of Nick Drake
Posted 1 year ago by peter19    [ Reply ]
....most excellent....
Posted 1 year ago by dynaskiballface    [ Reply ]
Did Styx crib that small section for Fooling Yourself?
Either way, this is nice.
Posted 1 year ago by pilgrim    [ Reply ]
 Philo wrote:

One of the greatest albums ever, pick any track they are all superb. I grew up listening to this and I've never tired of it. 


This album slipped under my radar "back in the day" but I discovered it recently and was blown away. Totally unique; check it out if you haven't already.
As per bluedot's comment, it would be nice to hear a track with vocals.
Posted 2 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Love this band... they were a sensation in Winnipeg. One of the only outposts in Canada besides Toronto. 
Posted 2 years ago by xrdstv    [ Reply ]
I have this on vinyl! I bought the disc after my friend Pete made a movie about our hang gliding adventures in the Ottawa Canada area in the early 1970s. Good memories, thanks!
Posted 2 years ago by midtoad    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of Penguin Cafe Orchestra a bit at times
Posted 3 years ago by Sofa_King    [ Reply ]


Frater_Kork wrote:
Good luck finding this album in a shop... :P Damn good fingerpicking.


 tcseeley wrote:

Surprisingly you can pick it up on Amazon, at least on CD. I bought it on the interweb years ago. Track order is different than my vinyl LP, and it does not include "It Brings A Tear". Instead there's a different song about an old man and a young man I didn't care for that much.

Discogs has used LPs of this album and some others by Audience.
Posted 3 years ago by eyke    [ Reply ]
 Bleyfusz wrote:

Might it just be that the orchestra arrangements are done by the same guy who worked with Nick Drake?



Indeed, the wonderful (late) Robert Kirby.
Posted 3 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
One of the greatest albums ever, pick any track they are all superb. I grew up listening to this and I've never tired of it. 
Posted 3 years ago by Philo    [ Reply ]
Totally new to me until today, but very interesting! Thanks (again) RP!
Posted 3 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Nice. could do without the vocals though.
Posted 4 years ago by phlattop    [ Reply ]
Am I the only one who hears Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds ? (And yes, I know this piece is older)
Posted 4 years ago by schoelle    [ Reply ]
Takes me back to my student days - great! Audience performed at my college in 1972. I still have the vinyl.

Posted 4 years ago by Pete-the-Nete    [ Reply ]
 Frater_Kork wrote:
Good luck finding this album in a shop... :P Damn good fingerpicking.
 
Surprisingly you can pick it up on Amazon, at least on CD. I bought it on the interweb years ago. Track order is different than my vinyl LP, and it does not include "It Brings A Tear". Instead there's a different song about an old man and a young man I didn't care for that much.
Posted 5 years ago by tcseeley    [ Reply ]
"I Had A Dream" is one of the most amazing vocal performances I've ever heard. Howard Werth is an outstanding musician. Makes you wonder how many other great artists are out there undiscovered and under appreciated.

Leave to RP to be about the only place I've ever heard Audience played. Only exception I can think of was when I was on vacation out west somewhere, think it was the Yellowstone trip. In a nondescript restaurant out there and "House On The Hill" came on the sound system. I was gob smacked. Tried asking the hostess where they get their music from and she didn't seem to understand the question. Thinking back on it, maybe they pipe in Radio Paradise. I'd never heard of RP at that time.
Posted 5 years ago by tcseeley    [ Reply ]
Damn this is good
Posted 5 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
Love discovering new music thanks to RP!
Posted 5 years ago by Relayer    [ Reply ]
got this album when first released
Posted 5 years ago by jas1953    [ Reply ]
You could play something from this Audience album just about every day and I'd be happy. Desert Island music!
Posted 5 years ago by moirajlaurie771    [ Reply ]
house on the hill a great favourite from the 70s
Posted 5 years ago by Zeroman    [ Reply ]
Oh so long ago, but I do still have this music on my desert island list.
Posted 6 years ago by moirajlaurie771    [ Reply ]
Stuffed with almost everything, preferably lobster, I love raviole.  This is pretty good too.  But I give it a quite likeable 7 rating.

