Named after pianist Rick Kay, this North London band featured Fairport Convention's Ashley Hutchings in its first line-up. By 1967 they were one of the busiest bands on the burgeoning British blues scene, playing up and down the country (as well as on the continent) and sharing stages with underground stars such as Pink Floyd and Tyrannosaurus Rex. Their sole album was taped in the autumn of 1968, and produced by Peter Eden (who'd overseen Donovan's early sessions). A superb set of Chicago-style blues with fine slide guitar and boogie-woogie piano, it makes its long-overdue return to CD here.
01 I Can't Lose 02 Walking 03 Key To The Highway 04 Crippled Clarence 05 Pet Cream Man 06 Messin' With The Kid 07 Don't Quit The Man You Love For Me 08 Rolty's Banjo Shuffle 09 Strobe Lemming's Lament 10 Long Distance Call 11 Feel So Bad