Clear Blue Sky was a British

progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Init ...

band officially formed in

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

, England, but better known in Italy.

History

Clear Blue Sky (earlier known as Jug Blues) were discovered by

Nirvana ( , , ; sa, निर्वाण} ''nirvāṇa'' ; Pali: ''nibbāna''; Prakrit: ''ṇivvāṇa''; literally, "blown out", as in an oil lampRichard Gombrich, ''Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benāres to Modern Colombo.' ...

musician

Patrick Campbell-Lyons Patrick Campbell-Lyons (born 13 July 1943), is an Irish composer and musician who is one half of the cult symphonic-rock band, Nirvana, formed in London in 1967. Campbell-Lyons, a native of Lismore, County Waterford, was part of the West Londo ...

. Signed by Vertigo, they released their first self-titled album on that label, produced by

Ashley Kozak Ashley Kozak (c.1930 – 2008) was a British jazz bassist, record producer and artists' manager, best known as having been Donovan's manager. After working, and recording, with Tony Crombie and His Orchestra in 1954, together with leading UK-based ...

. In 2003, the Italian record label, Akarma Records, reissued their first vinyl album.

Discography

Studio albums

* 1970: ''Clear Blue Sky'' (Vertigo) * 1990: ''Destiny'' (Saturn) * 1996: ''Cosmic'' Crusader

Live albums

2001: ''Out of the Blue''

References

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