Rest in Power Sir.
Thank u 4 everything.!!!
Lee Kerslake
1947-2020
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Rest in Power Sir.
Thank u 4 everything.!!!
Lee Kerslake
1947-2020
Head Machine: Orgasm (1970)
No, not Machine Head ... Head Machine.
For the length and breadth of the 1970s, Ken Hensley was primarily known as the guiding force (keyboardist, guitarist, chief songwriter) behind seminal head-bangers Uriah Heep, but at the start of the decade he was quite the musical mercenary!
Even as he was nearing the end of his late ā60s association with The Gods (which, at one point, also featured Greg Lake and Mick Taylor), Hensley kept himself busy moonlighting with blues-rockers Toe Fat, secretly contributing to German Heep impersonators Weed, and partaking of the puzzling musical orgy known as Head Machine.
Originally intended for release as The Godsā third long-player, Orgasm (which was tellingly credited to Taboo Productions) took a sharp turn into novelty status under the direction of producer (and sometime vocalist) David Paramor, whose ābrilliantā idea it was to craft a semi-conceptual album full of sexually suggestive songs housing downright crass, even creepy lyrics such as:
āI know how to hold you; I know how to touch you now ... I told you I would; Give you such delight.ā
Cringey!
No wonder all those involved took cover behind pseudonyms, and soĀ Hensley became Ken Leslie, future Heep drummer Lee Kerslake became Lee Poole, bassist John Glascock (later of Chicken Shack, Jethro Tull, etc.) became John Leadhen, and his drummer brother Brian became Brian Pole.
You probably would too if you were knocking off salacious hard rockers like the Hammond organ-driven āClimax/You Tried to Take it Allā and āThe First Time,ā bump-and-grind riff-poundings like āYou Must Come With Meā andĀ āScattering Seeds,ā as well as post-coitus flower pop like āMake the Feeling Lastā andĀ āThe Girl Who Loved, The Girl Who Loved.ā
And in case youāre wondering, my perfunctory summaries reflect the formulaic ingredients in these songs, none of which -- save perhaps for the eight-minute title trackĀ -- really adds anything new or exceptional to the eraās abundant harvest of either ā70s heavy rock seedlings, or the overripe fruits of ā60s psychedelia.
Point being that Iāve heard a lot of better obscure hard rock from this era (Cactus, Bloodrock, Budgie, Trapeze, Leaf Hound, Luciferās Friend, etc., etc.), but Iāve also heard worse (Warhorse, Light of Darkness, Crushed Butler, etc.), and at least the 'headsā in Head Machine were wise enough to keep their identities hidden!
Plus, by the time the sessions for Orgasm wrapped up in November and December ofĀ ā69 and the albumās limited pressing (*) dribbled into record stores the following year, those involved were lending their real names to far more promising projects, most notably Hensley and Kerslake with Toe Fat and Uriah Heep.
But the curious origin story of Head Machineās brief dalliance was obviously enough to eventually elevate Orgasm to minor cult status among unkempt, crate-digging vinyl nerds with an interest in this pivotal and oft-under-reported time in music history.
* Available in two pressings: the altogether plain, black-and-white vertigo-like clitoris overhead and the colorful seashell variation shown in this reissueās inner gatefold.
More Obscure Early ā70s Heavy Rock: A.K.A.ās Do What You Like, Ainigma's Diluvium, Alamoās Alamo, Ancient Grease's Women and Children First, Asterixās Asterix, Atleeās Flying a Head, Bangās Mother/Bow to the King, Birthaās Birtha, Blackwater Parkās Dirt Box, Bloodrockās Bloodrock 2, Blues Creationās Demon & Eleven Children, Bolder Damnās Mourning, Boomerangās Boomerang, Buffaloās Volcanic Rock, Bull Angusā Bull Angus, Cactusā Cactus, Captain Beyondās Captain Beyond, Charleeās Charlee, Copperhead's Copperhead, Cradleās The History,Ā Curly Curveās Curly Curve, Dies Irae's First, Fanny Adamsā Fanny Adams, Flied Eggās Dr. Siegelās Fried Egg Shooting Machine, Flower Travellinā Bandās Satori, A Foot in Coldwaterās A Foot in Coldwater, Fuseās Fuse, Giftās Gift, Hard Stuffās Bulletproof, Haystacks Balboa's Haystacks Balboa, Head Over Heelsā Head Over Heels, Heavy Cruiserās Heavy Cruiser, High Tide's High Tide, Highway Robberyās For Love or Money, Incredible Hogās Volume 1, Irish Coffee's Irish Coffee,Ā Jerichoās Jericho, Jerusalemās Jerusalem, Jody Grindās Far Canal, Kahvas Juteās Wide Open, Leaf Houndās Growers of Mushroom, Luciferās Friendās Luciferās Friend, Luv Machine's Luv Machine, May Blitzās May Blitz, Night Sunās Mourninā, Nitzingerās Nitzinger, Orang-Utanās Orang-Utan, Pink Fairiesā Never Neverland, Plutoās Pluto, Poobahās Let Me In, Power of Zeusā The Gospel According to Zeus, Roadās Road, Skyās Donāt Hold Back, Sir Lord Baltimoreās Kingdom Come, Steelās Steel, Strayās Stray, Stray Dogās Stray Dog, Tapimanās Tapiman, Tempestās Tempest, Thundermugās Thundermug Strikes, Tiger B. Smithās Tiger Rock, Tin Houseās Tin House, Titanicās Sea Wolf, Toadās Toad, Trapezeās Medusa, Trukās Truk Tracks, Tucky Buzzardās Tucky Buzzard, Ursa Majorās Ursa Major, Warhorseās Warhorse, Warpigās Warpig, Weedās Weed.
It's literally the same songs as the ones on the Head Machine album, only a few lyrics and the vocals lmfaoooo
Looks like Pink Floyd moaning session has some concurrence.....
Head Machine
Scattering Seeds
from the lp Orgasm
Head Machine
Climax/You Tried to Taake It All
from the lp Orgasm
Head Machine
Orgasm
instant orgasm