This is a very interesting release and I am still not sure
how official this is. I am pretty sure that neither the members in Earth or
Flying Hat band sanctioned this release and this is some sort of underground
bootleg since there is no web site for this label. Anyway, these Earth demos
that small under 1min samples have been on the net, at least 2 of these tracks
can now be heard, even though both don’t sound complete either and strangely,
Song for Jim is not here. Anyway, this pre-Black Sabbath band Earth, were a
blues band. The Rebel (2:46) is a decent blues rock track. While When I came
Down I like much better but it is even shorter, under 2mins but Iommi plays
some cool guitar and the riff is heavy. Early One Morning is live from some
small club and a blues track (4:43) with so so sound quality. The side ends
with Blues Suede shoes probably from the Beat Club 1970. I did not compare it
but is sounds like it. A bit disappointing this side as these sources are not
anywhere close to the original sources, I don’t believe. I would not really
recommend this except for hard core early Black Sabbath fans.
The Flying
Hat band, I had this demo from 1973 for many years and these are the same
tracks but they sound a bit cleaned up. For those that don’t know this was the
band that Glenn Tipton played in prior to joining Judas Priest. In 1974, the
band supposedly recorded a full length record for Vertigo that was never
released. Tipton does rip it up especially on the great Reaching for the Stars
track, which reminds me of the Danish band, Hurdy Gurdy. Lost time is an
acoustic track. Coming of the Lord is nearly 7mins and by far the longest track
on this record. It features some long dual guitar solos in each channel, even
though the band is a three piece. Cool stuff.
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