The latest compilation from Cherry Red Records covers the year 1969 and acts as a kind of "prequel" to the coming or defining of Prog Rock the genre of music that so many of us grew up with in the seventies. Many of the groups featured on this album will be familiar such as Yes, Genesis, Barclay James harvest and Family.
Deep Purple, Free and Jack Bruce also put in an appearance but a usual it is the bands that were unknown or long forgotten that were the most interesting as this track Billy The Monster from The Deviants helps illustrate.
Deep Purple, Free and Jack Bruce also put in an appearance but a usual it is the bands that were unknown or long forgotten that were the most interesting as this track Billy The Monster from The Deviants helps illustrate.
Alongside these are other well known outfits such as Fleetwood Mac, Procol Harem, the Moody Blues and that long forgotten band Fat Mattress. No me neither but for the record here's All Night Drinker:
However there was one band I was quite overjoyed to see on this compilation, Colosseum whose album Valentyne Suite was amongst the first albums I ever had. Sadly no longer in my possession but here's Kettle to give you a taste of this great band.
This is a three CD set with a total of 52 tracks that compliments the Prog Rock compilations for 1970, 71 & 72 that have previously been released, not forgetting a couple of other sets which cover seventies rock and "Bubble gum pop". These are worth collecting as they cover a lot of historic ground during that very creative period in British music..
Lets end with one more sample track Theme From An Imaginary Western by Jack Bruce:
Banquet is available from: www.cherryred.co.uk
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