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TOMORROW'S GIFT
TOMORROW'S GIFT
1970 , GERMANY - Out of print/Fuori stampa
Label: SECOND BATTLE
ALBUM REVIEW
Tomorrow's Gift were responsible for the first release (of only three totally) on the Plus label (owned by Miller International). Like Frumpy and Joy Unlimited, they were a blues and soul-rock band who "turned on, tuned in and dropped out" to the progressive music at the end of the sixties (but remained faithful to their roots). Both mentioned bands had female vocalists, as had Tomorrow's Gift: Ellen Meyer. Arguably she didn't have a voice as strong as lnga Rumpf, but her's was good enough to serve the music. This was really a band of future talents, three of the members being still teenagers. Their eponymous double album had a typical vintage progressive sound. There were powerful long tracks with plenty of guitar, organ, flute and drum solos. Ellen Meyer's vocals were comparable to Janis Joplin. The production (courtesy of Jochen Petersen (Ikarus), possibly his first production ever) was unpolished and some of the material a little rough around the edges. It would have been better to edit the material down to a single album! (Dag Erik Asbjornsen)
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