The Last Encore is the fourth album by the Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 progressive rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

 band Kayak

Kayak (band)

Kayak are a Dutch progressive rock band formed in 1972 in the city Hilversum by Ton Scherpenzeel and Pim Koopman. In 1973, their debut album "See See The Sun" was released, including 3 hit singles. Their main popularity was in the Netherlands, with their top hit reaching #6 on the Dutch charts in...

. It was originally released in 1976 and issued on CD in 1995, with a re-release in 2002.

The songs "Still My Heart Cries For You" and "Do You Care" were released as singles in The Netherlands.

After this album, drummer and founder member Pim Koopman

Pim Koopman

Wilhelmus Frederikus Koopman was the drummer and percussionist of the Dutch Progressive rock band, Kayak.-Biography:...

 left the band to become a record producer. He returned to Kayak in 1999.

Track listing

1. "Back To The Front" (Scherpenzeel/Slager) - 4:30
2. "Nothingness" (Scherpenzeel) - 3:56
3. "Love Of A Victim" (Koopman) - 2:49
4. "Land On The Water" (Koopman) - 2:27
5. "The Last Encore" (Scherpenzeel) - 3:59
6. "Do You Care" (Koopman) - 2:48
7. "Still My Heart Cries For You" (Koopman) - 4:32
8. "Relics From A Distant Age" (Scherpenzeel) - 4:54
9. "Love Me Tonight / Get On Board" (Scherpenzeel) - 2:40
10. "Evocation" (Koopman) - 3:49
11. "Raid Your Own House" (Scherpenzeel) - 3:35
12. "Well Done" (Koopman) - 0:53

The original LP was not released in the USA. Instead, Janus Records released an LP with songs from 2 European Kayak releases. The USA LP Starlight Dancer

Starlight Dancer

Starlight Dancer is a 1977 album by Dutch progressive rock band Kayak. It was produced by Jack Lancaster and Kayak. It was released on the Janus label .-Track Listing :Side 1...

contained songs from the European "The Last Encore" and "Starlight Dancer" albums. It had the sleeve design of "The Last Encore".

Lineup

• Ton Scherpenzeel
  Ton Scherpenzeel
  Ton Scherpenzeel is a keyboardist and a founding member of the Dutch rock band Kayak, together with Pim Koopman and Max Werner whom he met whilst at the Hilversum Muziek Lyceum ....
  
   - keyboards, vocals, accordion, double bass
• Pim Koopman
  Pim Koopman
  Wilhelmus Frederikus Koopman was the drummer and percussionist of the Dutch Progressive rock band, Kayak.-Biography:...
  
   - drums, percussion, marimba, piano, vocals (lead vocal on track 12)
• Max Werner
  Max Werner
  Max Werner was lead singer, drummer and percussionist of the Dutch Progressive rock band Kayak. He co-founded the band along with keyboardist Ton Scherpenzeel, guitarist Johan Slager and drummer Pim Koopman in 1972....
  
   - lead vocals, percussion, mellotron
• Bert Veldkamp - bass, double bass, saxophone, zither, vocals
• Johan Slager
  Johan Slager
  Johan Slager is the original guitar player of the Dutch Progressive Rock band Kayak. He co-founded the band along with Ton Scherpenzeel, Pim Koopman and Max Werner in 1972. He left the band in 1982 after 9 albums, and returned briefly for a couple of performances in the 1990s...
  
  - guitars, vocals

External links

• Official homepage