Raw Material - Raw Material 1970
Eclectic Prog • United Kingdom
Rock / Progressive Rock / Psychedelia
Raw Material biography
RAW MATERIAL is a British band that released two albums in the ealy 70's that are now highly collectible. The group consist of your standard prog quartet plus frontman Mike Fletcher on wind instruments. They developped a slighly jazz-tinged progressive rock so typical of that era and their debut album had some great moments (the longer tracks on side1) but was also partially flawed but ends in a bizarre poem recitation to string arrangements. Most progheads will prefer the much more even Time Is .. Rare album that appeared on the RCA prog label called Neon records. This album (with the line-up augmented by a second guitarist Harewood) was much more 70's-sounding and left loads of space for instrument interplay and hold many fine moments that every proghead looking for rare late proto-prog should investigate.
A: 01. Time And Illusion / 02. I'd Be Delighted / 03. Fighting Cock / 04. Hi There Hallelujah / 05. Bobo's Party
B: 01. Pear On An Apple Tree / 02. Future Recollections / 03. Traveller Man / 04. Destruction Of America / 05. Time And Illusion / 06. Days Of The Fighting Cocks
Training: Mick Fletcher (sax, flute and vocals), Colin Catt (keyboards and vocals), Phil Gunn (bass), Paul Young (percussion) and Dave Green (guitar).
Production: Ed Welch
