Ars Longa Vita Brevis

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This 1998 reissue contains bonus tracks. The Nice: Lee Jackson (vocals, bass); Keith Emerson (piano, organ); Brian Davison (drums). This eight-track release by progressive rockers Nice includes "Dady Where Did I Come From," "Littl Arabella," and "Happy Freuds." Japanese release. CD comes in Jpn LP Sleeve. Liner Note Author: Bill McAllister. Photographer: Gered Mankowitz. The Nice's second album, and their first as a trio, was a genuinely groundbreaking effort, and now it sounds the way it was always supposed to. The 1998 Castle Communications reissue (ESM 646), part of its Essential Masters series, puts even the version in the 1995 Charly box to shame -- that was clean and clear, where this is bright, with a much more solid high end and richer bass as well. The energy of the band's playing comes through, along with enough detail to allow you to hear the action on the keyboards in some instances. This is not only the first Nice album to sound as good as the ELP remasters of a couple of years ago, but to match the best of the latter for substance. The "bonus tracks" are merely the monaural single masters of "Daddy, Where Did I Come From" and "Happy Freuds," when ideally "America" would have been on this CD where it belongs (and where it was, on the American version of the original LP). ~ Bruce Eder
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