Tapestry of Delights: A little known and underrated talent. John Thomas had two hits with The Flies in Australia before coming to London to form his own band in 1969. Both albums are consistently good, strong material and raw vocals, which suit the guitar-driven musical format. There's some good guitar work on both albums. Ride A Rainbow is certainly the most commercial track on the first album but Trippin' Like A Dog And Rockin' Like A Bitch is really the magnum opus. The second album is excellent too. The opening cut Down In The Bottom sets the tone for more guitar driven hard rock from which the title track, Brother Bat Bone, is really the highlight, but dig the melodic guitar work on This Is My Body and Standin' In The Sunshine illustrates his mellower side. This is slightly the stronger of two but both are recommended. Unfortunately the German release of the first album wrongly states that Kiernan O'Conner (drms) and George Hart (bs) were members of the group. Both were only in the live band for a brief period. 2nd Lp's Line-up stayed together for more than two years. John Thomas later played for Edgar Broughton in 1975 and now lives in Berlin, running a band called Johnny and The Drivers.
"N.S.U." (Bruce) – 10:15 Recorded March 10 1968, Winterland, San Francisco.
"Sleepy Time Time" (Bruce, Janet Godfrey) – 6:52 Recorded March 9 1968, Winterland, San Francisco.
"Lawdy Mama" (Traditional, arr. Eric Clapton) – 2:46 Studio Recording from Disraeli Gears sessions, 1967 Also released as a single.(Atco Records #45-6708)
Side 2
"Sweet Wine" (Ginger Baker, Godfrey) – 15:16 Recorded March 10 1968, Winterland, San Francisco.
"Rollin' and Tumblin'" (McKinley Morganfield) – 6:42 Recorded March 7 1968, The Fillmore, San Francisco.
Jack Bruce - Lead vocals except on "Lawdy Mama", bass guitar, harmonica on "Rollin' & Tumblin'"
Eric Clapton - Lead guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Lawdy Mama"
Ginger Baker - Drums, percussion
'72 (41'15"):
Side 1
"Deserted Cities of the Heart" (Jack Bruce, Pete Brown) - 4.33
"White Room" (Bruce, Brown) - 5.40
"Politician" (Bruce, Brown) - 5.08
"Tales of Brave Ulysses" (Eric Clapton, Martin Sharp) - 4.46
Side 2
"Sunshine of Your Love" (Clapton, Bruce, Brown) - 7.25
"Steppin' Out" (James Bracken) - 13.38 (Mistitled as "Hideaway" on original LP pressings)
Track 5 recorded March 9, 1968 at the Winterland, San Francisco.
Tracks 4 & 6 recorded March 10, 1968 at the Winterland, San Francisco.
Tracks 1, 2 & 3 recorded October 4, 1968 at the Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland
Tapestry of Delights: One of the more interesting characters of this era, Coyne entered the world on 27 January 1944 in Derby. He went to Art College there and later worked as a social therapist in a Preston mental hospital from 1965. In 1969 he relocated to London, working as a social worker in Camden and beginning to pursue a music career. He soon became vocalist for Siren, but when they split he quit his day job, too, concentrating on a solo career. Snapped up by Dandelion he put out a debut album which was full of his eccentricities and is now cherished by collectors. Much of his music was totally anti-commercial and entirely lacking in conventional song structures. In 1973 he signed to Virgin who put out a double album of his work, Marjory Razorblade. In 1974 he formed a support band to play dates in Britain and Europe. After it collapsed he put together an enlarged band in January 1975 comprised of Tim Penn (keyb'ds), Gordon Smith (slide gtr), Andy Summers (gtr), Steve Thompson (bs) and Peter Woolf (drms). The resulting album, Matching Hands And Feet, was not one of his best though. In April 1975 Penn and Smith went on their way and the slimmed down band embarked on a long UK tour and recorded a further album, Heartburn. In Living Black And White, a live album, included Zoot Money and Andy Summers in the line-up. It also featured extended versions of two of his finest works, House On The Hill and Marjory Razorblade. However, by April 1976 it had become apparent that Coyne, whose music was always an acquired taste, couldn't afford to keep a band on the road and he was forced back to a solo format. He continued to record as a cult figure.
Fuzz Acid & Flowers: An heavy rock outfit notable for the screaming female vocals of Jinx Dawson. They released at least three albums. Produced by Bill Traut (Aorta, Shadows of Knight...), their first one attempted to mix psych rock with Black Mass "liturgy" for generally enjoyable results and contained ten tracks: Black Sabbath, Dignitaries Of Hell, Pact With Lucifer, For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge... The album came with a nice gatefold cover with lyrics and several pictures of the "ceremony". Their subsequent releases were in the same style. ~ (Stephane Rebeschini)
Dave Cousins was born in England in 1945. He holds a degree in statistics and pure mathematics from Leicester University. Cousins is best known as the founder and leader of The Strawbs, a prog folk band. His career has seen him follow several different paths, including spells in Radio (he was controller of local radio station Radio Tees and managing director of Devonair).
Despite his many years in the music business, he has only ever released one solo album, 1972's "Two weeks last summer". While the line up of this album is somewhat different to that of the Strawbs, including as it does Jon Hiseman and Roger Glover, it is to all intents and purposes a bona fide Strawbs album.
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