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01. Orang-Utan - I Can See Inside Your Head
02. Orang-Utan - Slipping Away
03. Orang-Utan - Love Queen
04. Orang-Utan - Chocolate Piano
05. Orang-Utan - If You Leave
06. Orang-Utan - Fly Me High
07. Orang-Utan - Country Hike
08. Orang-Utan - Magic Playground
ARTIST
TITLE
Orang-Utan
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
SOMM 073CD SOMM 073CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
6/3/2022

Orang-Utan were in fact a London based band called Hunter, featuring vocalist Terry "Nobby" Clarke (of psych-pop legends Jason Crest), guitar player Mick Clarke, drummer and songwriter Jeff Seopardi and bass player Paul Roberts. They recorded their sole album in 1971 and DeLane Lea studios. In a bizarre twist of events, their producers/managers ran with the tapes to the US, where they placed the album on Bell Records under a new band name: Orang-Utan, without telling any of the band members. A lost classic of blazing, early hard rock with minor psychedelic hangover vibes, a twin-guitar attack, and waves of fuzz/wah, along with powerful vocals. Think Leaf Hound, Budgie, Bang, Sir Lord Baltimore, Hard Stuff... Legit reissue done in co-operation with the original band members. Insert with liner notes telling the bizarre story of the band, and rare photos. "Quintessentially British hard-rock, transforming the blues in a way American bands rarely did, and with a kind of vocal intensity that compares to Free, Humble Pie, et al." --Aaron Milenski (Galactic Ramble)