JERICHO - Jericho +2 - SWE Flawed Gems Expanded Edition - LISTEN - VERY RARE

In the very beginning there was the psychedelic Israeli formation Churchills (with an excellent LP from 1968, worth over 3000 euros in the original), then in 1971 the musicians (with a British vocalist/guitarist) went to the British Isles, changed their name to Jericho Jones and released a classic, truly great hard rock album. Right after that they shortened the name to Jericho and as a result in 1972 one of the best heavy-progressive albums in the history of rock was made! This album, released by A&M (and completely ignored in its day), is real guitar dynamite! This excellent record was filled with five tracks (three of them lasting between 8 and 11 minutes) on the border of heavy rock and typical British progression (without keyboards) - with occasional entries of flute or acoustic guitar - somewhat in the style of the sorely missed T2. To tell the truth, it is hard to find in British rock a record as intense as Jericho! Forget Leaf Hound, Jerusalem or Incredible Hog... Neither Budgie, nor Led Zeppelin, nor even Black Sabbath ever rocked as hard as the opening track "Ethiopia"! I admit that I once did not rate this album as highly as I do now. At present it is for me a hard rock top twenty of all time! Plus two tracks from the last single. A MUST!