[ADVD][OF] Andy Jackson - 73 Days At Sea - 2016 (Progressive Rock)

Originally trained in the profession at Utopia Studios, Jackson began work as an engineer for Pink Floyd in 1980, assisting in the recording of the performances of The Wall at Earls Court.[2] He then worked on the film soundtrack recordings for Pink Floyd – The Wall and the studio album The Final Cut. Jackson became the band's primary engineer beginning with A Momentary Lapse of Reason and then The Division Bell plus the material recorded for the soundtrack to the band's 1992 auto racing documentary film La Carrera Panamericana. He was also the Front of House engineer on the band's 1994 world tour. He was producer of Pink Floyd's final studio album The Endless River. His current primary responsibility is as the Senior Engineer for David Gilmour's studios, Astoria and Medina, and has worked on all of Gilmour's recordings/multimedia projects as an engineer and/or co-producer since 1984. He was also the engineer on Roger Waters' first solo album, The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, and worked Front of House on Waters' 1984 tour.[3]
Jackson (in collaboration with engineer Damon Iddins) has remastered the majority of the bonus features material on the Immersion editions of The Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here for the Why Pink Floyd...? reissue campaign, and the 2016 box set The Early Years 1965–1972.
In addition to his work with Pink Floyd, Jackson has also worked with artists such as Heatwave, Strawbs, The Boomtown Rats (most notably mixed their hit "I Don't Like Mondays") and goth rock group Fields of the Nephilim, and recorded a solo album, Obvious, which was released in 2001. He was also a guitar player in the live band version of The Eden House for four years. Two further solo albums followed, "Signal to noise" in 2014 and "73 days at sea" the following year.
He currently combines his continuing work through his own company, Tube Mastering.[4]
In late 2014 he released another solo album, Signal to Noise, which was followed in 2016 by a third album, 73 Days at Sea.
--Wikipedia

Grammy Award Nominated Andy Jackson releases his new album via Esoteric Antenna to a highly anticipating audience on 29th January
His follow-up album to Signal To Noise is truly a masterpiece.
An absolute belter of an album from start to finish.
The album flows seamlessly & paints such vivid imagery in the mind’s eye of the listener that other works in this genre would be envious of.
The record is dominated by the 17 minute epic that is ‘Drownings’ which features stunning saxophone by David Jackson of Van Der Graaf Generator & guest vocal by Ann-Marie Helder of Panic Room fame but doesn’t over shadow the rest of the album as it really does appear as one long track.
Andy explains; “I spent some time travelling back and forth to the sea, the edge of the world, whilst working on projects for others. I noticed in myself a sense of nostalgia each time I went there, as if revisiting a childhood home. This was totally erroneous, I have never lived near the sea and have scarcely been to this particular place before. Still the ‘false nostalgia’ persisted. I resolved that I would write a suite of songs concerning the sea. The sea seems to occupy a pivotal place in our subconscious, as evidenced by its endless references in myth & legend. Eventually it became clear that the entire album was to be the ‘sea suite’, albeit that direct mention was sometimes fleeting”.
The album does drift along & takes you on a transcendental meditation ride in the same way that Mike Oldfields original Tubular Bells does.
Andy’s hypnotic vocal performance & soft, dulcet tone adds a mystical & dreamy atmosphere to the already relaxing nature of this album.
As you would imagine from the producer & engineer of Pink Floyd this really is in the same vein as their monumental ‘Echoes’ from the 1971 album Meddle which is of course no bad thing.
The added bonus of a 5:1 DTS & PCM surround sound mix as well as a Hi Res stereo mix on the accompanying DVD is just an added bonus.
If you love your progressive music & are a fan of Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Van Der Graaf Generator & alike then I suggest you pick up a copy of this record as soon as it hits the shelf.
A worthy purchase that wont dissapoint.
--Written by John Deaux