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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Overlooked classic masterpiece!,
This review is from: Quatermass (Audio CD)
Before Emerson, Lake and Palmer, all great rock bands had guitars, right? WRONG! The musicianship, creativity, vocals and songwriting on this overlooked gem are superlative. Released in 1970, and recorded at Abbey Road, it was years ahead of it's time, ( a cliche, I know, but nonetheless true.) Members came from various English bands, and all the instrumental work, (drums by Mick Underwood, all manner of keyboards by the gifted Peter Robinson, and massively impressive bass playing from John Gustafson), is superb, as is the unique and powerful vocal work by John, (as strong in ways as Robert Plant, Paul Rodgers, or Paul McCartney at his hardest.) The songs go from hard rock, ("Black Sheep"), to a touching baroque ballad, ("Good Lord Knows"), to jazz from another planet, ("Laughin' Tackle"), to anthemic blues, ("Post-war Saturday Echo"), and never fails. This is a one-of-a-kind masterpiece, never even approached by Atomic Rooster, the Nice, or ELP, and is sadly overlooked, as is much of the great rock music of the 20th century. Great songs, great singing and playing, great production, and great band - what else do you need? If this sort of work is your "cup of tea", it doesn't get better than this. (Did I mention that I like this music very much?)
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Classic Rock - The Way It Should Be,
By gc in surrey (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Quatermass (Audio CD)
This album was one of the classics from the '70s.
The musicians had a strong track record of previous band membership including the Herd; the Don Ellis Jazz Orchestra and the Merseybeats. They were innovative in their time, adopting a variety of techniques and creating several different moods. Originally launched on the Harvest label, the album is every bit as fresh thirty years later as it was then. The musicianship is very strong, from Robinson's jazzy piano and thunderous organ solo in Post War, Saturday Echo to Underwood's drum virtuoso in Laughin' Tackle. As far as the band being a one album wonder as another reviewer stated, this is inaccurate. Their second album was due to be launched to rave pre-reviews by John Peel and the music press. Just before launch date, the band broke up and the album was never published (thus I suspect the bonus tracks). The bass player, John Gustafson ultimately joined Roxy Music; Mick Underwood, the drummer joined Gillan and Pete Robinson, the master keyboard player of the band went on to be a member of the superb and prolific band - Brand X. Yes, you can compare them to Nice; Deep Purple; Zeppelin or ELP - just don't. Enjoy Quatermass for what they are - good clean progressive rock.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Quatermass II - self-titled (Repertoire),
By Mike Reed (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Quatermass (Audio CD)
First came out in 1970, even better than the band's much delayed follow-up, 2000's Quatermass II - 'Long Road' (see my review). Overall, just good British progressive. Tracks here I thought made this CD worth giving a spin every now and again were "Black Sheep In The Family", "Good lord Knows", the eight-minute ELP-like "Make Up Your Mind" and "One Blind Mice" (also sort of reminds me of ELP). Line-up: Johnny Gustafson-bass & vocals, Pete Robinson-keyboards and Mick Underwood-drums. Note that Underwood is the only same player that shows up on the previously mentioned 'Long Road' follow-up.
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