Cardinal Newman School - The Healer (1977). Private press. Susan Fogarty (joint lead vocals), Helen Burke (joint lead vocals), Helen Walker (joint lead vocals), Esther Hackett (strings), Ailsa Campbell (strings). This school project album, housed in a striking minimalist sleeve, is rather interesting. Typically for the genre, it’s a religious-themed rock opera, with lots of woodwind and some slightly hesitant vocals. Untypically for the genre, it also has lots of electric guitar leads and some synthesiser, giving it a definite progressive edge. A few whimsical moments (notably on side one’s closer ‘Who’s He Anyway?’) don’t work so well, but overall this is a fine example of its genre.
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