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Line-up: Graham Amos, bsgtr/ Martin Cure, voc/ Terry Howells, keyb/ Alan Savage, dr.

Production: Stephen Shane.

Cover-design by Design Machine.
Photography by Design Machine.

Liner notes: none
Cover manufactured by Howards Printers
Recorded at Recorded Sound Studios.

Track listing A-side: People In Black (Howells)/ Don't Go (Howells + Cure)/ October Witches (Howells).
Track listing B-side: Love Song No.6 (Howells)/ Dreams (Howells + Cure)/ Time(Howells + Amos).

There are no running time indications
The Vertigo logo on front is violet.

Matrix number A-side:
6360026 1Y//1 ?420 1 1 2

Matrix number B-side:
6360026 2Y//1 ?420 1 1 1

This is prog-rock's obscurity incarnate. We did not know the line-up until we found it on a Peruvian sampler! The music is quite obscure too: typical early prog with dual vocals that carry a lot of vibrato. The organ is very dexterously played and the combination of this and the double vocals make for a recognizable sound. The lyrics are concerned with unusual subjects like writers of angry letters to the press. Some of the tracks are too average to excite, but the rhythmical explorations of Love song no.6 are very convincing. An agreeable piece of prog, but just a pinch too ordinary probably.

The cover works at best when opened. After the sweet flowery front the backcover comes as a shock: a weathered skull with some teeth missing. Surely the phrase ''still life'' is expressed here at full value and thus this is a worthwhile packaging.
Gorgeous lettering, placed at exactly the right spot is a bonus.
Inside the band poses sitting very close together, an empty bottle at their feet. Too much symbolism for me.

A cassette release in Britain has been confirmed, the catalogue number is 7138 026. How many of those could ever have been sold?

Notes: A single by a band named ''Still Life'' was released on Columbia in 1968. The tracks are What did we miss/ My kingdom cannot lose. We could not with any certainty find out whether or not this is the same band. The composer's credits would not suggest so, as none of the names mentioned are identical.
Thanks to our diligent readers we now know that this is not the same band after all...