Release 2015 - NEW !!! sealed - Half Speed Mastering - 180 Gram Vinyl - Gatefold Sleeve
Ltd. Numbered Edition of 1200 Copies
One of the best english R&B; Psych Bands, harder & better players like the STONES.
Released album S.F.SORROW in 1968 very great psych concept Rock album which
influenced the WHO & KINKS too.
The album "PARACHUTE" was named best album in 1970 by the famous
ROLLING STONE magazine.
Comeback in the end 70s with a punk album to the right time, but like so often with them ..
...the success was omited
My alltime fave band!!!
see:
Bern Elliott & The Fenmen ; Fairies ; Tomorrow ; Rolling Stones ; Edgar Broughton ;
Jack Green ; Hawkwind ; Mekons ; Skin Alley ; Yardbirds ; Blues Hangovers (OZ) ;
Pink Fairies; Vamp ; Bunch Of Fives ; Kate ; Denny Laine ; Arthur Brown ; John Lee ;
Dick Taylor - producing with:
Hawkwind ; Mekons ; Skin Alley ;
Musicians :
PHIL MAY - lead vocals, harp; DICK TAYLOR - lead guitar, banjo;
JOHN POVEY - keyboards, perc., harp, voc.; SKIP ALLAN - drums, perc.;
WALLY WALLER - bass, voc.; FRANK HOLLAND - guitars, voc.;
till 1965:
Viv Prince - drums; Brian Pendleton - rhythm guitar; John Stax - bass, harmonica;
1968-1976:
Twink (Adler) - drums (1968); Peter Tolson - guitar, voc.;
Stuart Brooks, Jack Green - bass, voc.;
2010-2015 :
PHIL MAY - lead vocals, maraccas; DICK TAYLOR - lead guitar, vocals;
FRANK HOLLAND - 2nd lead-guitar, mellotron, vocals;
GEORGE WOOSEY - bass, vocals, rhythm-guitar; JACK GREENWOOD - drums, perc., vocals;
Guest Musicians:
Mark St. John -- Manager, Producer, percussion, voc. and friend of the band;
Nick Brockway - hammond organ;
Producer, Engineer: Mark St.John; Mastered by: Gwyn Matthias;
Cover-Art: Phil May ; Photos: Mark St.John; Design: Pete Hayward;
Side One
The same Sun (Taylor-St.John)
And I do (Woosey-May-St.John)
Renaissance Fair (McGuinn-Crosby)
You took me by Surprise (Sky Saxon)
Turn my Head (May-Taylor-Waller) - live played already in the late 60s - 1st studio recording
Dark Days (May-Holland)
Side Two
Greenwood Tree (Greenwood-Taylor-Holland-Woosey)
Hell, Here and Nowhere (Woosey)
In the Soukh (Taylor)
Dirty Song (Woosey-May)