Samuel Prody – s/t. 1972.
Grannie – s/t. 1971.
Universe – s/t. 1971.

Samuel Prody is yet another heavy duty blues rock album from the UK (there sure were a lot in those days). Plenty of thunderous guitar and Plant-like vocal gyrations. Supposedly named for the shotgun company Samuel Purdey, but lawyers advised them to slightly alter the name for copyright reasons (I couldn’t find any reference to the shotgun company either). Released on CD by Akarma, with permission of the band according to the Samuel Prody website. Grannie is one of those super rare albums with a low budget hard rock sound. Not too bad really and fun for archivists. There is a legit LP on Shadoks. So I suspect a legit CD will follow soon. Universe were a UK band who recorded one album in Norway. Their music can best be categorized as country influenced blues rock, with occasional hard rock forays. Not a good record. The Norwegian Colours label put this out on LP in the early 90s along with an archival release called “The Wheel”. No need for a CD that I can tell.