Flautist Danny Wilding and the enigmatic guitarist Pete Bonus came out of nowhere, made this one all instrumental album, which was quite widely distributed, and disappeared again. “Pleasure Signals” main selling point is that the backing band is essentially the nucleus of fusion band Brand X on most of the tracks: John Goodsall, John Giblin, Phil Collins, Robin Lumley, Morris Pert, as well as other musicians like Rebop, Phil Chen, Bayette, Andy Clarke, Mike Shrieve, and more. In truth, the album is reminiscent of Brand X’s “Product” or “Do They Hurt?” albums. Also, occasionally the sound is a bit like bands like Pierre Morlen's Gong, Isotope and Ian Carr’s Nucleus, although less complex. There is a nice mix of styles and moods, from heavy 70's funk/fusion to more mellow light jazz rock. Danny Wilding’s superb playing is always reminiscent of Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull. This is not an exceptional album but it is pretty decent instrumental jazz rock/fusion very well played and well worth listening to. Try and listen to the “Danny Wilding So Far” album and John Parr’s “Running the Endless Mile” featuring Pete Bonus on guitar. N.B: SQ on this CD issue sounds a bit “harsh” and “thin” at times, but it’s not a major problem [All tracks @ 320 Kbps: File size = 88.1 Mb]
TRACKS / COMPOSERS / MUSICIANS
1 Race For Space - Wilding, Bonus 3:26
Bass – Phil Chen
Congas – Rebop Kwaku Baah
Drums – Phil Collins
Flute – Danny Wilding
Guitar – Pete Bonus
Horns – Ashton Tootle, Phil Todd
Keyboards – Kiki Gyane
2 G. Storm - Wilding, Bonus 3:15
Bass – John Giblin
Drums – Phil Collins
Flute – Danny Wilding
Guitar – John Goodsall
3 Oddysey - Wilding, Bonus 3:10
Bass – John Goodsall
Drums – Gregg Sheehan
Flute – Danny Wilding
Guitar – Pete Bonus
Keyboards – Bayette
4 Earth Hymn - Giblin 4:32
Acoustic Guitar – John Goodsall
Bass, Acoustic Guitar – John Giblin
Drums – Preston Heyman
Flute – Danny Wilding
Guitar – Pete Bonus
Keyboards – Andy Clarke, Robin Lumley
Oboe – Kate St. John
5 Rampage - Giblin 4:43
Bass – John Giblin
Drums – Mike Shrieve, Phil Collins
Flute [Electric, Acoustic] – Danny Wilding
Guitar – Pete Bonus
Horns – Ashton Tootle, Phil Todd
Percussion – Preston Heyman
6 Theme From Alma - Bonus 4:27
Bass – John Goodsall
Drums – Gregg Sheehan
Flute [Wah, Acoustic] – Danny Wilding
Guitar – Pete Bonus
Horns – Ashton Tootle, Phil Todd
Keyboards – Bayette
Percussion – Preston Heyman
7 Son Of Alma - Bonus 4:34
Bass – John Giblin
Congas – Morris Pert
Flute – Danny Wilding
Guitar – Pete Bonus
Keyboards – Chris Parren
Percussion [Hi-hat] – Preston Heyman
8 Initiation Into The Nagual - Wilding, Goodsall, Bonus 4:25
Bass – Pete Bonus
Drums – Gregg Sheehan
Flute – Danny Wilding
Guitar, Performer [Arklong] – John Goodsall
Horns – Ashton Tootle, Phil Todd
Keyboards – Bayette
9 Ranchtown Tango - Wilding, Bonus 4:25
Bass – John Goodsall
Drums – Gregg Sheehan
Flute – Danny Wilding
Guitar – Pete Bonus
Keyboards – Bayette
SHORT BIO
Wilding-Bonus was short lived jazz fusion project, founded by Danny Wilding (flute) and Pete Bonus (guitar). Other band's musicians all were well-known on progressive scene : Phil Collins (drums), John Goodsall (guitars, bass), Robin Lumley(keyboards) were Brand-X members, whenever Bayeté (keyb.) played in Automatic Man, Michael Shrieve (dr.) - with Santana in Woodstock, percussionist Rebop Kwaku Baah was member of Traffic and Can both. Band recorded just one album in Island Studios, London in 1978, and then disappeared. Album was released on LP by Visa Records in USA ( picture-disc version existed as well), and for a first time re-released on CD in 1993 ( by Ozone Records, US). Very rare and almost forgotten release. © Slava (Snobb) © Prog Archives, All rights reserved http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=5452
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