High Tide - High Tide (Reissue, Remastered, Bonus Tracks) (1970/2010)

Founded in 1969 - Split in 1970 - Reformed briefly in 1986, and again with a new line-up from 1989-1990

One of the most important underground hard rock band from Britain and also a very influential group , although they never managed to achieve much commercial success. Their sound in their two historical album can be linked to BLUE CHEER or STEPPENWOLF (but with lengthy improvisations in some tracks) and is sometimes mentioned as one of the first example of Heavy Metal music and even Prog Metal.

The Original line-up was a quartet consisting of a superb singing guitarist , A violinist sometimes playing KBs and a good rhythm section. After the second album's release , their drummer left for health reason , and HIGH TIDE did not release another album for some 18 years although they still recorded aopparently fairly regularly with an unstable permanent line-up with Tomlin, Theaker , House and Pavli coming and going almost at will, the only mainstay being Tony Hill. Starting in 88, they will release seven records in a span of three yearts , very confused affairs with tracks from all those lost years appearing on different records and no clear recording dates given. Apparently they played together until 1990 , and their latest release is yet another mixed-bag of tracks from all eras released on Black Widow label in 98, but with recording dates at last clearly mentioned .

HIGH TIDE is a highly influential underground band likely to please all Prog Metal fans looking for roots of their beloved music style.