THIS WAS

Strong debut album. At this early stage the band had a very different lineup, with blues guitarist Mick Abrahams, Glenn Cornick (bass), and Clive Bunker (drums), and was primarily a straight blues-rock band, with jazz influences. The album is filled with excellent jazz-blues guitar, bass, and drums work, supplemented with Anderson's flute and vocals, but good UK blues-rock bands were plentiful at that time, and this is fairly straight-forward blues-rock. Although a good start, the band had not yet developed their own unique style, and compared to what the band would later become, this ranks as good, but not great. Best tracks: Beggar's Farm, A Song For Jeffrey. Weaker tracks: Moved On Alone, It's Breaking Me Up. Rating: 3 stars