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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I'm the black sheep of the family, January 25, 2003
This album is AWESOME! This album has a different range of music, anything from Led Zeppelin, King Crimson and Emerson, Lake and Palmer, it's hard to believe that hardly anybody has ever heard of this band and this album should be alot easier to find than it is cause it's that excellent, what's amazing is that there is no guitar player on this album and Quatermass is one of the best power trios out there.
My favorite song on this album is Black Sheep of the Family, Gemini and the instrumental Laughin' Tackle.
If you love King Crimson, Led Zeppelin, The Who, ELP and Deep Purple, then you should get this album, don't be afraid to get it cause it's a great album, and the liner notes are also a bonus.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Where hard rock and prog meets, August 9, 2002
Quatermass released this one and only album in 1970 on Harvest, which turned out to be one of the more rare and sought after items on the label. Luckily it's seen the light of day on CD. Quatermass is an odd band, because during the vocal passages, they play strictly in the Deep Purple and Uriah Heep vein, but unlike those bands, Quatermass never had a guitar player (the heavily fuzzed organ makes up for the lack of guitar), while during the instrumental passages, they're strictly a prog rock band, much like ELP, with Emerson-like keyboards. Comparisons to Atomic Rooster are also pretty common, as well as even the original 1969-1970 incarnation of Rare Bird (for the fact Rare Bird at that time also featured no guitar player, and the keyboards dominated as well). Quatermass featured bassist and vocalist John Gustavson, organist Pete Robinson, and drummer Mick Underwood. The one musician I recognize most is Robinson as he was later the keyboardist for Brand X in the late 1970s (1978's Masques, 1979's Product, and 1980's Do They Hurt). But what he done in Brand X is so different from Quatermass that it's hard to believe this is the same guy. John Gustavson was with some Liverpool club band from the early 1960s called The Big Three, who apparently was a regular at the Star Club around 1962 the same time as the Beatles. I don't recall Underwood's background. Anyway, "Black Sheep of the Family" was later covered by Rainbow on their 1975 debut. "Post War Saturday Echo" is one of the slower, more bluesy songs. The ballad "Good Lord Knows" features the use of orchestra. "Up on the Ground" sounds like some synthesizer is being used (and given this is from 1970, a big modular Moog was likely used as the Mini Moog just came out that year). The instrumental "Laughin' Tackle", because there's no vocals, is the band being strictly progressive all the way. Anyway, if you're a prog rock purist, you might want to stay away from this album, same if you're a hard rock purist, but if you like a fascinating blend of both, give this album a try.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Mood music, October 1, 2001
One of those albums that noone else has ever heard of,and you love to turn people on to.A little of everything here.Some psychedelia,some thoughtful balladry,and some flat out rockers that cook.Gemini is a favorite.The recently released Quatermass 2,The Long Road,has nothing to do with the original feel(unfortunately)but the added track "One Blind Mice"is a nice surprise.
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