Week of July 4, 2004
Personnel:
Del Gough - Drums
Bob Hodges - Keyboards, Vocals
Paul Kendrick - Bass, Vocals
Mick Ware - Guitar, Vocals
Album:
Czar (Fontana 6309 009) 1970
CD counterfeit: Fingerprint, 1995, with two bonus tracks, "Oh Lord I'm
Getting Heavy" and "Why Don't We Be A Rock'n'Roll Band".
CD: Progressive Line, PL538, 2002
45:
Oh Lord I'm Getting Heavy/Why Don't We Be A Rock'n'Roll Band (Philips 6006 071)
1970
A keyboard-driven album, admittedly derivative of bands like King Crimson
but probably essential for fans of keyboard-dominated progressive rock. The
opening and closing cuts: "Tread Softly On My Dreams" and "A Day In
September" capture the band at its best, but "Cecelia" features some
melodramatic instrumentation, and, by way of contrast, "Today" is a
rather sentimental ballad. A clever counterfeit is currently circulating
(referenced above), which is discernable only by the too new-looking label and
the slightly vague edges of the corner. Beware! The bonus tracks on it are below
par compared to the original album.
(Marcel Koopman/Vernon Joynson)
Taken from The Tapestry of
Delights - The Comprehensive Guide to British Music of the Beat, R&B,
Psychedelic and Progressive Eras 1963-1976, Vernon Joynson
ISBN 1 899855 04 1