thank you thank you thank you EMI, peter mew, and everyone connected with this superb project. Not only will it turn on the casual browser of the progressive genre but also all of us broughton-heads who have been extolling the virtues of Rob [Edgar] and the boys for the last 43 years. As the previous reviewer states, 4 cds for less than the price of a regular cd including a wonderful blast from the past with the Hyde Park London 1970 free concert, 40+ minutes of freak heaven. Yeah, I was there.
Not a band that is easily pigeonholed, primarily a blues rock band with a twist, they could rock out with gusto or bring it [and the listener] right down to deep thought by just a few lines and unaccompanied guitar. 'But if you think it's right, to do just what you like, then you must realise, that the same thing applies, to me.'
Plagued by well dodgy-management, a van that was forever breaking down going to a gig, their choice to play free concerts at the drop of a hat, alongside Gong and Hawkwind, Brinsley Swartz, Man etc, endeared them to their fanatic following, but didn't pay the rent. Very much a 'peoples band' the people used and abused them, then dropped them like a stone when they fell on hard times.
All I can say, nay, urge, is if you have never heard the band then buy this box set comprising their first five-yes, five-albums and the concert and listen to it with open ears and more importantly, an open mind. If, like me, you are a committed
[h]edgar freak, what are you waiting for? Buy now while stocks last! OUT DEMONS OUT!!!