Arcadium were an English five-piece active in the late 1960s. They released a single album, Breathe Awhile (1969), noted for its Hammond organ, 12-string guitar and Miguel Sergides' vocals; a 2000 Repertoire Records reissue added the singles "Sing My Song" and "Riding Alone."

Line-up (as reported in reviews): Graham Best (bass, vocals), Allan Ellwood (organ, vocals), Robert Ellwood (guitar, vocals), John Albert Parker (drums), Miguel Sergides (12-string guitar, vocals). Early name: Middle Earth. Original album: Breathe Awhile (1969) on Middle Earth Records. Reissued by Repertoire Records in 2000 with two singles: "Sing My Song" and "Riding Alone."

Arcadium are presented in the reviews as a short-lived English psychedelic/progressive band centered on Miguel Sergides' voice and 12-string guitar. Their lone 1969 album Breathe Awhile is praised for its Hammond-driven, acid/prog rock atmosphere and dramatic compositions. The 2000 Repertoire Records reissue adds the singles "Sing My Song" and "Riding Alone."

For:Fans of 1960s British psychedelic/progressive rock and collectors of rare LPs.

 Just one word: MAMMOTH!

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 "Breathe Awhile" opens with eleven minutes of "I'm On My Way", pure acid and progressive pop-rock, where we are gently led through dark and unsafe streets, inhabited by increasing tension, before entering a forest where the mist becomes a disturbing presence, like Sergides' ethereal voice, which takes us by the hand and introduces us to a modern pagan dance, with a frenetic and restless Hammond organ taking the lead.

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 "The inheritance of future sinners and the writings of future revelations will be our final downfall. We can all worship the devil if we please but there is still time just let us breathe awhile..."

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