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Released in 1971 and recorded in London by the fall in 1970, this is a milestone in Australian proprog history.

After winning a music competition in may of 1970, the band got the oppertunity to go to England and record an album and try to conquer the british musicscene. As they never really got through to the common people, the album they made is never the less tremendous. Reviews and musicpress hailed the album as ” standing out from the pile”

The songs are a bit mixed in style with much Heavy bottom and some tendensies to oversteer to almost prog. Mixing blues/hard rock with progression gives a unique standing by comparision of the Australian progscene, no album get you to the other side of things like this one does. This is a good album in that sense.

Jim Keays vocal abilitys reminds me of Geddy Lee in Rush but with a bit more feeling, awesome. The guitar of Doug Ford is the force behind the band, good riffs and melodies and catching solos. The Bassguitar playing are second to none. If I didn´t know that he where selftought you could have fooled me, this is great playing and delivering.

Whatabout the drummer, Colin Burgess?? The first thing that strikes me is that it´s not Colin who´s in charged here. A bit anxious plying from time to time but nothing to get upset about. Mr.Burgess doesn´t leave the feeling that you just experienced something out of this world. A bit boring…

It would be easy to recommend you to buy this album.. but; if you´re not interested in this borderline Music between/prog/blues/hard rock you should go for their runner up album   ” A toast to Panama red” but more of that album further on up the road.

VINYLRATING/GRADE

6-GOOD!-WORTH BUYING-