Name: Quatermass - Quatermass
Brand: Quatermass
SKU: 5013929439740
Price: 22.43 EUR
Availability: InStock

Description

2 disc deluxe edition

Artist

The trio consisted of bass player and vocalist John Gustafson, keyboardist J. Peter Robinson and Mick Underwood on drums.
Underwood had previously played with Ritchie Blackmore in the Outlaws, while Gustafson had been a member of The Merseybeats. Underwood later became drummer with Episode Six, and was joined by Gustafson after Roger Glover left to join Deep Purple. The band took its name from Professor Bernard Quatermass, a fictional scientist who had been the hero of three science fiction serials produced by BBC Television in the 1950s, and were signed to Harvest Records.
The group formed as a power trio with Hammond organ as the main instrument. Their first and only album sold itself through "...compactness, wealth of ideas, forceful lead vocals and complicated arrangements, enriched by pianist Robinson's tasteful use of classical strings which are on display along with spacious keyboard passages at their height in the mold of The Nice." One track, "Laughin' Tackle", includes 16 violins, 6 violas, 6 cellos, and 3 double bass, arranged by Robinson, and a drum solo by Underwood. Underwood remained in close contact with Blackmore, and visited Deep Purple in the studio while they were recording In Rock.
The group split in early 1971. Gustafson formed a new band, Bullet with ex-members of Atomic Rooster.
The band's song "Black Sheep of the Family" was the first track to be recorded by Rainbow, having been rejected for the Deep Purple album Stormbringer.

Tracks

CD-1 One Blind Mice 03:27

CD-2 Entropy 01:11

CD-3 Black Sheep Of The Family 03:41

CD-4 Post War Saturday Echo 09:52

CD-5 Good Lord Knows 03:12

CD-6 Up On The Ground 07:09

CD-7 Gemini 05:55

CD-8 Make Up Your Mind 01:44

CD-9 What Was That 05:59

CD-10 Make Up Your Mind (Reprise) 01:03

CD-11 Laughin' Tackle 11:31

CD-12 Punting 07:21

CD-13 Afraid Not (Rehearsal) 05:25

CD-14 Bluegaloo / Broken Chords / Scales (Live Recording 1974)

DVD-1 One Blind Mice

DVD-2 Entropy

DVD-3 Black Sheep Of The Family

DVD-4 Post War Saturday Echo

DVD-5 Good Lord Knows

DVD-6 Up On The Ground

DVD-7 Gemini

DVD-8 Make Up Your Mind

DVD-9 What Was That

DVD-10 Make Up Your Mind (Reprise)

DVD-11 Laughin' Tackle

DVD-12 Punting

Releases

Formats

Vinyl, CD, CDr

Labels

Music On Vinyl, EMI, Harvest, 2000 FruitGum Corp., Esoteric Recordings, Odeon, Repertoire Records, ADA Sound Ltd., Belle Antique, Air Mail Archive, Repertoire Records , MSI , Akarma, Akarma

Countries

Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russian Federation, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Europe

years

1970, 1975, 1976, 1990, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2020

Members

~~Peter Robinson~~,John Gustafson,Mick Underwood