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Quatermass - Quatermass (1970)

Track listing:
  1. Entropy 1:10
  2. Black Sheep Of The Family 3:40
  3. Post War Saturday Echo 9:43
  4. Good Lord Knows 2:53
  5. Up On The Ground 7:11
  6. Gemini 5:54
  7. Make Up Your Mind 8:44
  8. Laughin' Tackle 10:36
  9. Entropy 0:47
  10. One Blind Mice (Bonustrack) 3:19
  11. Punting (Bonustrack) 7:15

Notes

Japan 24-Bit Remaster

Formed in September 1969. Mick Underwood's previous bands had included Jet Harris and The Jet Blacks, The Outlaws, an embryonic Herd and Episode Six. John Gustafson had been in The Big Three and The Merseybeats. They undertook a low cost US tour to help promote this album but collapsed due to lack of finances.

Pete Robinson's organ work was very much to the fore on their album and musically they were influenced by bands like The Nice and early Deep Purple. One of its cuts, Black Sheep Of The Family, was later covered by Rainbow.

They were more popular on the Continent in countries like Germany and Italy than here. They had a German-only 45, Three Blind Mice, which is now very sought-after.

After they split at the end of 1970, Mick Underwood went on to play in Peace (who included Paul Rodgers of Free and Bad Company fame), Sammy, Strapps and Gillan. John Gustafson formed Hard Stuff with ex-Atomic Rooster members John Cann and Paul Hammond. He then did session work for Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music and was in The Ian Gillan Band and Pete Robinson went into session work before joining the jazz-rock act Brand X.

Compilation appearances include: Black Sheep Of The Family on Picnic (Dble LP) and Harvest Heritage - 20 Greats (LP).