The Devil's Anvil (Steve Knight (rhythm guitar, bass, bouzouki), Jerry Satpir (lead guitar, vocals), Elierzer Adoram (accordion), and Kareem Issaq (oud, vocals)) got together in the burgeoning hip and happening mid sixties Greenwich Village scene, playing Middle Eastern influenced music at folk cafes and rock clubs. Eventually they teamed up with Felix Pappalardi (producer of Cream's "Disraeli Gears", later to play in Mountain). He began playing bass with the band and eventually scored the group a record deal. The Devil's Anvil really never caught on as a recording act, in part because of the timing of their debut album's release: The very same day that Hard Rock from the Middle East hit the stores, the 1967 Arab-Israeli War broke out, and not a single radio station anywhere in New York (where the group was based and, thus, had its best shot at airplay) would go near the album! The members eventually went their separate ways, Knight into Mountain and the rest into pop music history. Contained herein is absolutely kick ass world-influenced rock, with impassioned Arabic vocals, electric oud, bouzouki, tamboura, durbeki as well as fuzz guitar, bass and drums, and the best version of "Misirlou" outwith Dick Dale's... A unique and happening album... Very, very highly recommended! Nay, ESSENTIAL.