Armageddon - Armageddon (1969)

A Los Angeles band, although Mark Creamer, Jim Parker and John Stark were earlier members of the Texan Kitchen Cinq. They did not release any 45s on this label but the album is now a very minor collectable. They sound influenced by Cream on a couple of tracks and also covered Tales Of Brave Ulysses. The album, which was produced by Tom Thacker, also contains a weird cover of The Magic Song (Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo), from Disney's "Cinderella".
Robert Ledger went on to play in Simon Stokes' Nighthawks, whilst James Parker and John Stark also played on Them's U.S.-only album In Reality. Marc Creamer played for his wife (Laura Creamer)'s band, Eve, on their Take It And Smile album, (LHI 3100) 1970 (also produced by Tom Thacker and featuring Ry Cooder, James Burton, Hal Blaine and Sneaky Pete). Finally, Skip Battyn played in The Evergreen Blueshoes and would later join The Byrds.

Track Listing...
1 Armageddon Theme
2 Water Lilly
3 Another Part of Our Life
4 Come Tomorrow
5 Cold Cold Tracks
6 Cave of the Winds
7 The Lamp
8 Bilbo Baggins
9 Tales of Brave Ulysses
10 The Magic Song

Armageddon - Armageddon (1975)

Keith Relf's final album before his tragic death in 1976 (from electrocuting himself accidentally). "Buzzard" kicks things off with a guitar so grimy sounding you could fry Eggs on it. it explodes into a wall of Wah Wah pedals and complicated drum fills. you just end up drooling at this bands potential. Next up the beautiful "Silver Tightropewhich" is obviously written by Relf having heard the folky classical stuff he had written for the first two Renaissance albums. It is soaked in phased guitar effects with Relf singing in a beautiful falsetto voice sounding completeley different from his Yardbird's days. This is the only mellow moment on the whole LP. "Paths and planes and future gains" its back to the heavy metal the characterizes this LP. Overall a fantastic album which gave us glimpse of what may have followed.
Track Listing...
01.buzzard
02.silver tightrope
03.paths and planes and future gains
04.last stand before
05.basking in the white of the midnight sun
06.warning comin'on
07.brother ego