British guitarist and singer who worked with Ian Hunter before him joining Mott The Hoople. Member of Keef Heartly Band 1969-71 and has also been involved with Spencer Davies, Savoy Brown, T. Rex, Jon Lord, Chicken Shack and Mountain among others. This was his only solo album before the 1998 "Celtic Moon". He's backed by among others bassist Gary Thain (Keef Heartly, Uriah Heep), drummer Eric Dillon (Fat Mattress) and guitarist Neil Hubbard (Juicy Lucy, Grease Band). All handeled by Decca key producer Neil Slaven. What I hear here is a heavily enforced singer/songwriter effort. All cuts self-penned, moving through an a blend of pop, rock and folk, sometimes with a slightly jazzy twist, sometimes orchestrated, sometimes rocking and sometimes just divested. I've seen it tagged as "psych", but can't hear anything like that. Instead it's mostly a smooth tripp carried by poetic lyrics reflecting the times, both good and bad, he lived back then. Favorite tracks - the emotional "High Tide High Water" with its gospelish background quires and the pushy "Nothing In This World" embellished by good organ and guitars. It's one of those LP:s it might take a number of listenings to get in to, but when you do it's lovely as it is. Also originally issued on vinyl in US and Canada (DES 18062), Germany, Japan and Downunder. UK 2023 CD on Esoteric Recordings (ECLEC 2810) came with nine bonus tracks. Premiere UK had label as shown here in a laminated fold/out cover with "blue box" stereo inner. (DÄRR*)
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