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They were a popular live act in the early 1970s and played a lot of gigs on the college circuit and this was their second album, now down to a trio of Glenn Hughes, Mel Galley and Dave Holland. They never charted with an album until The Final Swing, a compilation which made #172 in America, but I think this is the best record. Formed in 1969 in Cannock in the midlands, they were a sort of expansive, funk infused multi-layered rock band who made long-ish numbers and recorded for the Moody Blues Threshold label. Hughes took the title track to Black Country Communion in 2010 on their debut album.
I suspect they were influential if not commercial. Their mix of hard rock and soulful vocals before Glenn got too Glenn and let his inner Stevie Wonder go wild, could be heard in a lot of future bands’ sound. Galley, of course, would turn up in Whitesnake briefly, but had to quit because he injured his hand and had nerve damage. He died at just 60 of oesophageal cancer, and never made it as big as he should have. Dave Holland joined Judas Priest for 10 years from 1979 but later ended up doing an 8 year stretch in jail for child abuse in what was a jolly unpleasant bit of business - he claimed to be innocent - and died in 2018.
So the fact that Glenn made it big, blew so much on drugs and was lucky to survive many years with a raging coke addiction and emerge clean and is still prolific at 72 is amazing. The albums, especially the early ones, command relatively high prices these days. All their albums are worth a listen, are all a bit different but I like this one best.
