THE ANSWER [AKA: VINTAGE '69]

This album was the debut release by Peter Bardens, for some reason I was under the impression it was the second album, on closer inspection of the vinyl of "Peter Bardens" it was in fact 1971 not 1969 as annotated. Overall the album is pretty good and is marginally more accessible than it's follow up release. The title track is probably the strongest ( The Camel debut springs to mind), generally the album has some excellent guitar work from Andy Gee. There is the umistakeable blues influence throughout especially on "Don't Goof With A Spook". "Homage To The God Of Light" displays some of PB's early keyboard wizardry. The Answer has a strong Jimi Hendrix ' Sound' too them so anybody who is fond of the Hendrix era will enjoy The Answer. A solid three stars.