A Minor Gem In The Cs
Not much to find on this band: their eponymous album recorded
in London, and ostensibly krautrock because of their nationality, but performing
a country-tinged hard rock sound. It’s polished and cleverly written material –
tight harmonies adding depth to the straightforward but mature rock melodies.
There’s a bit of Grand Funk in the overall sound; Mike Harrison in the lead
vocal at times.
They’re all shortish tracks, averaging just over 3 minutes
each, and you get to 4th Lucy
which has early Tyrannosaurus Rex percussion and acoustic guitar, and the
arrival has been brisk but absolutely solid. 5th Candlelight has a Jethro Tullish riff
driving its now familiar tight structure. These are crisp cuts. 6th About Mother and Son picks up more of
that Spooky Tooth sound, but then is also so clearly different to this –
perhaps it is just the vocal echo, which is one helluva echo. 8th Hidden Love is a Creamesque blues with a
powerful bass throughout. These guys had clearly been listening carefully to
what was swirling around them at the time. And they absorbed then reflected
with some neat clarity of their own.
Of the 12 tracks – the last two as additional bonus ones – I’d
say the first 8 form the nucleus of this album’s totally solid stature. And
here endeth today’s spontaneous cartwheel through the C collection, which, existentially,
started at B with David Bowie’s Hunky Dory
that really does have to be in my Top Fifty.....
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