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Label: Philips – 6314 005 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue Country: UK Released: 1970 Genre: Jazz, Rock Style: Jazz-Rock, Symphonic Rock A1 The 5th Arranged By – Ekseption Written-By – L. v. Beethoven A2 Dharma (For One) Written-By – C. Bunker, I. Anderson A3 Little X Plus Written-By – Ekseption A4 Sabre Dance Written-By – A. Khatchaturian A5 Air Arranged By – Ekseption Written-By – J.S. Bach B1 Ritual Fire Dance Written-By – M. de Falla B2 Rhapsody In Blue Written-By – G. Gershwin B3 This Here Written-By – B. Timmons, J. Hendricks B4 Feelings Written-By – Saint-Saëns B5 Canvas Written-By – B. Bennet* Bass Guitar – Cor Dekker Design [Cover] – Jan Lepair Drums, Vocals – Peter de Leeuwe Engineer – Albert Kos, Gerard Beckers Flute, Guitar, Vocals, Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Rob Kruisman Guitar, Tenor Saxophone – Huib Van Kampen Photography By – Laurens Van Houten Piano, Organ, Dulcimer – Rick Van Der Linden Producer – Tony Vos Trumpet – Rein van den Broek "Ekseption's idea to record well-known classical themes started in 1968, when the group visited a concert of a British group called The Nice. The six boys were impressed by the way The Nice mixed pop and classical music. A few weeks after the concert Ekseption was invited to play with one of the finest symphony orchestras in Holland - the North Holland Philharmonic - at a big festival in Haarlem. The obvious man with Ekseption to handle this project was 22 year old pianist Rick van der Linden, who is also one the promising young classical pianists in Holland. Rick, who finished Conservatory and has played piano recitals with well-known orchestras, started to arrange several classical themes for the festival. Some weeks before the event, however, Ekseption was told that the orchestra refused to perform with a pop group. That part of the festival was cancelled, but Ekseption stuck to the idea and decided to use the arrangement of Beethoven's "The 5th" for their new record. "The 5th" was an instant smash hit and stayed for seven weeks in the national Top Ten. This LP was the result of requests for more 'classical pop' from Ekseption's many fans."