PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC: "PG&E” aka “ Hard To Burn “
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PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC: "PG&E” aka “ Hard To Burn “ LP. 1st UK 1971
ORANGE CBS STEREO 64295
MAITRIX: S 64295-A1, S 64295-B1
COVER IS GRADED VG+ just a little storage wear round the edges
THE RECORD IS GRADED EXCELLENT plays NR MINT
The history of Pacific Gas and Electric can be traced back to 1967 in Los Angeles. Self-taught guitarist Tom Marshall met bassist Brent Block at a party thrown by Block's former art teacher. The band they started was called "Pacific Gas and Electric Blues Band", one of the first, if not the first interracial band to hit the LA music scene. One of the early members was a drummer from the east coast named Charlie Allen. Charlie's vocal abilities were so great that he was relieved of his drum sticks, and became lead singer and front man, to be replaced on drums by Canned Heat's former drummer Frank Cook. By 1968, the band name was shortened to Pacific Gas and Electric, and included Allen, Cook, Marshall, Block, and guitarist Glenn Schwartz. This was the line up that made 3 albums “Get It On”, “Pacific Gas And Electric” and probably the best known “Are Your Ready” these three lps can certainly be labelled blues/rock.
Wholesale changes were in store for the group after recording the "Are You Ready" album. After a serious car accident, Cook was replaced on drums by Ron Woods, and stayed on as manager. Glenn Schwartz, shortly there after, announced at a concert that he had found God and he soon departed the band moving back to Ohio to join other Christian musicians to form "The All Saved Freak Band". Schwartz was replaced in the band by guitarist Ken Utterback. Marshall and Block also quit the band around this time.
So the lineup for the PG&E album here on offer would be Allen, guitarist Ken Utterback, bassist Frank Petricca, Ron Woods on drums, Jerry Aiello on keyboards, trumpet player Stanly Abernathy, sax players Alfred Galagos and Virgil Gonsalves, and percussionist Joe LaLa.
At the request of the utility company sharing the same name, the band name was again shortened to "PG&E", the music also taking a new direction being more funk/rock.
After 1972, the group's lineup became unstable, resembling more of a Charlie Allen solo project. One more album was forthcoming "...Starring Charlie Allen" in 1973 on the Dunhill label, featuring Charlie and a host of studio musicians.
A talented band that were passed over and forgotten in the plethora of rock groups in the late 60's/early 70's, but who’s albums have become extremely hard to find and much sought after. A really superb looking record with perfect, stunning sound quality. There’s an absolute minimum of any form of surface sound on the whole lp
Overall a great example of this 1st issue CBS original made in England
