Steamhammer (album)

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Infobox Album
Name = Steamhammer (aka Reflection)
Type = Album
Artist = Steamhammer


Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Original cover
Type = Album

:"See also Reflection 1971 album by Pentangle."

"Steamhammer" (aka "Reflection") was the debut album issued in 1969 by the British blues-rock band Steamhammer. The musicians in the band were Martin Quittenton (guitar), Kieran White (vocals, guitar, harmonica), Martin Pugh (guitar), Steve Davy (bass), and Michael Rushton (drums). The album included classic blues numbers by B.B. King ("You'll Never Know") and Eddie Boyd ("Twenty-four Hours"), as well as compositions by band members White, Quittenton, and Pugh. The session musicians Harold McNair (flute) and Pete Sears (piano) also played on the album.

Track listing

Side 1
# Water (part one) — (Quittenton-Pugh) 0:52
# Junior's Wailing — (White-Pugh) 3:18
# Lost you too — (Quittenton-White) 3:28
# She is the Fire — (Quittenton-White) 3:10
# You'll Never Know — (B.B. King) 3:27
# Even the Clock — (Quittenton-White-Graham) 3:49Side 2
# Down the Highway — (Quittenton-White) 4:28
# On Your Road — (White) 2:43
# Twenty-four Hours — (Boyd) 7:28
# When all your friends are gone — (Quittenton-White) 3:49
# Water (part two) — (Quittenton-Pugh) 1:44

Release history

"Steamhammer" was released in 1969 (CBS 63611). "Junior's Wailing" was issued as a single.

Credits

Musicians:
* Kieran White - vocals, harmonica
* Martin Pugh - lead guitar
* Martin Quittenton - second guitar
* Steve Davy - bass guitar
* Michael Rushton - drums
* Harold McNair - flute
* Pete Sears - piano

Other:
* Producer: Michael Vestey
* Executive Producer: Andrew Cameron Miller
* Recording Engineers: Michael Cooper and Henry Aubrey-Fletcher
* Co-ordination: Barry Taylor

* Photographs: Clive Barda
* Design: Bob Priest
* Clothes: Take Six

* Recorded in Pan Sound Studios (London) Ltd
* Devised and Produced by Artists Musical Productions Limited, 46 Curzon Street, London W1
* Published by Franklyn Boyd Music (except "Twenty-four Hours")

External links

* [http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=8110 Album information]
* [http://www.steamhammer.com/ Steamhammer official website] by Martin Pugh
* [http://au.geocities.com/blackfootsu/steamhammer.htm Steamhammer information]