"First Base has mixed ingredients for early English hardrock: the ballsy vocals of Jenny Hann (later a Memorex voice) Spaghetti Western music - and a dash of Zappa"
"Recorded before EBB went agi-prop (predating New Model Army) and becoming regulars at Glastonbury. Gothic before their time, the English Beefheart without so many quirks."
"The direct successor of the first Soft Machine album: whimsical post-psychedelic British rock. Machine as the unofficial Harvest 'house band' provided a lot of the backing."
"A late recording as this list goes. Has the essence of many Harvest's records: the mixing of musician from different bands to generate different new music, (ie.Edgar Broughton, Sharks, Krimson)."
"The other half of Cream's main writing team, doing his own thing. Rough around edges adding to the record's warped charm: the deconstruction of Politician has to heard to be believed."
"(I suppose they have to be included?) BJH may have lent their name to the label, but with the exception of a few tracks found on this album, they never got out of the 2nd Division of prog rockers."
"The double US Bluethumb recording by Love, no British label would handle - until Harvest stepped in. No quite as classic as the first 4 Elektra releases, still relevant in Love's discography."