Description

Still sealed Brazilian 2020 digitally remastered and expanded three cd edition.

Formed from two bands from the midlands – Finders Keepers, featuring Mel Galley (guitar/vocals), Dave Holland (drums) and Glenn Hughes (bass/vocals), plus the Montanas John Jones (vocals/trumpet) and Terry Rowley (keyboards/guitar/flute) – Trapeze were discovered by The Moody Blues, and snapped up for their own label, Threshold Records. Trapeze would record three albums for Threshold. As per their self-titled debut, Medusa was produced by The Moody Blues John Lodge at Morgan Studios in London, and released in November 1970, a mere six months after their first album. Fans of Glenn Hughes later work might be surprised by his soulful vocal delivery, especially on the mid-tempo blues-rockers like Black Cloud and Your Love Is Alright. Guitarist Mel Galley also deserves mention for his sparse approach to classic rock riffing that is catchy and affective. Even the ballads are focused, memorable, and unique. There are some melodic moments on the closing title track that sound almost as if a 90s alt-rock crooner composed them. Considering that Medusa predates many similar, and more successful, classic rock albums from the likes of Bad Company, Nazareth, Foreigner, and others, it’s a wonder that the record isn’t mentioned more when influential albums of this era are discussed. This classic has been expanded with two bonus discs, packed with extras. It kicks off with a stereo edit and then a mono edit of the Black Cloud single, followed by radio session versions of Makes You Wanna Cry and Medusa. Disc Two finishes with an unreleased live show from the United States in March 1971, where the band had a growing following, thanks in part to the opportunity to tour America with mentors, The Moody Blues. Disc Three features more live tunes from 1973.

Track list:
1. Black Cloud
2. Jury
3. Your Love Is Alright
4. Touch My Life
5. Seafull
6. Makes You Wanna Cry
7. Medusa
8. Black Cloud-stereo edit
9. Black Cloud-mono edit
10. Makes You Wanna Cry-pop workshop 1970
11. Medusa-pop workshop 1970
12. Back Cloud-live Golden Hall 1971
13. Jury-live Golden Hall 1971
14. Touch My Life-live Golden Hall 1971
15. Seafull-live Golden Hall 1971
16. Your Love Is Alright-live Golden Hall 1971
17. Medusa-live Golden Hall 1971
18. Black Cloud-live 1971
19. Jury -live 1971
20. Way Back To The Bone-live 1971
21. Touch My Life-live 1971
22. Medusa-live 1971