Vinyl is in great condition, and the sound is clean and deep, which helps you discover the richness of the prog rock sound. There are a couple of faint ticks on Track 1 and Track 4 of Side 1 and Track 4 Side 2.However, the cover has seen better days and is held together with some sellotape, but it is all there and inside the gatefold, the pictures and information are nice and clear. The price for this very rare album has been adjusted accordingly.

VINYL: VG+

LABEL: Ex

COVER: VG

Side 1

1. Tyne God
2. I cannot understand
3. The journey
4. Portrait picture
5. Fair stood the wind

Side 2

1. And I love her
2. Life
3. The morning after
4. The house
5. Sun in a bottle

Ginhouse only produced this one album and then disbanded. They were from Newcastle on Tyne and were called Ginhouse after the Animals track ‘Gin House Blues’. Ginhouse were a Prog Rock trio with Geoff Sharkey (guitar and vocals), Stewart Burlinson (bass guitar  and vocals) and Dave Whittaker (drums). Sharkey wrote all songs except ‘And I love her’. Much sought after album on the original B&C label. The album was released after the band had won the 1970 Melody Maker ‘Battle of the Bands’ competition. The trio had a progressive rock sound that could change to a crunching rock sound at the drop of a hat, with occasional acoustic passages. This album is a great example of the 1970/71 progressive rock scene in Britain and I loved listening to it.