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Great Obscurity from the seventies, worth it at any price.

r-devic-saint | Pittsburgh, PA | 07/28/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Mogul Thrash were formed by lead vocalist/lead guitarist James Litherland upon his departure from Colloseum. Like that band they explore a bluesy brand of Prog, rooted in John Mayall's Bare Wires era music. Litherland is joined by a very young John Wetton on bass guitar and additional vocals, Bill Harrison drums and a great horn section of Micheal Rosen, Malclom Duncan and future Average White Band member saxophonist Roger Ball.



While the album has long been a collectors item for King Crimson fans due to Wetton's involvement, but it is far more significant than that. Mogul Thrash was one of the rare progressive bands that were extremely adept at the buesier elements of rock. R&B and art rock co-exist more comfortably here than anywhere else in 70's music, including Colloseum itself.



Both Litherland and Wetton are in spectacular form both instumentally and vocally, the keyboardless line-up of the band (aside from a brief cameo on piano by producer Brian Auger) provides the band an intersting pallette in order to arrange these songs, and allows Litherland far more room to stretch out on guitar than did Colloseum. Litherland remakes his classic "Elegy" from Colloseum, Wetton sings lead on the wonderful "St. Peter" the rest of compositions are also top notch.



I've been looking for this album for over 25 years. I'm not dissapointed in the least. Seek this album out if you are a Colloseum fan , King Crimson fan , or a fan of John Wetton's pre-sappy early days. It is well worth it at any price"