Harsh Reality - Heaven & Hell (1969)
Harsh Reality - Heaven & Hell (1969)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks & cue & log) | 317 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 115 MB | Scans | 48:56
Genre: Hard Rock / Prog Rock / Blues Rock | Country: UK | Label: Fingerprint | CDHR2170
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks & cue & log) | 317 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 115 MB | Scans | 48:56
Genre: Hard Rock / Prog Rock / Blues Rock | Country: UK | Label: Fingerprint | CDHR2170
HARSH REALITY are a little-known, proto-prog band born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire out of the remnants of the Freightliner Blues Band (formerly the Revolution) in the early sixties. They released a single for Phillips in 1968 (Tobacco Ash Sunday/How Do You Feel) before releasing their only LP, "Heaven and Hell", on Phillips in 1969. A final single followed soon after, before the band split in 1969. "Heaven and Hell" LP is now a highly-sought rarity, going for hundreds of pounds between eager collectors. For this reason, Harsh Reality is somewhat famous/infamous in collecting circles. Though technically proto-prog, their work represented a marriage between the sounds of Procol Harum and early Deep Purple.Following the band's demise, Roger Swallow has lent his talent variously to Principle Edwards Magic Theatre, Matthews Southern Comfort, Plainsong, Albion Country Band, and Al Stewart before moving to California and establishing himself as an electronic musician, songwriter and entrepreneur. Alan Greed went on to work with Ray Russell on the Rock Workshop albums and as a session singer. Mark Griffiths has worked with Matthews Southern Comfort, Jonathan Kelly, Al Stewart, David Essex, The Everly Brothers, and Cliff Richard & The Shadows. The rest of the band also went into session work.
Harsh Reality - Heaven & Hell (1969)
Tracklist:
01. When I Move
02. Tobacco Ash Sunday
03. Mary Roberta Pt.1
04. Praying For Reprieve
05. How Do You Feel
06. Heaven And Hell
07. Quickenut - Devil's Daughter
08. Mary Roberta Pt.2
09. Melancholy Lady
10. Don't Shoot Me Down
11. Girl Of My Dreams
12. Mary Roberta Pt.3
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Harsh Reality / Heaven And Hell
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Harsh Reality / Heaven And Hell
Used drive : _NEC CD-RW NR-9100A Adapter: 1 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure with NO C2, accurate stream, disable cache
Read offset correction : 685
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Used output format : C:\Program Files\FLAC\flac.exe (User Defined Encoder)
128 kBit/s
Additional command line options : -V -8 -T "artist=%a" -T "title=%t" -T "album=%g" -T "date=%y" -T "tracknumber=%n" -T "genre=%m" %s
Other options :
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
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Personnel
Mark Griffiths (guitar)
Dave Jenkins (guitar)
Alan Greed (lead vocals, organ)
Roger Swallow (drums)
Steve Miller (bass, vocals)
All thanks to original releaser
Harsh Reality - Heaven & Hell (1969)
