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PALADIN were formed in 1970 by drummer Keith Webb and keyboard player Pete Soley. Having toured with the Rolling Stones as backing musicians, they decided the time was right to unleash their own creativity. Ex “WORLD OF OZ” bassist Peter Beckett, GLASS MENAGERIE/GRISBY DYKE keyboard player Lou Stonebridge, and GRISBY DYKE guitarist Derek Floey were brought in to complete the line up.

Initially, the band’s influences were jazz, Latin, soul, blues, afro-Cuban, the dual keyboards creating a unique sound. They list their early fans as including Jon Anderson (Yes). After building a credible live reputation, the band signed for Gerry Bron’s Bronze label, and recorded their first album “live” in the studio. The album includes early examples of World and Rap (!), but failed to make much of an impression, and consequently is now rare and collectable in vinyl format.

The follow up album “Charge!” was released a year later. It had an excellent Roger Dean sleeve, and represented a major improvement on the rather lacklustre debut album. “Charge!” explored interesting progressive rock areas, combining folk influences (“Watching The World Pass By”) with rock and roll (“Well We Might”), and psychedelic rock (“Mix Your Mind With The Moonbeams”). The diverse style of the album make it difficult to pinpoint influences, but there’s a bit of Genesis, BJH, Uriah Heep and possibly Jethro Tull.

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1	Get one together	4
1	Good Lord	4
1	Watching The World Pass By	4
1	Moonbeams	4
1	Dance Of The Cobra	4
1	Well We Might	4
1	Give Me Your Hand	4
8	Any way	3
8	Any Way (Variation - Bonus)	3
10	Sweet Sweet Music (Bonus)	2
10	Give me Love to you (Bonus)	2
12	Well we Might (Variation - Bonus)	1
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Lord_Krichian wrote:
last month

nice

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Gnaritasundique wrote:
last month

Charge! is the their best album by far...

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Caponera wrote:
August 2009

the fakir

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Eitttlane wrote:
February 2009

just listened to charge!,aesthetic oneZ. good band.

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innflood wrote:
August 2008

There are almost their songs here na http://alloffmp3.org/Search/?bg=Paladin

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bertrant wrote:
July 2007

Keith Webb passed away in March 2007 Great drummer RIP Mix your mind with the moonbeams..

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