Three members of that L.A. band were previously in Touch - very good, psych-prog band responsible for classic 20/20 Sound LP (from 1969). Five years later (under Stepson name] they have recorded a great, raucous and high-energy hard blues rock album which was like a cross between MC5, Bloodrock, Free, Mountain and Blue Cheer - with overdriven fuzz guitar, spontaneous and dirty vocals and pounding rhythm section to the fore. lt’s the guitar which makes that LP so special - with raw and totally explosive sound coming straight from the amplifier. Unfortunately, after being released in summer 1974, the record went completely unnoticed and as a result the band split up in early 1975. This CD has been carefully remastered from the original, analogue source and sounds really great!
Formed in 1969 in the lace city of Nottingham, England - Paper Lace were just one of hundreds of bands looking for the big time. Their big break came in 1974, when after winning the nationwide talent show "Opportunity Knocks", they were spotted by the songwriting team of Mitch Murray & Peter Callander. The first single "Billy - Don't Be A Hero" topped the U.K. charts for 3 weeks in March 1974. The follow up single,"The Night Chicago Died" hit the number one slot on both the U.S.& Canadian charts [#3 in the U.K]. An album - " Paper Lace and Other Bits of Material" followed. The 3rd. single release "The Black Eyed Boys" narrowly missed the U.K. top 10 [#11]. In 1978 Paper Lace had a top 20 version of "We've Got the Whole World in Our Hands" in conjunction with local football team Nottingham Forest F.C.