mirkwood

Mirkwood’s only album is one of the rarest British underground rock records of the early 1970s. Originally pressed privately in 1973 in just 99 copies, the album has the feel of a band working outside the usual industry channels: unpolished, heavy, atmospheric and full of long guitar-led passages.

The Dover, Kent group mix psychedelic rock, blues-rock and progressive elements into a sound that is raw but highly appealing to collectors of private-press British rock. Tracks such as Just Because, Clockwise, The Leech and the extended Love's Glass Of Sunshine show the band at their strongest, with dual guitars, rough vocals and a loose early-70s underground atmosphere. This Thors Hammer CD edition brings the album back into circulation with a booklet including a retrospective by guitarist Jack Castle.

Track listing

1. Just Because – 5:17
2. Clockwise – 6:02
3. Take My Love – 4:35
4. The Leech – 5:19
5. The Vision – 3:27
6. Love's Glass Of Sunshine – 11:28
7. Lavendula – 7:23