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Divergence


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Artist: Solution
Label: Harvest
Year: 1972
Genre: Dutch Pop; Symphonic Rock
URL: http://musicbrainz.org/release/e33834b7-bb0a-4df1-884d-8d5e9b32c915.html##MusicBrainz
Composer: Willems
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Tracks

Title Artist Length
Second Line Solution 8:47::Solution
Divergence Solution 6:00::Solution
Concentration Solution 12:31::Solution
Theme Solution 0:41::Solution
New Dimension Solution 6:24::Solution

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Divergence is the second album by the Dutch progressive rock group Solution. It was released in 1972 on the EMI subsidiary Harvest Records. This album is among the most progressive by the group. It consists of three instrumental pieces ("Fever", "Theme" and the title track) next to three tracks with vocals, sung by Guus Willemse, who had joined the band in 1971. Beginning as a piano-led song, "Second Line" "diverges" into a lengthy instrumental section which reprises a theme first heard in "Preview", from the album Solution the previous year. Similarly, "Theme" is based on a motif from the introduction to "Concentration". Part of the track "Divergence" was used by Focus in their "Eruption" suite, found on their 1971 album Focus II (Moving Waves). The section was titled "Tommy" after Solution saxophonist Tom Barlage.[1] Consequently, the original song is perhaps the most well-known Solution track, owing to the success Focus enjoyed in the early seventies (Focus II is also home to the hit single "Hocus Pocus"). Divergence was reissued in 1976 as a double set with the first album, simply titled Solution. The shortest song, "Fever", was left off the subsequent reissue on Compact Disc in 1988, but was included on The Ultimate Collection in 2006. Na het succes van het eerste album en voldoende nieuwe stukken werd Guus Willemse door Willem Ennes benaderd om bij de band te komen spelen. Wederom een initiatief van John Schuursma: hij had Guus leren kennen in zijn tijd bij Rob Hoeke, die vaak in Noord Holland bivakeerde bij een ander lid van de Hoeke-groep, waar John naast woonde. John en Guus hadden elkaar weer daarvoor leren kennen toen Guus met zijn eigen bandje 'Truce' door het gehele land speelde in van de vele Provadya-clubs gedurende de jaren 60. Omdat Peter van der Sande de band verlaten had kwam John met de naam van Guus op de proppen. Tijdens een korte doch memorabele auditie onstond de bezetting die het tot het einde zou uithouden (een korte 'vakantie van Guus daargelaten). De band kon op een gegeven moment de studio in maar besloot te wachten tot de volgende generatie meersporenrecorder was aangeschaft door EMI: het gevolg: 'Divergence'. Second Line....door Tom, Willem, Hans en Guus Divergence....door Tom, Willem, Hans en Guus Fever....door Tom, Willem, Hans en Guus Concentration....door Tom, Willem, Hans en Guus Theme....door Tom, Willem, Hans en Guus New Dimension....door Tom, Willem, Hans en Guus Alle teksten door Guus Solution is: Tom Barlage - Saxen, fluit Willem Ennes - Keyboards Hans Waterman - Drums Guus Willemse - Basgitaar en Vocals Producers Joop Visser en John Schuursma cdp 7 907512 EMI Bovema 1988