Bobak, Jons, Malone – Motherlight 1970 Very Rare UK Prog Rock LP £800+ Wil Malone

Morgan Studios sound engineers Mike Bobak & Andy Johns teamed up with Psych musician Will Malone to record this one of UK Prog rarity `Motherlight` released on the very collectable `Morgan Blue Town` label it came in a single textured sleeve on a distinctive `Blue` label. Worth around 800 British Pounds for a decent original copy, although I have seen a mint copy sell for 1800 a couple of years ago, very scarce – see other rare records on my youtube channel, why not subscribe to be kept up to date. Side one 1. Motherlight 2. On A Meadow-Lea 3. Mona Lose 4. Wanna Make A Star, Sam Side Two 5. House Of Many Windows 6. Chant 7. Burning Weed 8. The Lens A seemingly random one-off album from England in 1970, Motherlight is one of those odd little delights that, gains its reputation in large part given what happened to the three people behind it, with later production credits ranging from Paul McCartney to Iron Maiden and Television. A studio creation given a green light by Morgan Blue Town label owner Monty Babson, the trio consisted of recording engineers Mike Bobak and Andy Johns (that actually being the correct spelling of his last name) teaming with Wilson Malone, lead figure of never-quite-stars Orange Bicycle. With Malone on guitar, keyboards, singing and most song writing chores while Bobak and Johns handled rhythm and recording duties, the trio created an attractive collection of eight songs, generally pitched somewhere between acid folk bliss-out and the kind of heavy riffage drifting into heavy metal, with sometimes strident piano tying all the songs together. A song like “On a Meadow-Lea“ shows the various sides well, as Malone’s calm repetition of the chorus towards the end offers him a chance to turn in a nicely fried solo over the top.