WHEN YOU'RE DEAD - ONE SECOND

The Ghost sound like they were trying for something like...maybe not exactly Black Sabbath, but somewhere between Black Widow and Lucifer's Friend...and instead came out sounding like a more malevolent version of Country Joe & The Fish, with someone resembling Judith Durham on co-lead vocals. It's let down by the rather cheesy organ sound (that's the part that most reminded me of Country Joe & The Fish), and the limited imagination of their lead guitarist who plays the same blues cliches over and over again - meaning tracks like "When You're Dead" and "Night of the Warlock" don't achieve the sense of menace they clearly wanted to portray. The best aspect of this record is Shirley Kent's vocals. There's an obvious folk quality to her sound, which is given full rein in a couple of tracks, eg "Hearts And Flowers" or "The Storm" - but otherwise, I'm slightly perplexed as to why this group have been classed as prog folk.