Electric Food (album)
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Electric Food is the self-titled album of Electric Food, a direct predecessor of Lucifer's Friend
that released two albums in 1970, the other being Flash
. As with the Pink Mice side-project, Electric Food included all original Lucifer's Friend members except John Lawton
. In 2004 Electric Food and Flash
were released on one CD by Mason Records. Both Electric Food albums sound very similar to Lucifer's Friend
's debut but include strong influences from Led Zeppelin
, Uriah Heep
, and Spooky Tooth
.
Side two
Lucifer's Friend
Lucifer's Friend was a 1970s German Rock band. Allmusic author, Eduardo Rivadavia, noted the group as, "early practitioners of heavy metal and progressive rock." They also incorporated elements of jazz into their music. The band have also been cited as one of the pioneers of doom metal.-History:The...
that released two albums in 1970, the other being Flash
Flash (Electric Food album)
Flash is the second and final album by Electric Food. Soon after its release, the core of band formed Asterix and recorded one album: Asterix. Less than a year later Asterix would change their name to Lucifer's Friend. In 2004 Electric Food and Flash were released on one CD by Mason Records...
. As with the Pink Mice side-project, Electric Food included all original Lucifer's Friend members except John Lawton
John Lawton
John Lawton may refer to:* John Lawton , thrice Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme* John Lawton Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme* John Lawton * John Lawton...
. In 2004 Electric Food and Flash
Flash (Electric Food album)
Flash is the second and final album by Electric Food. Soon after its release, the core of band formed Asterix and recorded one album: Asterix. Less than a year later Asterix would change their name to Lucifer's Friend. In 2004 Electric Food and Flash were released on one CD by Mason Records...
were released on one CD by Mason Records. Both Electric Food albums sound very similar to Lucifer's Friend
Lucifer's Friend
Lucifer's Friend was a 1970s German Rock band. Allmusic author, Eduardo Rivadavia, noted the group as, "early practitioners of heavy metal and progressive rock." They also incorporated elements of jazz into their music. The band have also been cited as one of the pioneers of doom metal.-History:The...
's debut but include strong influences from Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
, Uriah Heep
Uriah Heep (band)
Uriah Heep are an English rock band formed in London in 1969 and regarded as a seminal classic hard rock act of the 1970s. Uriah Heep's progressive/art rock/heavy metal fusion's distinctive features have always been massive keyboards sound, strong vocal harmonies and David Byron's operatic vocals...
, and Spooky Tooth
Spooky Tooth
Spooky Tooth are an English rock band principally active, with intermittent breakups, between 1967 to 1974. In recent years, the band has been reconstituted at various points, and continues to perform occasionally.-Career:...
.
Track listing
Side one- "Whole Lotta Love" (Led ZeppelinLed ZeppelinLed Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
cover)- 3:24 - "The Reason Why" - 3:18
- "Hey Down" - 4:30
- "Tavern" - 4:03
- "Going to See My Mother" - 1:59
- "House of the Rising Sun" (Traditional)- 3:54
Side two
- "Let's Work Together" (Canned HeatCanned HeatCanned Heat is a blues-rock/boogie rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California in 1965. The group has been noted for its own interpretations of blues material as well as for efforts to promote the interest in this type of music and its original artists...
cover)- 2:41 - "Sule Skerry" - 4:40
- "Nosferatu" - 4:52
- "Twelve Months and a Day" - 2:38
- "Icerose" - 2:53
- "I'll Try" - 3:13
Personnel
- George Mavros - Lead Vocals
- Peter Hesslein - Lead Guitars, Backing Vocals
- Dieter Horns - Bass
- Peter Hecht - Keyboards
- Joachim "Addy" Rietenbach - Drums
- MonroMonro- In education :* Alexander Monro , the founder of Edinburgh Medical School* David Binning Monro, Scottish Homeric scholar- In politics :* Cecil Monro, Australian politician* Charles Carmichael Monro , Governor of Gibraltar...
- Songwriter