Warm Dust

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.

Warm Dust
OriginEngland
GenresProgressive rock, jazz
Years active1969–1972
LabelsTrend, Uni, BASF
Past membersKeith Bailey
Paul Carrack
Terry "Tex" Comer
Dave Pepper
Alan Solomon
John Surguy
Les Walker

Back ground

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.[1]

Career

In 1970, they released their debut album And It Came to Pass on the Trend label.[2][3] They also released Peace For Our Time that year on Trend TNLS 6001.[4][5] Released in the US on Uni 73109, it was given a four star rating by Billboard in the August 28, 1971 issue.[6] 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.[7]

In 1972, their album Dreams of Impossibilities was released in Germany on BASF 2229082-4.[8]

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[9]) (BASF, 1972)
  • Dreams of Impossibilities (BASF, 1972)

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

References
  1. Jazz Rock Soul - artists and Albums of the '70s and '80s, Warm Dust
  2. Clockwork Peach - Warm Dust - And It Came To Pass (1970)
  3. Prog Archives - WARM DUST, Jazz Rock/Fusion • United Kingdom
  4. Clockwork Peach - Warm Dust - Peace For Our Time (1970)
  5. Jazz Music Aerchives - WARM DUST — PEACE FOR OUR TIME
  6. Billboard, August 28, 1971 - Page 50 Album Reviews continued, **** 4 Star ****
  7. Cash Box, September 18, 1971 - Page 8 .This Picture is worth 1000 words...
  8. Alex Gitlin - Warm Dust, Albums:
  9. "Third Album by Warm Dust". Allmusic. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
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