prog TOE FAT - UK ORIGINAL EMI PCS 7097 FACTORY SAMPLE RARE
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Toe Fat
Parlophone PCS 7097
Matrices: YEX 763-1G YEX 764-1G
UK 1970
AN ELUSIVE PROGMONSTER
COVER POOR (LIKE PHOTO)
VINYL EX++
Formed in June 1969, the band was fronted by former Rebel Rouser Cliff Bennett and, in the course of its two year, two album career, featured lead guitarist and keyboards Ken Hensley; bassist John Glascock (erroneously billed as John Konas on the album sleeve); drummer Lee Kerslake; and replacements (after the first album), Brian Glascock (drums); plus Alan Kendall (guitar).
The band was founded by Bennett, a former pop star, after the dissolution of the Cliff Bennett Band. He teamed with the former Gods keyboard player Hensley, who drafted in fellow ex-Gods members Kerslake and Glascock. The name was decided over dinner when Bennett and his manager attempted to create the most disgusting band name possible.
Toe Fat was contracted to the record label, Rare Earth, in the US. In the UK, the band signed with EMI, who released their first album on the Parlophone label, and the second on Regal Zonophone.
The eponymously titled first album flopped commercially, but gained considerable critical praise. Such was their stir that after their first single, "Workin' Nights", (the B-side was an early Elton John composition "Bad Side of the Moon") they were booked for a tour supporting Derek and the Dominos in the US. The album was also notable for its cover designed by the recently formed graphic art company Hipgnosis. The cover showed a beach scene with four people who have large toes superimposed over their heads. For the US release, a man and a topless woman in the background, were replaced by the image of a sheep.
Hensley quit the band to form Uriah Heep. Bennett admitted in the sleeve notes of his Rebellion album that when asked he "probably should have joined them". Kerslake left to join the National Head Band, before also joining Uriah Heep in 1971. Glascock later joined Jethro Tull. Another ex-Gods man, Brian Glascock, became the new drummer. Alan Kendall replaced Hensley, before their second album, Toe Fat Two.
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