FUZZY DUCK
''FUZZY DUCK''
1971
54:30
1/Time Will Be Your Doctor (Francis, Graham, Brown)/5:12
2/Mrs. Prout (Francis, Sharland)/6:49
3/Just Look Around You (Hawksworth)/4:24
5/More Than I Am (Hawksworth)/5:34
6/Country Boy (Francis, Sharland, White)/6:05
7/In Our Time (Hawksworth)/6:41
8/A Word from Big D (White, Hawksworth)/1:42
9/Double Time Woman (Watt, Ray)/3:01
10/Big Brass Band (Martin, Meskell)/2:59
11/One More Hour (Watt, Roy, Francis, Hawksworth, Sharland)/4:00
12/No Name Face/3:03
Paul Francis - Drums, All Percussion
Mick (Doc) Hawksworth - Bass, Vocals, Acoustic 12 String, Electric Cello & The Cricket Bat on track 7
Roy (Daze) Sharland - Organ and "Ducking Vocals", Electric Piano on track 3
Grahame White - Guitar, Vocals, Acoustic Guitar on track 2
REVIEW
by Dean McFarlane
A much sought-after classic of U.K. underground progressive rock and psychedelia, this was originally issued in a scarce edition of 500 back in 1971. The album reached legendary status by affiliation, as it features Mick Harnsworth of Five Day Week Straw People and Andromeda, and Roy Sharland, a keyboardist who later worked with the Crazy World of Arthur Brown and Spice. This album is classic keyboard-driven British progressive rock in the vein of Soft Machine and Caravan and is well-deserving of reissue. The Arkarma issue features four bonus tracks previously unreleased and excellent repackaging that surpasses the originals for quality.
ABOUT
Their name taken from the popular linguistic inversion of the time (Fuzzy Duck - Duzz ’E Fuck?), this early 70s UK progressive rock quartet featured Paul Francis (drums), Mick Hawksworth (bass), Roy Sharland (organ) and Garth Watt-Roy (guitar/vocals). Prior to the band’s formation Hawksworth had played with Andromeda and Five Day Week Straw People, while Sharland had been a member of Spice and worked with Arthur Brown. Watt-Roy had been a member of Greatest Show On Earth. Fuzzy Duck recorded one self-titled album for Mam Records and two singles, ‘Double Time Woman’ and ‘Big Brass Band’, for the same label. The album, which was musically if not lyrically impressive, was issued in a limited pressing of 500 copies, the cover depicting a duck wearing an ‘Afro hairstyle’. A popular item among collectors of progressive rock, it was eventually re-released in 1993 on Repertoire Records.
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''FUZZY DUCK''
1971
54:30
1/Time Will Be Your Doctor (Francis, Graham, Brown)/5:12
2/Mrs. Prout (Francis, Sharland)/6:49
3/Just Look Around You (Hawksworth)/4:24
5/More Than I Am (Hawksworth)/5:34
6/Country Boy (Francis, Sharland, White)/6:05
7/In Our Time (Hawksworth)/6:41
8/A Word from Big D (White, Hawksworth)/1:42
9/Double Time Woman (Watt, Ray)/3:01
10/Big Brass Band (Martin, Meskell)/2:59
11/One More Hour (Watt, Roy, Francis, Hawksworth, Sharland)/4:00
12/No Name Face/3:03
Paul Francis - Drums, All Percussion
Mick (Doc) Hawksworth - Bass, Vocals, Acoustic 12 String, Electric Cello & The Cricket Bat on track 7
Roy (Daze) Sharland - Organ and "Ducking Vocals", Electric Piano on track 3
Grahame White - Guitar, Vocals, Acoustic Guitar on track 2
REVIEW
by Dean McFarlane
A much sought-after classic of U.K. underground progressive rock and psychedelia, this was originally issued in a scarce edition of 500 back in 1971. The album reached legendary status by affiliation, as it features Mick Harnsworth of Five Day Week Straw People and Andromeda, and Roy Sharland, a keyboardist who later worked with the Crazy World of Arthur Brown and Spice. This album is classic keyboard-driven British progressive rock in the vein of Soft Machine and Caravan and is well-deserving of reissue. The Arkarma issue features four bonus tracks previously unreleased and excellent repackaging that surpasses the originals for quality.
ABOUT
Their name taken from the popular linguistic inversion of the time (Fuzzy Duck - Duzz ’E Fuck?), this early 70s UK progressive rock quartet featured Paul Francis (drums), Mick Hawksworth (bass), Roy Sharland (organ) and Garth Watt-Roy (guitar/vocals). Prior to the band’s formation Hawksworth had played with Andromeda and Five Day Week Straw People, while Sharland had been a member of Spice and worked with Arthur Brown. Watt-Roy had been a member of Greatest Show On Earth. Fuzzy Duck recorded one self-titled album for Mam Records and two singles, ‘Double Time Woman’ and ‘Big Brass Band’, for the same label. The album, which was musically if not lyrically impressive, was issued in a limited pressing of 500 copies, the cover depicting a duck wearing an ‘Afro hairstyle’. A popular item among collectors of progressive rock, it was eventually re-released in 1993 on Repertoire Records.
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