I have heard of Egg over the years, but until this reissued album, I never actually heard them. Their music is often freeform – at least if this is indicative of the whole catalog. It’s intriguing stuff and doesn’t get as strange or abrasive as some Rock In Opposition does. Dave Stewart of Hatfield and the McCoys fame is one of the members of this outfit and Steve Hillage guests on this disc.

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This comes in tentatively, sitting almost under the surface with bits of percussion and other sounds coming in here and there in a rather chaotic way. By around the minute and a half mark a more driving, insistent rhythmic element heralds more of a musical format. Even then, though, it’s still quite freeform and a bit strange. It continues to evolve and before the three-minute mark it becomes sort of a psychedelic sound, almost resembling a cross between Iron Butterfly and Vanilla Fudge. The changes continue as this drifts toward more traditional progressive rock sounds. It powers out into a killer jam later. That doesn’t stay around long, though. Instead, this just keeps shifting and changing in a very freeform progression. There is a more full on prog jam later, though. There is an almost Rock In Opposition sounding powered up section further down the musical road, too. The ending is more jazz-like.