                   A.F.T.
(AUTOMATIC FINE TUNING)
A.F.T. (S/T)
Track listing
1. The Great Panjandrum Wheel (Part One)
i. Wolverine (Part 1)
ii. Horizons
iii. Wolverine (part 2)
iv. Maneater
2. Gladioli
3. The Great Panjandrum Wheel (Part Two)
i. Panjandrum
ii. Epic
iii. Terminal C
iv. City Business
v. Dragon Fly
4. Queen of the Night 3:49
LINEUP
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Paul A. MacDonnell / guitar
Robert Cross / guitar
Trevor Darks / bass
Dave Ball / drums, vocals
Another one and done band, in this case a foursome from Reading, England. This nearly forgotten gem was recorded in Ridge Farm, Surrey, in 1976. The album features the twin guitar attack of Paul MacDonnell and Robert Cross, who shine on two 15-minute epic tracks on this mostly instrumental album. (Only the final track, ''Queen of the Night'' features any vocals) If you're thinking, oh no, two 15 minute tracks!, don't worry; they flow so effortlessy and fluidly that you hardly even realize that so much time has passed. Not exactly prog, not quite heavy metal, I'm not sure what you call it, other than enjoyable!
ACTUAL REVIEWS BY REAL PEOPLE OF A.F.T.
NO JOKE - THIS IS A REAL REVIEW...ALMOST TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE
Emily2727 Nov 18 2009 To me this is a dream come ture to hear really for the first time a part of my dads music. I am Emily Cross and my father was the guiarist Robert Cross. Unfortuntly he past away when i was just only five, 19years ago never to see him or no of his band perform. But i was told about him from his parents my Nan and Grandad and the bands groupies aswell of some of his good friends who all would tell my storys about how dad had magic fingers, how good him and his band was how that would play in the Reading Rock Festival. Only now knowing that the band A.F.T released an album in the summer of 1976, oh ya and how they choose the name A.F.T they couldn't agree on a name for it so someone shouted out "call it any f***ing thing" so they did, but it couldnt really say that on a front cover or out loud so they shortened it to A.F.T and made it into Automatic Fine Tuning so hat was that.
Anything my Dad done i am very proud of i am very lucky to have had a Dad that altough he had little time with me and my sister the time he did have of his rock younger days, the traveling the giges the friends and family which all said he live life to the full such a great man with alot of talent he had and enjoyed that life. I would love to no more about the band and his self all my love emily x