High Tide

High Tide was a band that was formed in 1969 by Tony Hill (guitar, keyboards, and vocals), Simon House (violin and keyboards), Pete Pavli (bass) and Roger Hadden (drums). Their first album "Sea Shanties" was probably the heaviest album of that time. The trademark of this album was the constant battling between the electric guitar of Tony Hill and the electric violin of Simon House. There is hardly a quiet moment on "Sea Shanties", the heaviest tracks being "Futilist's Lament" and the instrumental "Death Warmed Up". Stylistically it is a weird mix of hard rock, psychedelic, blues, folk, and jazz-rock.

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The second album is a little less heavy and introduces some keyboards, played by Hill and House; the folk and jazz-rock influences are more notable on this album.

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They also played as backing band for Danny Gerrard's album "Sinister Morning" from 1970. A third album, "Precious Cargo", which was more a psychedelic album without any hard rock influences, was recorded in 1970, but the band split up, and it was not published before 1989, when Hill and House reformed High Tide as a 2-man band with the use of drum computers and produced "Interesting Times", in the wake of which "Precious Cargo" was released as well.

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Two other albums with previously unreleased material, "The Flood" and "A Fierce Nature", followed in 1990. Simon House left, and Pete Pavli joined again. Together with some guest musicans (Dave Tomlin - violin, Drachen Theaker - drums, and Sushi Krishnamurti - vocals), they recorded "Ancient Gates", which had some Indian influences. Another album of previously unreleased material, "A Reason of Success", was published in 1992.

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