To me their 1965 debute has always been a beacon, an epitome of dirty garage and one that paved the path for so many bands to follow. A very rude kind of blues rock which no doubt at least partly inspired the change from white blues to hard rock at the end of the decade. By 1968 they'd soften up a bit, but still in the forefront by releasing one of the first rock opera/concept albums - the captivating "S.F. Sorrow". Here it's 1974, six years further on and what you get is glam rock produced with uniform thickness. Dense and glossy, pretty much the same drag as any other glam rock outfit at the time. I'm having a hard time to get in and feel it, but when I do it's the guitars that makes it for me, sounding a lot more adventurous than the melodic context. It's all very well performed, but nothing that nails me to the listening chair longing for more. I would have liked less studio hokus pokus for a more allowing production to get a harder hitting statement. Less silk and more torpedo so to speak. Not their prettiest thing, but if you manage to look behind the veil it's clear they still had it. Issued all over the world on vinyl and CD through the years, initially also on cassette and 8-track. First US on Swan Song (SS 8411). Most CD reissues came with two live tracks as bonus. Premiere UK had label as shown here and matt fold out cover with lyric/picture insert.
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