Formed in early 1970 as Denmark's first super group consisting of Young Flowers guitarist Peer Frost, two members of Beefeaters, ex-Maxwells vocalist Lars Bisgaard, great sax and flute player Bent Hesselmann and two former jazz players. Rainbow Band's idea was to play progressive rock in the style of Burnin' Red Ivanhoe and Traffic's second album. The music is powerful and very indicative of the hippie era. In late 1970 singer Lars Bisgaard was replaced by Allan Mor-tensen and the band decided to remake their first album but with a lot of changes. The 14 minute "Living On The Hill" is the highlight on both versions with great guitar paying by Peer Frost. Both versions on 1 CD with the exception of "Rainbow Song" (unchanged). A great effort and one of the best Scandinavian albums. Over 78 mins, with informative booklet and liner notes by Bent Hessel- mann; from the masters; highly recommended.
