Born in 1941, around the same time as some of the future giants of the '60s folk boom – Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and Joan Baez among them – Hurley was one of their contemporaries in the early ...

They focused more traditional British folk elements, including reworked traditional songs, new compositions with an old-world feel, and instrumental folk medleys. The album peaked at No.

Steeped in the folk and psychedelic blues of the late 60s, they were also enthusiastic exponents of Latin American, African and Indian rhythmic elements – rare for European progressive rock ...