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Ill Wind - Flashes (1967)

Track listing:
  1. Walkin' and Singin' 3:14
  2. People of the Night 7:47
  3. Little Man 4:33
  4. Dark World 3:47
  5. L.A.P.D. 5:08
  6. People of the Night 2:34
  7. High Flying Bird 5:00
  8. Hung Up Chick 5:57
  9. Sleep 2:38
  10. Full Cycle 6:14
  11. You're All I See Now 2:22
  12. Ill Wind 2:54

Notes

Originally known as The Prophets, with a singer called Judy Bradbury, this band were originally from Wellsley, Massachusetts but based themselves in Boston. Clearly, a hippie as opposed to a punk band, their album is a fine one, with their sound moulded by Conny Devanney's crystal clear vocals. On tracks like Dark World her voice is beautiful, while on others, notably the widely recorded High Flying Bird, Hung Up Chick and Walkin' And Singin', it blends in beautifully with that of her male counterpart, Richard Griggs. Also of note is the unusual People Of The Night and the sleepy Full Cycle. This album is strongly recommended if you ever come across it. The band split up in December 1968, and Carey Mann went on to play with Dirty John's Hot Dog Stand.

The original LP had an incorrect song order listed on the back cover. The second song on Side One was wrongly listed as Sleep rather than People Of The Night. Similary Sleep was wrongly listed as People Of The Night. The bonus tracks on the Afterglow and Akarma reissues are from demos for the album and these too miscredit the demo version of People Of The Night as Sleep. The majority of original copies of the album were also subject to a mastering fault on High Flying Bird, which also appears on both the 'counterfeit' and the 'legit' reissues.