Flash (Electric Food album)

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Flash
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Studio album by
Electric Food
Released1970
Recorded1970
Genre
Length35:25 (LP Release)
74:10 (CD Release)
Label Europa Records
Mason Records
Electric Food chronology
Electric Food
(1970)		Flash
(1970)

Flash is the second and final album by Electric Food. Soon after its release, the core of band formed Asterix and recorded one album: Asterix . Less than a year later Asterix would change their name to Lucifer's Friend. In 2004 Electric Food and Flash were released on one CD by Mason Records. Both Electric Food albums sound very similar to Lucifer's Friend's debut but include strong influences from Led Zeppelin, Uriah Heep, and Spooky Tooth.

Lucifer's Friend is a German hard rock band, formed in Hamburg in 1970 by guitarist Peter Hesslein, singer John Lawton, bassist Dieter Horns, keyboardist Peter Hecht, and drummer Joachim Reitenbach. The group was an early practitioner of heavy metal and progressive rock; they also incorporated elements of jazz and fusion into their music, especially in their fourth album Banquet of 1974. Beyond heavy metal, the band has been cited, too, as one of the pioneers of doom metal, helping to define both genres due to their heavy sound and dark oriented lyrics of their acclaimed debut Lucifer's Friend of 1970, and returning to their roots in 1981 with Mean Machine, although more influenced by speed metal.

Led Zeppelin English rock band

Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968. The group consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham. Along with Black Sabbath and Deep Purple, the band's heavy, guitar-driven sound has led them to be cited as one of the progenitors of heavy metal. Their style drew from a wide variety of influences, including blues, psychedelia, and folk music.

Uriah Heep (band) English rock band

Uriah Heep are an English rock band formed in London in 1969. It has had the same lineup since 2013: lead and rhythm guitarist Mick Box, keyboardist Phil Lanzon, lead vocalist Bernie Shaw, drummer Russell Gilbrook and bassist Davey Rimmer. Of the current lineup, Box is the only remaining original member. Throughout many lineup changes, the band have included many notable musicians, such as vocalists David Byron, John Lawton, John Sloman, Peter Goalby and Steff Fontaine, bassists Gary Thain, Trevor Bolder, John Wetton, Bob Daisley and John Jowitt, drummers Nigel Olsson, Lee Kerslake and Chris Slade, and keyboardists Ken Hensley and John Sinclair.

Contents

Track listing

Side one
  1. "All Right Now" (Free cover) - 3:46
  2. "Sam's Walk" (Peter Hesslein) - 2:03
  3. "Love Me" (Peter Hesslein) - 3:31
  4. "People" (Peter Hesslein) - 2:56
  5. "Working on the Railroad" (Peter Hesslein) - 3:25
  6. "Randall" (Peter Hesslein) - 3:12
Side two
  1. "Love Like a Man" (Ten Years After cover) - 3:27
  2. "Sam's Talk" (Peter Hesslein) - 1:39
  3. "I Can See Somebody" (Peter Hesslein) - 5:51
  4. "Andy's Breakdown" (Peter Hesslein) - 2:25
  5. "Give Me Love" (Peter Hesslein) - 2:12
  6. "Plantation" (Peter Hesslein) - 2:58

Other recordings not included on any Electric Food album

Born to be Wild (Steppenwolf cover) - 3:27

Up Around the Bend (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover) - 2:40

Up Around the Bend song by Creedence Clearwater Revival

"Up Around the Bend" is a song recorded by the American band Creedence Clearwater Revival, and written by the band's lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter John Fogerty. The song was composed and recorded only a few days prior to the band's April 1970 European tour and was included on the album Cosmo's Factory. Released as a single, with "Run Through the Jungle" on the flipside, the double-sided single climbed to number four on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the spring of 1970.

Creedence Clearwater Revival American roots rock band

Creedence Clearwater Revival was an American rock band active in the late 1960s and early 1970s which consisted of lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and primary songwriter John Fogerty; his brother rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty; bassist Stu Cook; and drummer Doug Clifford. These members had played together since 1959, first as The Blue Velvets and later as The Golliwogs. Their musical style encompassed roots rock, swamp rock, and blues rock. They played in a Southern rock style, despite their San Francisco Bay Area origin, with lyrics about bayous, catfish, the Mississippi River, and other popular elements of Southern United States iconography, as well as political and socially conscious lyrics about topics including the Vietnam War. The band performed at the 1969 Woodstock Festival in Upstate New York.

Personnel (uncredited)

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