John Robinson's 1974 Pity for the Victim

 

I saw this artist in connection with the earlier posted Beramiada, by Jackie Orszaczky, which was undoubtedly brilliant.  There, John Robinson was the guitarist, and you can see his relatively short discography here.  He was an Aussie who earlier was in a band called Blackfeather, basic blues rock so far as I can tell.  No resemblance to Jackie's chef d'oeuvre.

This solo album, presumably his only one, is a pretty good mix of hard rock guitar and as expected, given the times, fusion, maybe a little similar to the Jeff Beck masterwork, or perhaps Big Jim Sullivan's work posted here.  If you're looking for a mixture type of release, then this is the right album for you, but for me it's a bit too mixed to be as good as all the other aforementioned works, specifically that is there are bluesy numbers, silly numbers, spoken parts, etc.  When the compositions are strong, they're really interesting, but a little marred by confused arrangements.

The opener (with the lovely title of A God Called Free) gives you a really good idea of the kind of frantic production is exhibited:

While the AM Mail to M. instrumental track highlights the creativity: