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Sunday 7th June 2009
Bill Wyman managed the group Tucky Buzzard during the early 70s - and their albums were a prime example of both the mature psychedelic sound of yore and the new, heavier prog-rock style that was emerging.
Now, you can listen to some preview clips from the albums with new audio clips that have been added to each album - plus a short history of Tucky Buzzard is reproduced below.
Click here to listen to a clip from the album Tucky Buzzard.
Click here to listen to a clip from the album Warm Slash.
Click here to listen to a clip from the album Coming On Again.
Click here to listen to a clip from the album Time Will Be Your Doctor.
REVIEW (Record Collector) by John Sturdy
I've often wondered how musicians must feel about the apparently arbitrary nature of critical revisionism and after-the-fact collectability. The End, for example, are widely acknowledged now as one of the finest late-60s UK psychedelic pop bands, with a posthumous reputation that has enabled no fewer than three albums of contemporaneous out-takes to appear over the last few years. But Tucky Buzzard, featuring the same pool of musicians a year or so further own the line, don't even register on the collecting radar, despite having been more widely-feted during their lifetime than had the largely anonymous End.
CLICK HERE to buy Tucky Buzzard - Time Will Be Your Doctor - SIGNED BY BILL WYMAN
These three early-70s albums, now reissued through manager Bill Wyman's own label, show that Buzzard deserve a better deal from the history books tan they have received thus far.
Their eponymous debut set, recorded over a 15-month period that stretched back to 1969, is a genuinely impressive example of the type of record that the best British bands were making at the turn of the decade, with tracks like 'My Friend' (featuring a cameo appearance from Stones guitarist Mick Taylor) and 'Time Will Be Your Doctor' pitched midway between the mature psychedelic sound of yore and the new, heavier prog-rock style.
'Tucky Buzzard' is chock-full of immaculate vocal harmonies, impeccable musicianship and engaging melodies, though a version of Leon Russell's 'Pisces Apple Lady' is another indication of how the sands of time change our perception of what is cool. Back in 1970, Russell was rapidly becoming part of the new rock royalty, and covering one of his songs must have seemed a canny move; these days he's a largely forgotten figure.
Warm Slash, which appeared in November '71, represents a stylistic step sideways, and clearly reflects he omnipotent influence of Led Zeppelin on British rock musicians of the period. Lead singer, Jimmy Henderson provides his best Robert Plant banshee wail on 'Burnin'' and 'Fill You In' and an atypical Goundhogs-style blues-rock shuffle, 'Need Your Love'. Occasionally, Buzzard take their eye off the ball - notably on '(She's A Striker', which ends up in Row Z rather than the back of the net - but this is an album that will please a lot of people who regret the passing of the basic early-70s Brit hard rock sound.
Despite its relatively meagre running time, 'Coming On Again' is arguably the most consistent of this particular Buzzard triumvirate. Recorded in Spain in 1972, it eschews the hard rock approach of 'Warm Slash' to re-adopt the sound of the band's debut album, with lovely choral harmonies and a greater sense of melodic ambition allied to some superb baroque arrangements from Walter (now Wendy) De Los Rios.
Though the album peaks on the highly ambitious, side-long title track suite, Buzzard's lightness of touch can also be found on mature ballads like 'You're All Alone' and 'Lady Fair', leaving 'Coming On Again' as a clear and unexpected triumph for the band and producer Wyman alike.
Now, you can listen to some preview clips from the albums with new audio clips that have been added to each album - plus a short history of Tucky Buzzard is reproduced below.
Click here to listen to a clip from the album Tucky Buzzard.
Click here to listen to a clip from the album Warm Slash.
Click here to listen to a clip from the album Coming On Again.
Click here to listen to a clip from the album Time Will Be Your Doctor.
REVIEW (Record Collector) by John Sturdy
I've often wondered how musicians must feel about the apparently arbitrary nature of critical revisionism and after-the-fact collectability. The End, for example, are widely acknowledged now as one of the finest late-60s UK psychedelic pop bands, with a posthumous reputation that has enabled no fewer than three albums of contemporaneous out-takes to appear over the last few years. But Tucky Buzzard, featuring the same pool of musicians a year or so further own the line, don't even register on the collecting radar, despite having been more widely-feted during their lifetime than had the largely anonymous End.
CLICK HERE to buy Tucky Buzzard - Time Will Be Your Doctor - SIGNED BY BILL WYMAN
These three early-70s albums, now reissued through manager Bill Wyman's own label, show that Buzzard deserve a better deal from the history books tan they have received thus far.
Their eponymous debut set, recorded over a 15-month period that stretched back to 1969, is a genuinely impressive example of the type of record that the best British bands were making at the turn of the decade, with tracks like 'My Friend' (featuring a cameo appearance from Stones guitarist Mick Taylor) and 'Time Will Be Your Doctor' pitched midway between the mature psychedelic sound of yore and the new, heavier prog-rock style.
'Tucky Buzzard' is chock-full of immaculate vocal harmonies, impeccable musicianship and engaging melodies, though a version of Leon Russell's 'Pisces Apple Lady' is another indication of how the sands of time change our perception of what is cool. Back in 1970, Russell was rapidly becoming part of the new rock royalty, and covering one of his songs must have seemed a canny move; these days he's a largely forgotten figure.
Warm Slash, which appeared in November '71, represents a stylistic step sideways, and clearly reflects he omnipotent influence of Led Zeppelin on British rock musicians of the period. Lead singer, Jimmy Henderson provides his best Robert Plant banshee wail on 'Burnin'' and 'Fill You In' and an atypical Goundhogs-style blues-rock shuffle, 'Need Your Love'. Occasionally, Buzzard take their eye off the ball - notably on '(She's A Striker', which ends up in Row Z rather than the back of the net - but this is an album that will please a lot of people who regret the passing of the basic early-70s Brit hard rock sound.
Despite its relatively meagre running time, 'Coming On Again' is arguably the most consistent of this particular Buzzard triumvirate. Recorded in Spain in 1972, it eschews the hard rock approach of 'Warm Slash' to re-adopt the sound of the band's debut album, with lovely choral harmonies and a greater sense of melodic ambition allied to some superb baroque arrangements from Walter (now Wendy) De Los Rios.
Though the album peaks on the highly ambitious, side-long title track suite, Buzzard's lightness of touch can also be found on mature ballads like 'You're All Alone' and 'Lady Fair', leaving 'Coming On Again' as a clear and unexpected triumph for the band and producer Wyman alike.
