Blackfeather became a popular hard rock group in Sydney and Melbourne and signed with Festival Records ‘ newly founded progressive subsidiary, Infinity Records . They recorded their debut album, At the Mountains of Madness (April 1971) with co-production by Robinson and Richard Batchens (The Cleves). The album peaked at number…
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Production completed in April 1971
The group restarted with Glyn Johns in April.
The band recorded a two-song demo “Good Time Woman” and “We’ll Stay Together” and eventually gained a three-album recording contract with the label Immediate in late 1969 after a gig in Walsall , but the label went out of business before an album could be recorded, and the band split…
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At the Mountains of Madness included the track, ” Seasons of Change “, co-written by Johns and Robinson. During recording, in late 1970, Robinson asked members of the group Fraternity , John Bissett and Bon Scott , to contribute to the album. Johns and Robinson gave Fraternity “Seasons of Change”…
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The album reached No. 12 in the US in March 1971, and would go on to sell four million copies in the US with virtually no radio airplay.
Recording at the Record Plant in New York City in March 1971 was abandoned when Lambert’s addiction to hard drugs interfered with his ability to produce.
When Nigel Olsson returned to Elton John’s group in the spring of 1970, Keith Baker took his place. The band’s second album, Salisbury (February 1971), was more squarely in the progressive rock genre, with its 16-minute title track featuring a 24-piece orchestra . One of the album’s tracks, ” Lady…
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In February 1971, after a one-off performance at the Myponga Pop Festival in Australia, Black Sabbath returned to the studio to begin work on their third album. Following the chart success of Paranoid , the band were afforded more studio time, along with a “briefcase full of cash” to buy…
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In February 1971, John Deacon joined Queen.