Five Day Rain - Five Day Rain (1969)

Five Day Rain - Five Day Rain (1969)

Only album, previously unreleased, by the obscure British group Five Day Rain, led by guitarist / singer Rick Sharpe and including keyboardist Graham Maitland. The short-lived group managed to record quite an excellent album, which unfortunately was never released, seeing the light of the day only 36 years later. Their music was a great mixture of Psychedelic Rock and Prog, somewhat similar to the early Deep Purple albums. Great tunes, splendid vocal harmonies and one 11+ minutes long instrumental track, which alone is worth the price of the album. As bonus material four unfinished tracks, recorded at the time the album was recorded, were completed by Sharpe in 2005. Definitely a lost gem, worth reviving and listening to after all these years. (RATEYOURMUSIC)

Factory/Fleur de Lys connected early '70s UK psych monster with all the right moves. Sounds like the aforementioned bands with dash of Ogden's period Small Faces. Great guitar work particularly on the long trippy instumental "Rough Cut Marmalade".This tasty re-issue contains bonus tracks tracks as well, four or them never heard before. They were recorded same time of the album but never completed. Ricky Sharpe added some vocal and a bit of guitar only and they are heavier then the already known ones! The 12 pages booklet features the band's detailed story, with never-seen-before photos and Sharpe's own funny anecdotes, while John Hurford has generously created brand new artwork for the cover. Ace album. (Freak Emporium)

Tracklist:

1. Marie's a Woman - 2.53 2:54
2. Leave It At That - 5.22 5:23
3. Don't be misled - 2.19 2:19
4. Rough Cut Marmalade - 11.06 11:07
5. Goodyear - 4.04 4:04
6. Sea Song - 4.13 4:13
7. Lay Me Down - 1.14 1:14
8. Reason Why - 4.45 4:45
9. Fall Out - 4.11 4:12

Five Day Rain - Five Day Rain (1969)