ReviewThis first album was a sign of things to come. They had only formed in October 1969 about 14 months before the release of the album which was recorded in September 1970, less than a year of forming the band. Albums were known as L/Ps back in the day. There were not many groups who used twin lead guitars at that time. – Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac and The Allman Brothers Band being the only ones of note that I remember. I bought this album on it’s release in December 1970 after reading reviews. Sadly, my original copy was damaged and I bought another (this copy) a few years later.
The album opens up with a real boogie tune in Blind Eye plenty of stop/start guitar work from Ted & Andy. Lady Whiskey follows this with some nifty guitar & bass playing. Queen of Torture again has some great guitar work in this rocker. On side two Handy opens up with some excellent bass work from Martin followed by some atmospheric guitar work from Ted & Andy. Phoenix remains a concert favourite. It starts out as a slow eerie ballad type song and soon evolves into a guitar storm from Ted & Andy. Absolutely brilliant guitar playing with excellent vocals to boot. I still play this now and then on CD. I don’t play any of my L/Ps, as I have all my favourites on CD.