By the way, the original vinyl Clear Sky Sky of the 1971 edition is still highly rated among collectors and it's almost impossible to get it. But, it is worth noting that the famous Canadians in 1971 did not even dream of releasing the album on Vertigo. A little later, these English nuggets will be compared to Rush. They were compared with Cream, and with Led Zeppelin, and even with Jethro Tull. Musical critics immediately rushed to look for all sorts of analogies. The debut album Clear Blue Sky with the original cover of the still little-known artist Roger Dean was released in January 1971. Rather, it is the English response to the work of Blue Cheer, just flavored with a purely European understanding of this kind of direction in music.
But, in fact, there is not much "space" there. "Space rock" in his raw, guitar version, so many music critics have put the band on a par with the likes of Hawkwind and UFO. Individual compositions gravitate toward the so-called. The album is sustained in the best traditions of hard blues with solid inclusions of progressive and psychedelia. Vertigo did not wait long with the musicians and ordered them to record material for the first album in just one (!) Day, which certainly affected the sound quality, but not on the content of the debut album. And from that moment on the trio of unknown 18-year-old boys began to be called Clear Blue Sky. Later, after changing the name of the group twice, the musicians came to the manager Ashley Kozak, who, in turn, worthy of appreciating the young talents, helped them sign a contract with Vertigo. Three school friends, John Simms, Mark Sheather and Ken White decided to take their guitar, bass and drums into their still hands, and created a band called Jug Blues. It is the last group that will be discussed.Īnd it all began very traditionally. In the same England and at the same time, that is, in 1970, 2 more albums of performers were recorded, which may well claim the title of the first in the history of progressive rock bands playing in the "space" style. Many believe that the ancestors of the so-called space-rock are Hawkwind with their self-titled album, which was released in August 1970, but if it is scrupulous, and the study of progressive rock is exactly what it suspects, then this statement is not entirely true. "Out of the Blue", a collection of live and unreleased material, came out in 2001.Ĭonsidering their partially forgotten status, CLEAR BLUE SKY is a surprisingly tight and accomplished band that probably deserve more attention than they got the first time around.Atavachron (David).~ 1996 saw the part-concept album "Cosmic Crusader" and later another theme record "Mirror of the Stars". The second record, "Destiny", released twenty years after the first (and then again in 1999 on Aftermath in CD format), is old material but shows an improvement in form and approach from the first session.
The group was occasionally compared to CREAM, LED ZEPPELIN and early JETHRO TULL, though the music had a firm prog sensibility unlike CREAM or ZEPPELIN and sometimes may even remind of RUSH.ĬLEAR BLUE SKY's 1971 debut (reissued on Repertoire,1991) is considered their most important and the LP is a collector's item. Still only eighteen, the three musicians mixed hard blues with progressive and psychedelic rock in an unusually mature way, and the LP was released in January 1971 sporting one of Roger Dean's earliest album covers. Impressing manager Ashley Kozak, the band were given a deal with Vertigo, changed their name to CLEAR BLUE SKY and recorded a self-titled record under the production of Patrick Campbell-Lyons. The singer laments the bad things he did in “Pro Lover”-flip-flopping from regular to double time flow-in this candid and tender version of the sentiments expressed in “Confessions.” “Let me start by saying that the way I feel for you has never once changed/And the games I’ve played, mistakes I’ve made leave me sorrier than you’ll ever know.Originally a trio of friends from school, John Simms (guitar), Mark Sheather (bass), and Ken White (drums) grew up in the Acton area of London and started as a college circuit blues-rock band called JUG BLUES (later MATUSE and then X). Over a Caribbean-inspired rhythm, Ursh brags about his Rolodex of ladies and tells one in particular to fall back: “Lovin’ me baby that’s a no-no/I’m better when I touch and go/I’m tryna add your name to my hall of fame/Not just a player I’m a pro.” Jay-Z wants his song title back! All whispers and coos, this moody falsetto-laden groove finds Usher taking it nice and slow between the sheets. Nicki accepts the application and even tries to lure Cassie along for the ride. Haven’t already downloaded this? What are you waiting for? Usher is at his most seductively crass while looking to assemble a ménage in this Polow Da Don-produced track with the elephant-sounding bass.
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