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Features Disc of the day
Mighty Baby
Mighty Baby
(Head Records, 1969; reissued Big Beat, 1994)
Ex-Action heroes deliver post-mod, denim-clad classic.
Often described as the British equivalent of The Grateful Dead, Mighty Baby grew out of the ashes of top mod mob The Action. Moving from clean-cut Carnaby-clothed types peddling tight soul covers under the auspices of George Martin, the five-piece morphed into a hirsute outfit in thrall to the post-Byrds, psychedelic West Coast sound. Following a period of indecision and musical experimentation - during which they moved in the same managerial circles as Pink Floyd and Hawkwind - the Kentish Town crew found themselves signed to the fledgling Head Records, run by John Curd, who also bestowed their new moniker upon them.
This astonishing debut, produced by the legendary Guy Stevens (back), illustrates the band’s deft, soulful amalgam of post-Traffic grit and CSN&Y-styled melody, no more so than on the surprisingly lithe opener, Egyptian Tomb. Equally uplifting is the post-psychedelic Same Way From The Sun, while I’m From The Country suggests that the former Action men had undertaken a similar musical journey to that of fellow mod Steve Marriott... who’d recently graduated from the Small Faces onto the rootsier, rockier Humble Pie. Sadly, Mighty Baby would not enjoy the same success as the Pie. When their debut failed to chart, Head found itself in financial difficulties, forcing the band to jump ship to Mike Vernon’s Blue Horizon label for their equally ill-fated second LP, A Jug Of Love.
Clive Prior
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 9:49 AM GMT 03/10/2008
Further Listening
Caravan – Caravan (Decca, 1968)
Traffic – John Barleycorn Must Die (Island, 1970)
Mighty Baby – A Jug Of Love (Blue Horizon, 1971)
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