(U) The Music Encyclopedia of The Gravis Sub Humus

Utopia: (same) Kent Records 1970

Utopia were synonymous with the group that would 4 years later go on to become Growl that basically re-released the same album on the Discreet label. The music itself is guitar oriented, somewhat "snotty" Blues based Hard/Heavy Rock. A decent effort to be sure and can be obtained via CD/LP reissue thanks to in most part, Clark Faville. Clark not only set up the reissue between the Lead Vocalist & the independent Italian label Akarma, he supplied the original Kent Album from which it was made. It's interesting to note that the original tin that contained the 1" master real tape of this album was found in an old abandoned warehouse by a curious garbage picker. As fortune would have it, the same tape contained a good portion of Bob Smith's "The Visit" as well! Obviously they both had been recorded within a very approximate time frame.