ASHKAN

ASHKAN - IN FROM THE COLD (1972)

LED BY FUTURE FLEETWOOD MAC GUITARIST BOB WESTON, ASHKAN WERE TOGETHER FOR ONLY A MATTER OF MONTHS BEFORE IMPLODING. HOWEVER THEY LEAVE BEHIND A SMALL BUT PERFECTLY-FORMED LEGACY IN THE SHAPE OF "IN FROM THE COLD", A BLISTERING, 52 MINUTE SLAB OF TURN-OF-THE-DECADE BRITISH PSYCHEDELIC / PROGRESSIVE BLUES ROCK THAT, IN JANUARY 1970, BECAME THE FIRST RELEASE ON DECCA'S NEW UNDERGROUND LABEL NOVA. WITH WESTON'S FRENZIED PROTO-METAL GUITAR HERIOCS MATCHED ALL THE WAY WITH BY STEVE BAILEY POWERFULL, SPOOKY TOOTH-STYLE LEAD VOCALS, THE ALBUM RECIEVCED ENCOURAGING REVIEWS, ONLY FOR THE BAND TO SPLIT ON THE EVE OF ITS RELEASE. NOW A MAJOR COLLECTABLE, "IN FROM THE COLD" HAS BEEN HEAVILY BOOTLEGGED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DECADE, BUT NOW RECEIVES A LONG-OVERDURE, FIRST-EVER OFFICIAL REISSUE ON GRAPEFRUIT LABEL FROM CHERRY RED RECORDS.