Little Free Rock - Roman Summer Nights (1969)

Little Free Rock - Roman Summer Nights (1969)
Little Free Rock were a Heavy Rock Trio from Preston in Lancashire, England. They featured Peter Illingworth (lead guitar and vocals) (formerly with David John and the Mood who recorded with Joe Meek), Paul Varley (drums) (later with The Arrows) and Frank Newbold (bass and vocals). They began performing covers of The Who, The Creation ("Making Time" appeared on their album), and Tomorrow then were confident enough to write their own material.
The band performed regularly at the Roundhouse Sunday Night Implosion Events and had numerous residencies at the Marquee Club. As well as performing all over Belgium, Continental Trips included the Star-Club in Hamburg, Essen Jazz and Blues Festival, and festivals in Frankfurt, San Tropez and Santa Margarita de la Costa in Italy.
They changed their name from Purple Haze to avoid confusion with Jimi Hendrix' single.
Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac) joined the band for a short period, but the recordings were never released.

[@FrankRuebcke]

I often saw them in Hamburg, Germany in 1969/1970 in the Starclub and Grünspan Club. The album is just perfect. And very hard to find now. But live in concert they were something special...

[@flynnt1953]

Thanks for posting, I bought this album in a record shop in Tib Street Manchester in 1970, it got lost over the years, brings back great memories.

[@steeletara01]

Nice. Thanks for uploading.

[@sfdog1369]

Good Stuff Bro Put Er In My Faves Thx!!!

[@Niumoku]

killer bass and guitar

[@narinderdhanjal221]

Such an amazing tune from a short lived band! Much of their sound is similar to Cream's!

[@minutegongcoughs]

Indeed. They're not an obscure band and it's worth checking them out.

[@minutegongcoughs]

@sfdog1369 Glad you like it

[@minutegongcoughs]

@steeletara01 Cheers