ARTIST: Beagle Hat
TITLE: Magical Hat
LABEL: Avalon
GENRE: Rock
TIME: 49:44 min
SIZE:  70,7 MB
RIP DATE: Mar-12-2007
RELEASE DATE: 000-00-2006
WEBSITE: n/a

Track List:

01. Casgabarl!                                 05:15
02. My Secret Holiday                          03:43
03. After The Typhoon                          02:39
04. On My Way                                  03:51
05. Half Invisible Man                         04:06
06. Goldmine                                   03:39
07. Indoor Swimming Pool                       00:34
08. Wrecker Pulls Away                         03:45
09. Hide and Seek                              04:32
10. Under A Blue Moon                          03:28
11. Look For Another Submarine                 03:18
12. A Wandering Penguin                        04:16
13. Fairyland                                  04:59
14. Casgabarl! (When I Was A Little Boy)       01:39

Release Notes:

The big news here is what a gem of a find this is.
Beagle Hat is a project from David Patton, along
with a group of Japanese artists to round out the
band.. Who's David Patton, most of you will ask?
Well, for the over 40-sect, he was the lead singer
for Pilot, mid-70's AM pop influenced by poppy
Queen(of that time period) and stunning vocal
displays. You'll hear lots Beatles-influenced
ELO-esque sounds here(best heard on "Wrecker Pulls
Away"). Beagle Hat, in many parts, will sound like a
long, lost Pilot record. Not some throwaways found
25 years later, but the sound of the band recording
at their peak. There's bits of early/mid 70's glam,
acoustic pop, Alan Parsons-esque FM radio staples
and another styling or two on the 14 songs here, but
with its swirling keyboards and falsetto vocals,
Magical Hat shines as a great vehicle for Patton's
talents and his band is up to the task, on all
counts. Do yourself a favor and dig on in with the
soundbites below and hear what your ears think. This
kind of pop is not done that often these days and,
when it's done, it's done poorly because the vocals
and songs just can't hold up to the standards set by
people like David Patton 30 years ago.