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Best known today as a jazz/new age guitarist, John Weider has led a many-faceted career; beginning at the height of the British beat boom as a teenager, through the psychedelic era as one of England's most respected musicians, past progressive rock, and out the other side as a serious composer in his 40s and 50s. Weider was born into a Jewish family in London on April 21, 1947. A natural musician, he studied classical violin for nine years, from ages seven to 16, and also took up the guitar (and later bass). By the time he was in his teens, the British beat boom had begun in earnest, with groups like Cliff Richard & the Shadows reaching their peak of influence and popularity, and another, more heavily American-influenced wave about to break. Weider became part of that second wave at 17, as a member of Steve Marriott & the Moments, whose lineup — including Marriott and organist Jimmy Winston — eventually comprised half of the original Small Faces. Weider's subsequent groups included Tony Meehan's Combo, starring the ex-Shadows drummer, and stints in the Laurie Jay Combo and Johnny Kidd & the Pirates. In late 1966, he joined The Animals, becoming one of the stars of the band, switching between guitar and amplified violin. The latter was captured for posterity in the group's best-known gig, as part of the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, of which their performance of "Paint It Black," driven by Weider's violin, is a highlight. Weider began a solo career in the mid-'70s, initially working in the vein of a singer/songwriter before turning to new age and classical music in the 1980s. Among the musically active ex-members of the Animals, John Weider has probably come the farthest from his origins; he's certainly at least in a dead-heat with Vic Briggs, who embraced eastern religion and music in the 1970s and 1980s. (Biography by Bruce Eder, AMG)

Songs include:

Side A:

1. Intervals in Sunlight
2. Ravenscourt
3. Galopp
4. Solitude
5. Echo in Angel City

   Side B:

6. Lines and Chadows
7. Prelude
8. Poca Favilla
9. Adagio
10. A Different You

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