Up 1 to an 8 rating now.
Posted 6 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
Perfect... Put's me in the passenger seat of my mate's Fiat 850 in the late 70s... In a cloud of smoke. And that was not the fault of the Fiat.
Posted 7 years ago by Limpopoking    [ Reply ]
 Leslie wrote:
This is awesome! I've never heard of this group before.
 
Me too.  
Hope I don't have to wait as long to hear it again.
If I do, I don't think I'll have much hearing left in another 46 years. 
Posted 7 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
 nomnol wrote:
Wow. I haven't heard this in years. Big fan of Stand by the Door.

 
Is this an out-take from the original Fiddler on the Roof score?
Posted 7 years ago by pinto    [ Reply ]
Wow. I haven't heard this in years. Big fan of Stand by the Door.
Posted 7 years ago by nomnol    [ Reply ]
Was fortunate enough to see Audience live a few years ago in Toronto at Jeff Healey's club. A spine tinglingly great show. Howard Werth is definitely one of the most under rated guitarists of his generation. Anyone who isn't familiar with their music should check them out. The vocals and sax playing on their tune Jackdaw alone are worth buying the CD.  
Posted 8 years ago by Andybob    [ Reply ]
 jhorton wrote:
Wow, almost fifty years old, never heard it before.

Thanks Bill! 

 

Same here ! thanks Bill ! :)
Posted 8 years ago by ChrisVIII    [ Reply ]
I've always liked Raviole. This is a different flavor... nice.
Posted 9 years ago by BBoyes    [ Reply ]
Wow, almost fifty years old, never heard it before.

Thanks Bill! 
Posted 9 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]
I remember this great sound very well - tho I never knew who it was - well...now I know...thanks for a bit of music ed. RP  {#Wave}
Posted 10 years ago by Jannne    [ Reply ]
I'm pleased you've discovered this band. I've been a big fan since the 70's. Howard Werth and band still do occasional gigs in London.
Worth exploring more of their tracks from their albums 'Friend's Friend's Friend, House on the Hill, and Lunch
Posted 10 years ago by Womble46    [ Reply ]
Oddly, or not, the only Audience song I ever heard was Jackdaw, from the early 70s. It was one of those songs that got a lot of play on FM 'underground' stations. The interplay between musicians (visa their albums) and radio can lead to missing some of the more impressive output from bands with some real chops. I guess this is the nature of this universe. Of course if I had bought an album, this comment would be unnecessary. And maybe it still is.
Posted 10 years ago by bam23    [ Reply ]
Pinball Wizard
Posted 10 years ago by curtkare    [ Reply ]
Great to hear this one again. 
 
Posted 10 years ago by FrankAnja    [ Reply ]
Since there is no pipe, dog nor kids, perhaps that was a Freudian schlippe.
Posted 10 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
The album cover is how I picture my wife and myself, minus pipe, dog and kids. (not necessarily in that order)
Posted 11 years ago by sajitjacob    [ Reply ]
I thought maybe Lindsey Buckingham for just a moment and then it morphed to a Stephen Caudel sound...very nice
Posted 11 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
 
marvelous !!!
Posted 11 years ago by ratoqueruge    [ Reply ]
Awesome, needs to be played more
Posted 11 years ago by glassman    [ Reply ]
I'd like to say "you had to have been there", but this group is new to me too.  Thank you RP !
Posted 11 years ago by old_shep    [ Reply ]
I discovered this band through the song I Had A Dream from the soundtrack to Life On Mars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blg9Nk_1T94

Posted 13 years ago by GuiltyFeat    [ Reply ]


Still have the LP of this {#Mrgreen} Its from 1971 btw...
Posted 14 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
Might it just be that the orchestra arrangements are done by the same guy who worked with Nick Drake?
Posted 14 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
The overtones in the middle remind me of some cool Hungarian stuff I've heard.  Guess need to upload it and give everyone a crack at it.
Posted 15 years ago by dedawson    [ Reply ]
The comment I had in my head was "quite tasty" and then I saw the song's title ...
Posted 15 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
one of the best albums of the seventies, awesome!
Posted 15 years ago by glassman    [ Reply ]
Very nice; not heard much around here.
Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
 JokesandJokesandJokes wrote:
Chef Boyardee makes the best Ravioli
 
