Gravy Train - Gravy Train (1970) [Reissue 2005]
EAC Rip | WavPack (image+.cue+log) - 313 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 111 MB | Covers - 121 MB
Genre: Heavy Progressive Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Repertoire Records (REPUK 1067)
EAC Rip | WavPack (image+.cue+log) - 313 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 111 MB | Covers - 121 MB
Genre: Heavy Progressive Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Repertoire Records (REPUK 1067)
Jethro Tull and Comus had a baby, and they named it Gravy Train. That's not strictly accurate, of course, but as the band's eponymous debut opens with the fluid changes of "The New One," it's not too far of a reach, either. Richly harmonic, daringly jam-laden, and peppered with guitar roars that simply defy comparison, Gravy Train is the sound of the British underground at its most joyously liberated peak - a time when a bunch of apparent freaks could simply go into a major recording studio and let rip. Except Gravy Train's concept of "letting rip" has more in common with a symphony orchestra than the Edgar Broughton Band. Without, of course, the orchestra. But there's a moment in the midst of "Think of Life" that cannot help but put one in mind of later Deep Purple, as the flute and guitar battle for supremacy, while the blues workout "Coast Road" is as breathtaking as any of that genre's better-feted exponents…