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HEAVY JELLY: Heavy Jelly

Steve Lomax is a British borne musician who unfortunately passed away in the fall of 2013. He was a member of several '60s rock bands and in 1968 signed with famed label Apple Records. The origins of this long lost recording from 1970 is one of the more interesting anecdotes in rock music. To make a long story short HEAVY JELLY was borne out of the ashes of a fictitious band, or something to that effect. It really is an interesting story and I urge anyone remotely interested in rock history to further explore the background of this recording.

The album never saw an official release due to record company issues (not going to get into that here) until now, forty-four years later thanks to Angel Air Records. The band included former Animals drummer Barry Jenkins and members of Aynsley Dunbar's band Alex Dmochowski on bass and John Morshead on lead guitar. Badfinger members Pete Ham and Tom Evans provide harmony vocals on one track.

Heavy Jelly is a solid British blues rock album that is a product of its time and makes for some fine listening. The production quality is pretty good, considering the year was 1970, and the musicianship is solid throughout. You won't find much variety here, just solid blues rock like the album opening "You Better Let Me Know" and the soulful blues of "Just Don't Feel So Good" where Lomax's vocals are particularly inspired. "F-F-F-Females" is a blues rock lament on the fairer sex, love the lyrics in this one, while "Too Complicated" adds some wonderfully uplifting horn work courtesy of Bobby Keys and Jim Price. The album ends with "Take Me Down To The Water" and its mystical blues rock feel. The harmony vocals of Badfinger alumni Tom Evans and Pete Ham are superb as is the psychedelic inspired guitar work.

Angel Air deserves a hand for opening up the vaults and dusting off this long lost gem. I am sure Lomax would have been proud to it see finally released.


Track Listing:
1. You Better Let Me Know
2. Born For Something
3. Too Complicated
4. Just Don't Feel So Good
5. F-F-F-Females
6. Bio Blues
7. If You'd Like To
8. Take Me Down To The Water

Added: April 28th 2014
Reviewer: Jon Neudorf
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Related Link: Label's Official Site
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Language: english

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