Aardvark - Aardvark 1970 (UK, Psychedelic Rock, Proto-Prog)

Aardvark - Aardvark 1970 (UK, Psychedelic Rock, Proto-Prog)

Aardvark (aardvark - an anteater) - Group of the Midlands (of England, covering around its central part of Birmingham). The complete absence of guitars, but the organ and bass guitar a lot ... On The Nice looks like. But they are only too late - in the UK psychedelia had already passed ... And on the progressive, they do not pull - there should bylit people conceptual ... The group Aardvark remains one of those numerous bands who released a single album in the early seventies and subsequently sunk without a trace. However the band still retain a certain amount of interest amongst progressive rock enthusiasts because of their particular heavy styled progressive rock that was completely keyboard based with the band making do without the use of any guitar.

The band itself was a studio band with most compositions entrusted to the hand of Dave Skillin and were based in the Midlands. Strangely enough, though the band dispensed with any guitars, they had trouble with the recruitment of a keyboardists and one could say that they were mainly a studio band with very little live dates to their name.

Because of their very brief history, very little can be said about the band and it is their album that speaks volumes for what they were all about. However, there are a couple of interesting anecdotes related to this band and for those musos who try to connect musicians and bands through the ages, Aardvark had a number of musicians who would later go on to make names for themselves with various other outfits.

The album was released in 1970 on the Deram Nova label in both mono and stereo versions as (S)DN 17 with a value on today's market of 50.00 British sterling. Though titled Aardvark, it is also known as Put It In Your Pipe And Smoke It. In all probability the title was withdrawn because of its obvious drug references, with the title track reduced to just Put It In You Pipe.

Steve Milliner previously played keyboards with Black Cat Bones, a Tracks:
All tracks written by David Skillin except where noted.

01. Copper Sunset - 0:00

02. Very Nice Of You To Call - 3:22

03. Many Things To Do - 7:04

04. The Greencap - 11:30

05. I Can't Stop - 17:37

06. The Outing - Yes - 23:09

07. Once Upon A Hill (Stan Aldous) - 32:51

08. Put That In Your Pipe And Smoke It - 35:46

Personnel:
- David Skillin - vocals
- Steve Milliner - Hammond organ, piano, celesta, vibraphone, marimba, recorder
- Stan Aldous - bass
- Frank Clark - drums, percussion
 
- David Hitchcock - producer

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