Ruby – Red Crystal Fantasies – 1974

Dave Knights, the first bassist of Procol Harum, recorded the album “Red Crystal Fantasies” with the members of RUBY in 1974, while 4 songs out of 10 belong to “his pen”. As the producer of the album, Ken Scott, noted in an interview, Dave plays the acoustic guitar in the recording of the composition “Someday I Will Return”. By the way, this composition is recorded in the style typical for such bands as Manfred Mann or The Hollies.

01-Brown Eyes
02-Better Days Better Nights
03-Someday I Will Return
04-Rainbow
05-Strange Love
06-Oh Woman
07-You Are Everything To Me
08-Pretender 2
09-Coach A Coming
10-Starshine

Mike Lentin, – electric, acoustic 12-string guitars; John Abbott, – second guitar, wah wah, vocals; David Knights, – bass, vocals; Rab Munro, – vocals, percussion; Geoff Swettenham, – drums on Oh Woman (with Matthew Fisher); Colin Fairley, – drums and percussion on other tracks; Gerry Shury, – strings on Someday I Will Return

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