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The first disc of this double eponymous set is comprised of studio demos recorded in 1970 for Warner Bros. The group's blues-rock leanings and troubled topics make this music heavier than your run-of-the-mill West Coast psych rock (and at times evoking England's Savoy Brown).Pop attempts like "Since I Met Her" had no chance to make it on the radio – the song is simply too frantic and ecstatic (which is all the better). Other highlights include Sharp's "Key of Be" and Michie's "Oh, Yes, Yes!"The second disc culls 54 minutes of live material from two concerts in 1969. Both recordings have been nicely restored.The group gets bluesier, stretching "Last Saturday Night" and "Every Day & Every Night" over seven minutes – good occasions to witness Michie's impressive guitar work.The live disc is more than just an extra, because it contains almost completely different songs from those on the first CD.

The lyrics are very interesting, subtle and strangely refreshing. They songs stay with you, especially "Vacances d'Enfer". It is a classy blues CD with excellent harp work, low down grit (like in "Ode to Muddy"), zydeco, swing and New Orleans grooves. Also the vocal performance is probably the best that Forest has ever recorded. Having read the book "Letter From Hell" made the music all that more enjoyable. As a musician and songwriter Andy J Forest keeps getting better and he stands further and further apart from the vast reservoir of blues artists on the scene today.

Le témoignage bouleversant d'une mère : comment un chaton, Cléo, va aider une famille à faire le deuil d un petit garçon, Sam. Helen est mère de deux garçons, Sam et Rob. Sam, l'aîné, 10 ans, est passionné par les animaux. Quand la voisine Léna leur propose un chaton, Sam insiste auprès de ses parents pour l'adopter. Helen accepte que ses fils aillent voir les chats mais refuse catégoriquement qu'ils en rapportent un à la maison. …