RAW MATERIAL - Time Is... ( 1971 UK Eclectic Prog ) Full Album

Raw Material biography Founded in London, UK in 1969 - Disbanded in 1972 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. Both albums have gotten a few Cd re-issues but beware of some approximate versions as some are giving strange info. The debut even came out with a spanish pop cover. Tracks: 01. Ice Queen (Colin Catt, K.Catt, Cliff Homewood, Phil Gunn, Michael Fletcher, Dave Greene) - 00:00 02. Empty Houses (Dave Greene) - 06:57 03. Insolent Lady (Dave Greene) -14:30 including: a). Bye The Way b). Small Thief c). Insolent Lady 04. Miracle Worker (Colin Catt, Phil Gunn, Dave Greene) - 23:27 05. Religion (Colin Catt, Phil Gunn, Michael Fletcher, Paul Young) - 28:16 06. Sun God (Colin Catt, Phil Gunn, Michael Fletcher, Paul Young) -32:43 including: a). Awakening b). Realization c). Worship Personnel: - Colin Catt - lead vocals, keyboards - Michael Fletcher - saxophone, flute, vocals - Dave Greene (David Hugh Green) - electric & acoustic guitars - Phil Gunn - bass guitar, acoustic guitar - Paul Young - drums, percussion + - Cliff Homewood - lead guitar - Mickey Clarke - producer