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Out of Uranus Original Reviews




By the time "Uranus" was released in 1970 the blues boom was well and truly over, and only a few reviews appeared in the UK music press. The album reviewers didn't seem to be too impressed with the record, although the single was more favourably received and went on to be quite successful, particularly in Germany. The album has since been re-released on Repertoire Records Germany, Akarma Records in Italy and recently Mailbox Records in Japan, and has become a "psycho-blues" classic.

Record mirror.November 28 1970.

Killing floor “Out of Uranus”..Penny Farthing PELS 511. Six strong group featuring violin hither and thither. “Call for the politicians” has a hit-sound to it and “Fido Castrol” gets a good doomy, bassy sound. The Group works hard but there is frequently a lack of distinctiveness. But the material is varied.

Disc and Music Echo – December 12 1970.

Killing Floor have a rather ordinary album with the mind blowing title of “Out of Uranus”. They seem to depend heavily on a much repeated lyric through every song, flat vocals and appalling harmonica. For the most part it makes tedious listening but there are some bright patches of totally unoriginal guitarwork with one riff sounding suspiciously similar to one of Ten Years after’s favourites (Page One) **

Record Mirror, November 7,1970

Call for the Politicians (Penny Farthing)
Like this a lot. Really a lot. It’s hard hoe-downy, honest pop with some worthwhile lyrics – and a sing-along awareness that could see it in the charts. But rather patchy.



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Out of Uranus is rawer and more irreverent than most second-line British blues-rock of the late '60s and early '70s, as indicated by the title itself. That doesn't mean the all-original songs are that good, that they're especially imaginative players, or that Bill Thorndycraft's semi-barked vocals are so special. But it makes for a refreshing change from the normal not-so-well-known British blues-rock albums of the era, with a brash streak to both the lean arrangements (particularly in the frequent rushed tempos and Bas Smith's crisp drumming) and lyrics missing from many of their peers. Slight nods to the world of underground rock outside of the blues form are heard in the yearning hippie ethos of "Soon There Will Be Everything," where the violin of Paul Spencer Mac again takes them a little outside of the standard framework for the genre. The countercultural mindset of the time is occasionally reflected in numbers like "Call for the Politicians" and the wittily titled "Fido Castrol," somewhat in the bluntly sardonic manner of another band of the day, the Deviants.
Reviewed by Richie Unterberger

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