Thursday

...all space heads 'n wigflipped cats need these acid fried hepsters spinnin at least once a day 'n this is one o' their best ...riffin 'n dronin 'n poundin their way thru 40minits o' xtra-terrestial vibrations...skwonky sax 'n skweekee freekeedeekee synths roll around freely in th' mix takin th' openminded with them...'has th' world gone mad or is it me' they ask n' thats even more true today...a wonderful band true to all right thinkin heads 'n no time for skwares cos they only ware a cat down...

...early gomelsky sessions from this canterbury combo that have been put out under different guises plenty o' times in th' last 3decades or more...some cats dont dig it too much but any mid six oh underground noise is at th' very least interestin 'n this sounds real nice 'n makes for a good beginnin when spinnin some softs on a green afternoon...

Wednesday

...live instrumentation on a jazzbo tip 'n long lost groovedout samples fill this xtendedplay from this cool 'n sassy 'n somewhat reclusive hopper...not so hard for cats with certain knowledge to imagine her temporal travellin 'n doin a jam at th' gallery6 with jack passin th' ripple around, or maybe th' ash grove with cass strangedrums noddlin approval...a world away from th' whack buggin trip o' blingedout timewastin...
...back in th' day this mob were totally dismissed outta hand by rocksnobs as bein only a teeny band, not worth th' time o' day...rockkritix hated them with avengence 'n put th' poison pen in if they even acknowledged them at all...but true rockin cats with their ears atuned correctly knew there was some proper blastin sound goin on within th' sweets plattas 'n this live blowout proves that point without a doubt...recorded at a prestige gig in late 73 at one o' th' homes o' rock this biskit kix up a storm from th' very getgo 'n dont really let up for over 'n hour...stands up against th' early seven oh heavy rock combos any cat can think of 'n thats a solid fact...cats with a lower tolerance o' drum solos might need a bong hit at about trk9 'n things will stay cool 'n chippa dippa...
...th'sound 'o enthusiastic incompetence, avant blatterakket 'n possibly too much amphetamine inform this underground classic...one o' th' first slabs from th' london subterranean rockin hippee scene...cats can imagine what th' prog scene would have been ('n by x10shun rock in general) had these freeform hepsters become th' darlins instead o' those chancers from cambridge...
...two real nice soul jazzbo workouts from 69/70 that actually involve th' whole combo pretty much equally...th' sax is real down 'n dirty speshlee on th' first platta...this cat seemed to keep a pretty low profile but when he did record th' results 're well tastee as evidenced by these biskitz...also dig sonny lookin real hep on th' second cover...

Tuesday

...one 'n only wax from these heavy power trio hard rock blues combo from 19and69...some fun stereo fx 'n th' whole thing sounds like it was just recorded more than produced...a good honest noise 'n a real drag they didn't make more plattas...

Monday

...th' original trx from these chemical heads blastin out great heavy chunx o' ladbroke grove r'n'r that was shelved for longer than it shoulda...in amongst th' racket a cat with certain knowledge will recognise some vibes from earlier times with th' dreams o' sam gopal lurkin here 'n there 'n a temporal distortion o' psychoballroom jammin findin its way into th' mix...not unxpekted, this original version o' one o' th' greatest rockin combos was destined not to last for any great length o' time but this platta is a fantastic first look ...
...four alternative mixes for th' discernin head...
...brilliant wax fulla sunshine funk...uptempo 'n downtempo all done in chippa mellow style from th' early seven ohs...this disk was originally released in 73 'n then revamped next year to include th' hit after which th' platta was renamed...not one trk could in any way be considered filla...this is one way cool effort brotha, worthy o' many a spin...

Sunday

...this mob caught plenty o' flak back in th' day for th' ultimate crime in th' punk years which was bein too old to rock'n'roll...one listen to this, their first 12inch waxin shows that was not necessarily so as this is a good 77 style punk noise with some poppy hooks that propel th' tunes all th' way...a chippa rakket that soundz well smart nearly 30years later when everyones too old...good first effort...
...containin 90% o' th' first disk 'n a nice smatterin from th' others this 20trk comp is a goodly earful o' urgent pop/rock tuneage aided with some fx 'n horns punctuatin th' proceedins 'n th' horns add a club revue vibe to th' noise which was a nice move that not too many others picked up on back then...sounds way betta than could be xpected after over two'n one half decades, 'n this might surprise a few cats who dismissed this combo originally as arrogant chancers 'n heads not rememberin them could well dig this uptempo trawl through a largely forgotten catalog o' work...as with all streetlevel combos they weren't afraid to pilfer riffs 'n ideas so its 'n xtra bonus here checkin where bits'n'pieces came from...
...well nice mangulated collishun o' post freakbeat/protohard rock geetar akrobatix with some moddedout r'n'b shoutin on jeffs first two 'solo' diskz workin with some rocknroll 'n folkspiritual covers...at th' time it all seemed a bit o' a mess but with time 'n th' knowledge o' what happened to these cats in later daze this now seems a good jam from some 'nthooo-see-astik beatnix givin things a good hammerin to break thru to th' next level o' 'pop'...first wax includes a kwik burst o' bagpipes 'n not many can say that...

