British rock band founded 1970 as "Shacklock", as the guitarists surname. After changing name to Babe Ruth they got a contract with Harvest and recorded three albums for the label whereof this was the first. It became quite successful in US and Canada, but initially not much noticed in UK. To my ears this is very good progressive hard rock. Sturdy bass/drum backing including some rhythmic gaming and an abundance of good guitars topped by Jennie Haan's emotional vocals. "The Runaways" rather sweet, but the rest downright heavy. Favorite tracks - "The Mexican" with its pumping bass, eventually leading in to a rock cover of the theme to "For A Few Dollars More". "Wells Fargo" very heavy, crowned by an intense saxophone and the cover of Zappa's "King Kong" worth it because of the excuisite guitars. I don't see any need to jump tracks on this one. It all works out. Issued and reissued on all possible formats all over the world through the years. First US and Canadian on Harvest (SW-11151). German Digipac CD on Repertoire Records (REP 4554-WP) came with info sheets and two bonus tracks. Premiere UK had label as shown here with "GRAMMOPHONE" top left in a thin glossy cover with pic/lyric insert (gone with this copy so that pic I got from the net). (FÄV*) (HÄVL*)
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