In the name of all that's sacred, I fervently hope that was a jokejokejoke.
{#Razz}


Posted 16 years ago by gekkosan    [ Reply ]
Not sure P...I came here wondering as well. Could be some kinda local instrument thing....double reed?
Posted 16 years ago by callum    [ Reply ]
Is that kazoo I'm hearing?
Posted 16 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
this SUCKS. i mean it sucks that bill has chosen just about the ONLY audience song that doesn't feature the amazing vocals of howard werth. hey, bill, how about "jackdaw" or "indian summer?" what a great, underrated vocalist! what about the KILLER audience version of "i put a spell on you"? when jim morrison died, the doors were considering howard werth to be his replacement. luckily, that didn't happen, but it just shows what a respected singer audience's singer was/is. was/is? whatever happened to howard werth? oh. here we go: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audience_%28band%29
Posted 16 years ago by bluedot    [ Reply ]
First Time hearing this song. Great guitar..Love it
Posted 16 years ago by crnkan    [ Reply ]
this is really nice ... love the strings
Posted 16 years ago by undo_silence    [ Reply ]
I LOVE THIS TRACK....SOOOOOO MUCH!!!! Thank you, thank you RP!
Posted 16 years ago by Mewsique    [ Reply ]
Good luck finding this album in a shop... :P Damn good fingerpicking.
Posted 17 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
Gave this one a 7... had to come back and change it to an 8. Some fantastic guitar work here.
Posted 17 years ago by vorkosigan    [ Reply ]
I like the guitar work but not the over produced background music.
Posted 17 years ago by eastcoast    [ Reply ]
great to hear Audience-and see some vintage Hipgnosis cover art
Posted 17 years ago by MCKY    [ Reply ]
I prefer toasted ravioli...St Louis-style.
Posted 17 years ago by Agent510    [ Reply ]
Raviole.....hm, getting hungry....it's lunchtime...
Posted 17 years ago by prickelpit96    [ Reply ]
Like the pop art cover.
Posted 17 years ago by leathepea    [ Reply ]
Yes more Audience, playing live in Winnipeg Manitoba this summer.
Posted 17 years ago by glassman    [ Reply ]
What if god is not happy with the way we live?
Posted 17 years ago by lokiwolf    [ Reply ]
catsoup wrote:
Yay Bill! Great stuff! More Audience please! Maybe I should just upload all of their CD "Unchained".
Good luck. So far two of my uploads off this album have been rejected...?!
Posted 17 years ago by nuggler    [ Reply ]
Wow, Bill"s really diggin' up some obscure but excellent music from my basement. Watch out for the spiders.
Posted 17 years ago by Eagan    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by daveesh    [ Reply ]
More , more Audience!! Yeah!!
Posted 17 years ago by glassman    [ Reply ]
Audience are back... A new live CD is available and the band will be gigging in Europe and Canada in the near future. Dates in Winnipeg, Toronto, Hamilton, London and Montreal. https://www.audienceareback.com/
Posted 18 years ago by MKS    [ Reply ]
JokesandJokesandJokes wrote:
Chef Boyardee makes the best Ravioli
The correct response is: " Mmmmmm...ravioli....Aurghhhhhh!!!"
Posted 20 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
It seems that Audience needs more audience..Love the Music...great stuff...
Posted 20 years ago by masterhead    [ Reply ]
Chef Boyardee makes the best Ravioli
Posted 20 years ago by JokesandJokesandJokes    [ Reply ]
This is amazing. Thank you for the exposure to this group.
Posted 20 years ago by Stuntcheeks    [ Reply ]
This is awesome! I've never heard of this group before.
Posted 20 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]
Yay Bill! Great stuff! More Audience please! Maybe I should just upload all of their CD "Unchained".
Posted 20 years ago by catsoup    [ Reply ]
Goodness, this is the first thing I tuned into this morning when sitting down at my desk, and ya know.... I like it... has that sort of epic-rolling feel like Conquistador and some old ELO tracks.
Posted 20 years ago by shayde    [ Reply ]