Saturday

... a cat could rinse this double wax forever 'n a day 'n still th' goodness would flow...'nuff said...
...cats familiar with six oh stereo will know that th' limitations imposed by th' teknology gave rise to real creative 'n fun work...a lotta list'nin pleasure can be gained from th' stereo disk o' yesteryear that today is frowned upon...if r'n'r aint gonna be fun then whats th' point in havin it...this stereo version from merrie olde is great earfilla 'n compliments nicely mono version available in various locales at th' time...
...dig that great cover which really sums up th' country cottage vibe perfektly...very groovee...

Friday

...lotta cats rate this 2nd platta as their best work 'n its certainly where it all joins up to present th' country cottage groove as a whole work...easily identifiable as one o' th' distinctive sound trademarks from late six oh hippy r'n'r with th' jazzy/r'n'b/soul/rock /folky vibes all weavin 'n meldin in'n out ' around...a very cool 'n groovee disk...
...this twenty trk coaster is certainly a wonderful thing indeed...a goodly 'n smart kwikee overview o' this funkee pubrockin crew...influenced in no short order by th' guys from big pink early on but also chippa dashes o' r'n'b/soul via such cats as lee dorsey (borrowin a coupla riffs for good measure), rollikin n'awlins piano grooves, philly international sound 'n some swampy urban funkeecountry made up in ol' london town...some very nice organ pops up on plenty o' trx 'n th' whole shebang rolls along very nice...a well tasty 70minits 'n thats a good deal in any catz book...

Wednesday

...this is one fullup coasta o' soopah doopah tuneage that no right thinkin cat can ignore...it runs th' whole gamut o' six oh ideas from big beat pop to blue eyed soul, some o' which was recorded at stax but not released at th' time...freakbeat gets a look in when she worked with ace psych combo fleur de lys...not in chronological order which often can be a right turn off but here th' plan o' action works real well as th' whole thing is one swirlin stew o' hep goodness...totally groovee 'n then some brotha, real cool...

Tuesday

...this here waxin is th' version that was released in th' new world ('n most other lands aswell) 'n it comes with th' single hitz at xpence o' a coupla tunes on th' domestic copy...th' whole o' their career is mapped out on this country cottage groovefest with jazz/ folk/ rock 'n pop all gettin a look in...later they would succeed in meldin these influences together into whole trx 'n comin up with their easily recognizable sound (that more than a few had a go at replicatin but fallin flat)...very nice first go round...(dig th' fact that dave got th' heave ho from th' cover shots on this colonial outtin, friktion comin on)...
...third outtin from these blue eyed clubsters 'n we see a maturin 'n confidence enterin th' sound much more...this was unfortunately to be th' last with this well cool line up for it was to be all two different combos that hit th' psychyear67 'n only one would grab th' attention o' heads 'n citizens...

Monday

...if'n one gig weren't enuff this took place in th' evenin o' feb1/75 'n its more spacedout swirlin hep skreech to add to th' earlier one...90 odd minitz on a double coasta o' bubblin goodness for headz to get biizee with...well groovee on canz as this is slightly more subdued 'n linear so is apt for horizontal space xplorashuns...nice nice 'n nice...
...freeform outtaspace psychodelik double coaster funk jam rcorded at th' afternoon show in tokyo feb1/75...everyones groovin along makin for a real tastee stew that repayz listen after listen...aint no cat into this kinda racket gonna get tired o' this in any lifetime soon...

Sunday

...cats who dig th' r'n'b idiom o' long ago daze 're gonna know these first 'n second plattas is a top xample o' what was happnin in clubs up 'n down th' land in merrie olde in th' mid six ohs...mainly 'nthoo-see-astik covers is th' order o' th' day 'n this combo had a cool bash at th' groove 'n suceeded a lot o' th' time in makin a good sound that bought them some early success in th' hit parade...

Saturday

...doomed stonedout prog is th' order o' th' day here 'n a very successful job they done with it...released on th' chippa 'n cool middle earth label operatin ona shoestring outta olde london towne this wax was garuanteed not to sell very many... xcellent heavy saturated sound with organ givin off 'n evil vibe 'n some great geetar skweelin addin to th' otherworldly atmosfear...benefitz from a few spinz to rinse th' total hepness from it...easy to imagine these cats in a psychedelik cellar playin to about twenty stoned onlookerz...
...even got a single into th' marketplace which sold no copies, but they knew that would happen...
...some hard riffin 'n non bombastic prog moves fill these two plattas...some nice upfront acoustic laid over th' hard rock on a coupla trx gives a good texture to th' vibe...slight jazzy moves 'n drum solo give th' game away as to when these were recorded...still soundz real good with th' amps buzzin to move th' molecules around...xcellent stuff...