Gordon Ellis & Steel
Looking Forward Thinking Back
Review by Gary Hill
This album was originally recorded in the early part of the 1970s. Unfortunately, by the time it was done, the label for which it was being recorded had failed. That meant that the tapes sat unreleased until now. That makes me this essentially a time-capsule, capturing the soft rock sounds and moods of that period of time so well. Had this been released when it should have been, I'll bet a lot of this would have been all over the radio. It was such a slice of that moment. The thing is, it still sounds great today. If you liked the folk and country influenced soft rock of the early 1970s, give this a try. You'll fee like you've discovered a long lost treasure from that era - because you have.
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