History The Human Beast

This was a short-lived heavy psychedelic outfit whose album is now quite rare and sought-after by some collectors. They had earlier been known as Skin. Tracks like 'Mystic Man', 'Brush With The Midnight Butterfly' and 'Reality Presented As An Alternative' typify the heavy psych genre, but the two outstanding tracks are slow and in the classic psychedelic mould; 'Appearance Is Everything Style Is A Way Of Living', which brings to mind Boston band Beacon Street Union and has fine Eastern influenced guitar work and the more acoustic than electric 'Maybe Someday', which had a good hypnotic melody and a certain Eastern feeling.

Personnel:

Gillies Buchan - Guitar, Vocals

Edward Jones - Bass, Vocals

David McNiven - Clarinet

John Romsey - Drums

Album:

Volume One (Instinct) (Decca SKL 5053) 1970

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