Rare Bird - 'Rare Bird' (1969)

Rare Bird - 'Rare Bird' (1969)

Tracks:

1) Iceberg

2) Times

3) You went away

4) Melanie

5) Beautiful Scarlet

6) Sympathy

7) Nature's Fruit

8) Bird on a Wing

9) God of War

Every now and then you find a band like UFO or Rare Bird that could really play some awesome music back in the day, but never got the recognition of bands like Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, or other "Classic Rock" bands. But let me tell you this: Rare Bird is no average album-oriented rock band from the 60s-70s.

The English quartet play a great mixture of hard rock and progressive rock. But it's not the annoying kind of progressive rock with four or five 9 minute songs on an album; these guys deliver a full set of tracks that adds up to about 40 minutes on this self-titled debut.

The keyboards on this album create a whole new atmosphere that just gives the music an edge over bands with the usual guitar/bass/drums/vocals lineup. You hear it from the beginning of the first track all the way through. Overall, this album is one of my favorites of the late 60s/early 70s era of music, which is one of my favorites.

RIYL: Deep Purple, Warhorse, Armageddon