Take 2 brilliant musicians, 2 English rockers ( musically anyway ),
put them in a small Bavarian village in the early seventies and what do you have? That’s right a rock group. The people of the village thought the circus had arrived or
worse and it was not unusual in the early days to have people peering through the kitchen window to steal a glance at the “aliens “ but we were there to rehearse and write
and generally make good music. Mind you it wasn’t all work and no play – this was the seventies, the days of funny cigarettes, peace and love and all that. The house was
always full – GIs on the way or just back from Vietnam, the local freaks, girlfriends and babies, dogs, cats, rabbits and even a monkey for a while if my memory serves me
well, no wonder the locals were somewhat bemused. We started gigging and although we thought we were pretty good we were in no way prepared for the incredible reaction we
received from the off and finally that dream of all musicians – THE RECORDING CONTRACT – sign on the dotted line boys let’s go. So we went, we recorded, we got ripped off,
sound familiar? But you know what, people still remember us, still ask about us, isn’t that great! Well we finally split around ’74, broke and disillusioned though I have
to say I would do it all again tomorrow. So to all of you who came to our concerts, bought the album and had faith in us thank you all, it was a marvellous time. Ray Brown,
November 2006 PS. We recently got together after more than thirty years, sadly without Stuart Fordham who is no longer with us, this recording is dedicated to him
1. LIFE IS ONLY (Jeff Beer/Ray Brown) 10:48
2. TRIBUTE TO FRANK (Jeff Beer) 01:54
3. TURNPIKE LANE (Rob Terstall) 03:42
4. BE THE MAN YOU ARE (Rob Terstall/Ray Brown) 02:43
5. GEMINI (Steve Hammond) 08:52
6. EUCALYPTUS (Jeff Beer) 02:49
7. CLOWN (Jeff Beer/Ray Brown & Stuart Fordham) 08:38
Bonustrack 8. OH NO (Frank Zappa) 13:51
Personnel: Jeff Beer: Keyboards, Percussion, Vibes, Vocals
Ray Brown: Bass,
Vocals Rob Terstall: Guitars,
Vocals Stuart Fordham: Drums, Percussion
( from malesh records homepage )
a must for all krautrockers and collectors!-
longhair label- LHC 0058-
new and sealed CD!-