Clear Blue Sky — Destiny 1971-1975 (UK, Heavy Progressive Rock)

Clear Blue Sky — Destiny 1971-1975 (UK, Heavy Progressive Rock)


Collection of previously unreleased early 70s tracks from this British hard rock group who released their debut album in 1970 on the Vertigo label. These tracks were first uncovered and released in 1990.
Clear Blue Sky Biography by Eduardo Rivadavia
As the '60s gave way to the '70s in Swinging London, the colossal success of Cream and the Jimi Hendrix Experience was helping hard rock to become arguably the musical genre du jour, meaning there were literally hundreds of young British bands bent on following in their heavy footsteps, while testing the limits of those newly developed Marshall stacks. Needless to say, only a handful of those groups would go on to become household names (Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, etc.), leaving dozens more to share in the remaining limelight (Uriah Heep, Budgie, Taste, Jethro Tull, etc.), and then hundreds more fighting over the leftover table scraps -- including the subject of this text, Clear Blue Sky. Formed in the western London suburb of Acton by teenage school chums John Simms (guitar, vocals), Mark Sheather (bass), and Ken White (drums), the bandmembers tried on several different monikers (Jug Blues, Matuse, and simply X) while they tinkered with their Brit-blues foundation, gradually adding harder, psychedelic, and eventually progressive songwriting elements. Extensive touring across the U.K. and into Germany also helped them gel as a unit, and so the precocious trio was primed and ready to capitalize on the next big opportunity that came its way, taking first place in a talent contest at the legendary Marquee Club that resulted in an offer from Donovan manager Ashley Kozak to represent the group. And true to his power broker reputation, Kozak soon managed to secure a recording contract for the boys with adventurous EMI imprint Vertigo, which put the newly renamed Clear Blue Sky into Island Studios in the spring of 1970, right next door to none other than Led Zeppelin!
01. Destiny (1973) — 0:00

02. Pick Up (1973) — 9:13

03. Bottom Of Your Soul (1973) — 15:03

04. Follow The Light (1974) — 20:33

05. Back On The Road Again (1974) — 23:49

06. Vagabonds (1973) — 28:55

07. When I Call Your Name (1971) — 33:47

08. Waiting For The Day (1974) — 36:57

09. Killing Time (1975) — 40:00


Personnel:

John Simms — guitar, vocals
Mark Sheather — bass
Ken White — drums
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Tony Hamlin — producer

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