Label: Chrysalis Records (UK), CHR 1002
Style: Rock, Hard Rock
Country: Lancashire, England
Time: 41:34
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 252 Mb
Artist Biography by AllMusic
Bass-player
Glenn Cornick (b. 23 April 1947, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England),
then known as Glenn Barnard, began his musical career as a member of the
mid-60s outfit, Joey And The Jailbreakers. He also worked with a number
of similarly underachieving outfits, such as the Vikings, Formula One,
the Hobos and the Executives. Eventually he graduated into Blackpool’s
John Evan’s Smash, soon to become known as Jethro Tull. Famous as much
for his psychedelic costumes as his musicianship, Cornick spent three
successful years with the band until quitting in 1970.
Cornick
recruited Jon Blackmore (guitar), Graham Williams (lead guitar), John
‘Pugwash’ Weathers (b. 2 February 1947, Carmarthen, Glamorganshire,
Wales; drums, ex-Eyes Of Blue) and Gary Pickford Hopkins (guitar,
vocals, ex-Eyes Of Blue) to become Glenn Cornick’s Wild Turkey. However,
within months of the band’s first rehearsals, Williams and Weathers had
both defected to Graham Bond’s group. Their replacements were Man’s
original drummer, Jeff Jones, and lead guitarist Alan ‘Tweke’ Lewis. The
band had also shortened its name simply to Wild Turkey by the time its
debut, Battle Hymn, was released for Chrysalis Records in 1972. Reviews
were good and the band seemed to be in the ascendancy as they played
regularly to audiences of up to 20, 000 as support to Black Sabbath.
Soon after a successful support to Jethro Tull in America, Jon Blackmore
deserted the band for a writing career with the New Musical Express,
and Cornick recruited former roadie Steve Gurl (keyboards) and Mick
Dyche (drums). The new line up’s only single, ‘Good Old Days’, preceded
the release of Turkey in 1973. However, it failed to match the impact of
the debut and the band imploded.
Lewis joined Man, and was
temporarily replaced by future Whitesnake guitarist Bernie Marsden (b.
Bernard John Marsden, 7 May 1951, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England).
Jones was replaced on drums by Kevin Currie, but no third album was
forthcoming. Until, that is, in 1996, when a phone call from Barry
Riddington of HTD Records encouraged Cornick to reassemble Wild Turkey,
with Pickford Hopkins and Lewis also taking part in the reunion.
Matrix SideA: C HR 1002 A 1-U Rasputin, C HR 1002 B 1-U Rob
01. A1 Butterfly (Cornick) (05:00)
02. A2 Twelve Streets Of Cobbled Black (Blackmore) (03:16)
03. A3 Dulwich Fox (Blackmore) (03:54)
04. A4 Easter Psalm (Blackmore) (03:47)
05. A5 To The Stars (Pickford-Hopkins) (04:28)
06. B1 Sanctuary (Cornick) (04:30)
07. B2 One Sole Survivor (Cornick) (04:13)
08. B3 Battle Hymn (Cornick) (04:43)
09. B4 Gentle Rain (Cornick) (03:16)
10. B5 Sentinel (Blackmore, Lewis) (04:23)
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