This album was originally released in 1969, and thanks to Castle Communications (and subsidiary Sanctuary Records) you can now buy a rejiggered version of the album on CD.
Featuring Mel Collins on sax and flute, it is a release that many KC fans should check out. OK – many of the tracks are cover versions, but you can hear why Mr Collins got the chance to be in the band. In fact, there are parts of the recording that sound eerily like KC around the time of ITWOP – the pastoral, gentle KC of Cadence and Cascade rather than Groon or Pictures of a City.
The album opens with a rollicking version of Norwegian Wood and this track sets the tone for the whole album, a sort of late-60s easy listening with plenty of woodwind and sax. The accompanying players acquit themselves quite well, and are suitably loose in their performance.
The sleevenotes are written by the band’s former drummer, but there’s not much in the way in album credits. There’s a big emphasis on Mel Collins (who wrote many of the non-cover material) but the rest of the players are only mentioned in passing.
I’ve seen copies of this being sold to gullible Americans for $20+, but don’t be fooled by the sellers quoting this release to be “rare”. It’s not. You can pick it up for £8.99 from Amazon UK and on import from Amazon US.
Check it out, it is a KC gem.

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