Heaven - Brass Rock 1 from 1971 + single Hangin' On 1972

 

WOW-- look at that album art!!  You can see it was shaped into a crucifix.   On the inside the band is posing in front of what looks to be a totem pole.  Like, wow, as my kids say.

From discogs:

Heaven originated from Portsmouth, UK circa 1970. Their major live debut was at the famous Isle Of Wight Festival. They were then soon snapped-up by CBS Records, who had a penchant for brass-rock and spared no expense allowing them to issue a double album housed in a lavish cross shaped fold-out sleeve.

Oh boy, another day, another gem.  There are still gold nuggest in this stream.  Who thought the gold rush was over?  It's just moved on to another place... From Alaska, to outer space asteroids maybe.

I really really enjoyed this album, having grown up on Chicago, Blood Sweat and Tears, etc., who didn't?  And I still love Chicago, the older albums are full of not just inimitable hit songs but creative compositions.  All the way up to number nine there are interesting songs to discover if you only know their radio-friendly AM hit tunes, the full albums are well worth exploring.

Compared to the above too though this is harder stuff, more akin to the wonderful little-known American (Indian) band Redbone, but with horns.  Great stuff.  Sample (and exemplary) track:

I have the CD and LP versions, I used the former because it includes their single as a bonus track...