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Source: Japan SHM-CD Remaster

After Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come disintegrated following the release of the wonderful Journey, US keyboard player Victor Peraino somehow retained the name, releasing No Man's Land in '75 under the name Victor Peraino's Kingdom Come. It doesn't sound a million miles away from Journey, if you could imagine that album being played by a full band and sung by an American (go on - try). There don't seem to be any genuinely great songs on the record (although Lady Of The Morning's pretty good), but all the material's reasonable, in a hard rock/prog vein, although some of the tuning discrepancies between synths and 'Tron are enough to set your teeth on edge.

Peraino's Mellotron use is, again, quite magnificent, with lashings of strings, choir, cellos and brass all over the album. There are too many individual highlights to name, although Lady Of The Morning has especially good use on all fronts. Peraino frequently used two sounds at once (strings and choir being popular choices), although I doubt if he was able to reproduce this live.

Peraino was the American keyboard player for Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come, a band often overlooked in the pantheon of UK progressives. Following the group's final album 'Journey', Peraino returned to the States, and somehow retained the rights to the group name. Details are sketchy, but according to the legend only 100 copies of 'No Man's Land' were pressed, making this a major rarity selling for four figures more often than not. A follow-up EP "Were Next", containing a new version of the major hit "Fire", was recorded and released in 1981 which almost just as rare.

01. Sun Sets Sail
02. Demon of Love
03. Empire's of Steel
04. Tru
05. Lady of The Morning
06. Garden of Death
07. Run Through Your Life
08. At Last a Crew
09. We're Next
10. Demon of Love
11. Fire
12. Athena
13.The Stone