Combo founded mid-sixties by former members of blues bands Sounds Of Blue and The Shades 5. After doing a successful gig at The Windsor National Jazz And Blues Festival 1967 they got a contract with Blue Horizon label and recorded this debute album. Until then there had been changes in the group with members coming and going, but those partaking here was guitarist Stan Webb with Christine Perfect on keyboards, Andy Silvester on bass and Dave Bidwell on drums - reinforced by saxophone players Dick Heckstall-Smith https://monolover.blogspot.com/2012/12/dick-heckstall-smitha-story-ended-ilps.html and Johnny Almond. As a long time fan of early Fleetwood Mac I feel aquainted. This has a similar mix of self-penned and blues covers and the Mike Vernon production and audio comes out about the same. Very cool. I may prefer Fleetwood Mac for Peter Green's guitars and voice, but this has its moments too. Guitars are great all through and I like Perfect's vocals on her own compositions "When The Train Comes Back" and "You Ain't No Good" ...which also happens to be my favorite tracks on here. The rest is sung by Webb. Not bad but I wish she'd done more of the songs. To my taste maybe not the best white blues album ever, but certainly good enough and probably a must for every die-hard fan of the genre. Originally released on vinyl in US and Canada (Epic BN 26414), Downunder on CBS, Japan on CBS/Sony and Germany on Blue Horizon. Japan 2005 CD on Sony (MHCP 872) came with four bonus tracks. Premiere UK (also as mono (7-63203) had structured label as shown here on heavy vinyl in a laminated cover. (BLÖH*) (FÄV*)
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