HARSH REALITY
Heaven And Hell 1969
Tracklist
1. When I Move
2. Tobacco Ash Sunday
3. Mary Roberta (Part I)
4. Praying For Reprieve
5. How Do You Feel
6. Heaven And Hell
7. Quickenut
8. Devil's Daughter
9. Mary Roberta (Part II)
10. Melancholy Lady
11. Don't Shoot Me Down
12. Girl Of My Dreams
13. Mary Roberta (Part III)
LINEUP
Bass Guitar – Steve Miller
Drums – Roger Swallow
Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals – Dave Jenkins
Guitar, Trumpet, Vocals – Mark Griffiths
Organ, Piano, Lead Vocals – Alan Greed
Great Album Title!
Long before Black Sabbath's masterpiece Heaven & Hell was released, there was another band from England named Harsh Reality who released an album in 1969 also called Heaven & Hell. The similarities end there, however, as Harsh Reality sounds nothing like Black Sabbath. Wikipedia describes their sound as psychedelic, organ based 60's style rock in the vein of Traffic, Procol Harum or Rod Evans era Deep Purple???? Not so sure of that, but nonetheless there are some enjoyable tunes here - When I Move, Devil's Daughter and even the title track. The 3 Mary Roberta tracks are useless.