Warm Dust

Warm Dust
Origin	England
Genres	Progressive rock, jazz
Years active	1969–1972
Labels	Trend, Uni, BASF
Past members	Keith Bailey Paul Carrack Terry "Tex" Comer Dave Pepper Alan Solomon John Surguy Les Walker

Warm Dust were a British progressive jazz rock band of the early 1970s. Although a relatively obscure group, they featured Paul Carrack and Terry "Tex" Comer, who later formed Ace. They recorded for the Trend and BASF labels.

Background

Coming from Sheffield in England, they played music in the jazz rock and psych genre. The members included, Les Walker, Paul Carrack, John Surguy, Alan Solomon, Terry “Tex” Comer, Dave Pepper, Keith Bailey and John Bedson. According to Alan Kilburn in the November 28, 1970 issue of Melody Maker, the group was grossly underrated in England but big on the continent.

Career

It was mentioned in the October 24, 1970 issue of Cash Box that Warm Dust and Swegas were with the Trend label, which was part of the Class International group. A three-year deal for distribution in the UK and Germany had been signed with Philips as the distributor. Swegas and Warm Dust were the first acts under this new deal.

The November 28 issue of Melody Maker had a short review of a Fleetwood Mac concert with a good deal of it being about Warm Dust who opened for them. Reviewer Alan Kilburn said that Fleetwood Mac were given a lesson in musicianship by this unknown group who were big on the continent. Kilburn said that Warm Dust opened the show with some interesting sounds and an unusual feature on some numbers with two organs being used. Kilburn said that the two reedmen, John Surgery and Alan Soloman were outstanding. And in comparison, Fleetwood Mac sounded dull and the absence of Peter Green was felt.

In 1970, they released their debut album And It Came to Pass on the Trend label. They also released Peace For Our Time that year on Trend TNLS 6001. Released in the US on Uni 73109, it was given a four star rating by Billboard in the August 28, 1971 issue. With their album debuting on the Uni label in the United States, they were pictured in the September 18 issue of Cash Box with the Pope blessing their album.

In 1972, their album Dreams of Impossibilities was released in Germany on BASF 2229082-4.

Members

• Les Walker - lead vocals, harmonica, percussion, guitar
• Paul Carrack - organ, piano, electric piano, guitar, timpani, percussion, backing vocals
• Terry "Tex" Comer - bass, percussion, guitar, recorder
• Alan Solomon - saxophone, flute, oboe, piano, synthesizer
• John Surguy - saxophone, flute, oboe, vibraphone, clarinet, guitar, backing vocals
• Dave Pepper - drums, percussion (on And It Came To Pass)
• Keith Bailey - drums, congas, maracas, backing vocals (on Peace For Our Time)
• John Bedson - drums, percussion (on Third Album)

Discography

Albums

• And It Came to Pass (Trend, May 1970)
• Peace for Our Time (Trend, Dec 1970)
• Warm Dust (also called Third Album) (BASF, 1972)
• Dreams of Impossibilities (BASF, 1972)

Single

• "It's a Beautiful Day"/"Worm Dance" (Trend,1970)

External links

• Discogs - Warm Dust
• Alex Gitlin - Warm Dust Discography
• Les Walker - Les Walker