The only album ever released by Hemlock is truly one of 70's British rock's hidden jewels! Soulful, melosic, unpretentious, this was the next careere step for Miller Anderson who'd just left Keef Hartley Band a year earlier, and could easily be construed as his second solo album (you wouldn't be too far off the mark thinking that it was, anyway).
It had all the right ingredients for succes, however it failed due to miserable promotion and the general lack of effort on behalf of Deram, which caused this short lived formation to dissolve.
CD Liner Notes
1. Just An Old Friend - 5:44
2. A Lover's Not A Thief - 3:28
3. Mister Horizontal - 3:23
4. Ship To Nowhere - 5:51
5. Monopoly - 3:21
6. Broken Dreams - 3:50
7. Fool's Gold - 2:41
8. Garden Of Life - 3:12
9. Young Man's Prayer - 5:38
All compositions by Miller Anderson
Hemlock
*Miller Anderson - Vocals, Guitars
*Peter Dines - Organ, Acoustic Guitar
*Michael Weaver - Organ, Piano, Clavinet, Congas
*James Leverton - Bass
*Eric Dillon - Drums, Percussion
With
*Chris Mercer - Baritone, Tenor Saxophone
*Pete Willsher - Steel Guitar
Related Acts
1971 Miller Anderson - Bright City
With Keef Hartley
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1969 Halfbreed (2008 Esoteric)
1969 The Battle Of North West Six (2008 Esoteric)
1970 The Time Is Near (2008 Esoteric)
1970 Overdog (2005 Eclectic)
1971 Little Big Band
1972 Seventy Second Brave (2009 Esoteric)
1972 Lancashire Hustler (2008 Esoteric)
..other..
1969 Fat Mattress - Fat Mattress (2009 Edition)
1970 Fat Mattress - Fat Mattress II
1974 Savoy Brown - Boogie Brothers
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Thanks, Marios, for Hemlock which not only was notable for having Miller Anderson on board. There also were keyboard wizard Michael Weaver (before he became Mick) and James Leverton (before he became Jim). Only flaw on this Walhalla CD: With just 35 minutes of running time they should have included Hemlock's non-LP single "Mr.Horizontal / Beggar Man" (Deram (45) DM379 from 1973.
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