Horse

1. The Sacrifice (Roach/Hawkins)
2. See the people creeping round
(Roach/Hawkins)
3. And I have love you (Roach/Hawkins)
4. Freedom rider (Roach/Hawkins)
5. Lost control (Roach/Hawkins)
6. To great the sun (Roach/Hawkins)
7. The Journey (trad.)
8. Heat of the summer (Roach/Hawkins)
9. Gypsy Queen (Roach/Hawkins)
10.Step out of line (Roach/Hawkins)

Horse is British band that existed between 1968 to 1971 and then turned into Saturnalia. The Founders were Rod Roach on guitar and Adrian Hawkins on vocal. The line up was complete when Steve Holley on drums and Colin Standring, a previous member of  Kit and the Saracens
Jimmy Brown Sound, on bass joined them. In this time, Standring was at Surrey University. Their only album was recorded in Olympic Studio Two at Barnes / London in Christmas' period 1969 with George Chkiantz as engineer. Before the album was recorded Steve Holly had left, he was
replaced by Rick Parnell. S.Holley later went into play with Kiki Dee, Elton John, P. McCartney, J.Cocker. LP Horse issued in spring 1970 by
RCA. In this line up, the band was touring  through Europe. The group was very popular in Germany. In July and August 1970, R.Parnell went to
play into Atomic Rooster but he came back to the group. The end of  Horse came in spring 1971, when R.Parnell and C.Standring decided to leave.
Rick Parnell  later went into play with Atomic Rooster (1971~1973), Saturday, Ibis, Nova, legendary Spinal Tap, Brown Ring. C.Standring leaved
out of Surrey University in 1971 to travel Europe as a professional musician. He was living in Munich, Germany between 1977 to 1981 and finally he settled in Zurich, Switzerland. In 1984 he began career as an accountant. But he still playing on bass with Big Band Sound. Road Roach and Adrian
Hawkins formed the band SATURNALIA with Aletta ~ voc, Tom Crompton ~ dr, Richard Houghton ~ bg and they released  LP "Magical Love"
(Matrix 1,1973) one of the first picture disc (more informations about Saturnalia, see: Sweet Floral Albion or Saturnalia)

But return to the album. The Cover's graphics is strange. Black ~ Misshapen ~ Horse !?  First song includes yelp of ... wolf  and words: "Sacrifice",
"... blood ..." etc. Overall, something  like Black Widow. All songs were musically orientated towards the early Seventies hard rock style, with
exception "Gypsy Queen", "Journey". My favourite compositions:  "To great to the sun",  "See the people creeping" and "Sacrifice",  songs with good
guitar works  and energy.