01	Entropy						01:10
	02	Black Sheep Of The Family						03:40
	03	Post War Saturday Echo						09:42
	04	Good Lord Knows						02:54
	05	Up On The Ground						07:11
	06	Gemini						05:53
	07	Make Up Your Mind						08:43
	08	Laughin' Tackle						10:35
	09	Entropy						00:42
	10	One Blind Mice						03:16
	11	Punting						07:09

(p) 1970 Harvest Records

Discography
Quatermass (70)


Reviews
Power trio of keyboard, bass and drums. Straddling the line between hard rock and prog, there's a little something here to appease fans of both styles. Keyboards apparently just piano and organ, with the latter being especially hot-wired to make the keyboardists' style resemble Frumpy keyboardist Jean-Jacques Kravetz, or perhaps Dave Stewart at his most maniacal (see "Dreams Wide Awake" for an example). He can lash out at his organ with a recklessness that puts Emerson to shame, listen to the solo on "Post War, Saturday Echo" if you don't believe me. Bass player John Gustafson (pre-Roxy Music) sings in a uncontrolled, manic voice that can often sound gut-wrenching. A couple of tracks (the ballad "Good Lord Knows" and the lengthy jam-orientated "Laughin' Tackle" include massed strings. -- Mike Ohman
Heavy prog. Features Peter Robinson, later of Brand X. Robinson's organ is predominant instrument.
Just a snippet about Quatermass, a band I just had cause to look up: it may amuse GEPR users to know that bassist John (then "Johnny") Gustafson began his career in a sub-Beatles, matching suits-and-ties type beat "combo" called The Big Three. There were, indeed, three of 'em - clearly trios were his thing. -- Roger Thomas

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Quatermass

Although being highly praised and lauded as a band of the future on the release of their debut LP and supplementing single, "Black Sheep Of The Family", Quatermass remained an insider tip throughout its brief duration. The trio consisted of bass player/vocalist John Gustafson, keyboardist Peter Robinson and Mick Underwood on drums, all distinguished players who went on to become much sought-after studio and backing musicians. The members met while partaking in an experimental sextet, which developed into Quatermass in September 1969. Prior for that, Gustafson belonged to the outrageous Casey Jones, followed by the Beatles-alternative, Big Three, finally ending up with The Merseybeats. Robinson performed with Chris Farlowe's band, and Underwood, who had played for three years with The Outlaws, backing rock'n'roll veterans, Gene Vincent and Jerry Lee Lewis, came from Episode Six. As Quatermass, these outstanding musicians strove for a distinguished organ-tinged sound, with "swinging rock coupled with striking ballads" (Rocksession). Their first and only LP sold itself through compactness, wealth of ideas, forceful lead vocals and complicated arrangements, enriched by pianist Robinson's tasteful use of classical strings which are on display along with spacious keyboard passages at their height in the mold of The Nice.

Good reviews and premature praise rattled the band's security when, right after the release of the album, the members were showered with offers from other groups. Gustafson then got together with ex-Atomic Rooster members to form Bullet, and later on Hard Stuff. In 1973, he assembled Baltik with Scandinavian guitarist Janne Schaffer and advanced on to backing Roxy Music on tour in '76, until he finally became a permanent member of Ian Gillan Band. Gustafson can also be heard on records by Chi Coltrane, Kevin Ayers, Ian Hunter, Steve Hackett and Bryan Ferry.

Peter Robinson remained equally as busy working on albums by Yvonne Elliman, Murray Head, Rupert Hine and Stealers Wheel. And since 1978 he has been involved with Genesis, Brand X and Phil Collins. Drummer Mick Underwood recorded three LPs with the band Strapps, and in 1979 hooked up once again with Gustafson in Gillan.

By courtesy of "Christian Graf - Rock Musik Lexikon", Taurus Press, Hamburg