The band featured Jeff Clyne on Bass, Pepe Lemer on vocals, Brian Miller on acoustic/ electric piano, and synthesizer, Dave Tidball on tenor & soprano sax, and Paul Robinson on drums &  percussion. The thing that somewhat sonically set the band apart from other fusion bands of the period where the vocals of Pepe Lemer. And these were of the wordless/ jazz vocalizing variety, so it’s fair to say these elements are somewhat of a love or hate thing. For my part, I found them somewhat hit & miss, with around 70% of them working, and the remaining 30% feel out-of-place & unnecessary.

The release comes in a double slim-line jewel case, and this takes in reproductions of the albums original artwork &  liner notes. With sadly little else, so one has to do a little research on line for more info, and according to Wikipedia, the band toured through-out the late 1970’s, with their final show happening in 1980. In their time they toured with the likes of Canterbury prog band National Health, and singer Pepe Lemer went to become a vocal coach for The Spice Girls.

Moving onto the albums themselves, and on disc one we have 1977’s Creatures Of The Night. This takes in seven tracks and these each run between four & eight minutes a piece.  The focus & center to many of the composition here is Jeff Clyne bass playing- it moves between moody & sleek, to funky- yet mellow, onto taut & pulsing. With the rest of the band filling in & building sonic colors around him with weaves of electric & acoustic piano, sassy -to-smoky horn work, or Ms. Lemer swaying & darting wordless vocals.  Most of the compositions are fairly eventful in both changes of pace and sonic embellishments; though they never move too far from their original settings.  The pace of the tracks is mostly between mid-to-faster, with only the opening of track five  "Princess Aura" going towards more moody & atmospheric- with a creepy & building blend shadowy bass work, tight weaves of electric piano, and a Ms.   Lemer raising Ahh’s. On the whole Creatures Of The Night, is a rewarding enough late 70’s fusion record- with the band having a good ear for both melody & interesting composition.

The second disc is of course taken up by 1978’s. This offers up another eight tracks, with each running between one & eight minutes. Once again the bass is very central to the compositions, though this time around the other members do seem to be a little more fluid & precise with their embellishments,  builds & sonic details. Also on this album, there is a more use of synthesizer too, which was relatively sparse on Creatures of the Night – these elements go from buoyant ‘n’ bobbing weaves, onto spacey & cascading swirls, through choppy ‘n’ funky darts, onto simmering & moody. Equally some of the longer tracks do change tact & pace- though I’m not sure if the melodies here are quite as good & memorable, as on Creatures of the Night.

On the whole,  both albums have their pros & cons, with the first album's compositions been a little more simplistic though memorable. But the second album offers up more detailed & shifting song craft- so as a result, I’d found it difficult to pick between them.  All in all if your fan of 70’s fusion this is worth a punt, and as mentioned early on the wordless vocals of Ms. Lemer add a fairly unique feel to bands sound.