One of those early 70s forgotten prog bands, Riff Raff came together almost as a natural consequence of the members different paths crossing each others at times. Although the group started quite different than the final stable line-up, it was mostly the brainchild of Tommy Eyre and Roger Sutton (both having played with Ainsley Dunbars Blue Whale and Retaliation, Juicy Lucy, Joe Cocker, Nucleus, Mark-Almond, Alan Price, Trinity with Auger and Driscoll, etc&) and later on Pete Kirtley (Griffin, Alan Price) and Aureo De Souza (Brazilian-born, played with nucleus) and Bud Beable (Ginger Bakers Airforce). Their music hovers between rock and jazz, but is not easily pigeonholed in either, neither;-).
They released their eponymous debut album in late 73, but they had already recorded a previous album the year before under a different line-up, but for obscure reasons, it was not released until almost 25 years later. After a second album, the members parted ways, but all three albums are definitely worthy of the progheads interest a forteriori if he likes Jazz-rock.
Studio Album, released in 1998
Track Listings
1. Outside Looking In (9:12)
2. The Blind Man (8:16)
3. Bach B. Minor Prelude (2:58)
4. Feeling Paranoic (0:43)
5. Buthelezi (3:42)
6. So You Want To Be Free (10:52)
7. Changes (3:23)
Bonus Tracks :
8. Child Of The Summer (5:59)
9. For Every Dog (4:05)
10. Morning (5:57)
11. The Garden (6:59)
Total Time: 62:06
Line-up/Musicians
- Lana Marshall / vocals
- Tommy Eyre / Hammond organ, keyboards, acoustic guitar
- Richie Dalton / saxophones
- Martin Ball / guitar
- Roger Sutton / bass, acoustic guitar, vocals
- Rob Coombes / drums, percussion, acoustic guitar
