IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY

It's a Beautiful Day's debut album finds the band offering up a high-quality prototype for progressive rock, with some experiments reminiscent of less heavy versions of some of the ideas Deep Purple would play with around this time. In particular, take a listen to Bombay Calling, the intro to which Deep Purple would slow down a little and turn into the basic structure of Child In Time. When an album's so good even peak-era Deep Purple are borrowing from it you know you're dealing with something extra-special, right? Further psychedelic jams round out this charming era from the San Fransisco scene of the 1960s.