Refugee (Refugee album)
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| Studio album by Refugee | |
| Released | March 1974 |
| Recorded | February 1974 |
| Studio | Island Studios, Notting Hill, London |
| Genre | Progressive rock |
| Length | 51:24 |
| Label | Charisma |
| Producer | John Burns, Refugee |
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"Ritt Mickley"
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Refugee is the only studio album from the progressive rock band Refugee, released in March 1974 on Charisma Records. It was re-released under the TimeWave label on 27 June 2006. A live album Refugee Live in Concert. Newcastle City Hall 1974 was issued in 2007, on Voiceprint Records, containing two songs from the era of Lee Jackson and Brian Davison's earlier band The Nice, "The Diamond Hard Blue Apples of the Moon" and the Bob Dylan song "She Belongs to Me", as well as songs from this album.
The title of the track "Ritt Mickley" originated from Moraz's strong French Swiss accent when he asked other band members to play the track again but more rhythmically.
When Keith Emerson left The Nice to form another band, with Greg Lake and Carl Palmer, Lee Jackson and Brian Davison found themselves on their own, so they went their separate ways, Davison formed Brian Davison's Every Which Way and Lee formed Jackson Heights. After recording their fourth album Bump 'n' Grind, in 1973, Jackson approached Swiss keyboardist Patrick Moraz and asked him if he would be interested in joining his band. Moraz refused, but proposed instead that they form another band. Jackson then called in his old band-mate from The Nice, Davison to join on drums, and Refugee was born.
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