T2 – It’ll All Work Out in Boomland – Heavy Prog (UK, 1970)

T2's original line-up's sole (officially-released) album is a collection of heavy, guitar-powered tracks with flourishes of brass tossed in at points.  Reminiscent of Cream at times, the guitar playing is often frenetic, the drumming is frequently wild, and the bass--while mixed all too quietly--is top-notch.  "In Circles" is a high-energy song that highlights guitarist Keith Cross's high-speed soloing.  "JLT" is a much calmer track to contrast with the previous one.  Mostly acoustic with some nice piano, it provides an excellent set-up for my personal favorite track on the album:  "No More White Horses".  Originally recorded by drummer/vocalist Pete Dunton's previous band, Please, as a mid-tempo, organ led song, T2 transformed it into an eight-and-a-half minute epic containing all of the band's extremes:  from high-energy soloing to acoustic verses to brass-and-piano interludes.  The final track on the album, "Morning", is one of the most coherent 20+ minute epics I've ever heard.  The song is solid and sounds like many movements of one song, as opposed to several shorter songs slammed together, as some epics are.

Track listing:
1)  In Circles (8:38)
2)  J.L.T. (5:55)
3)  No More White Horses (8:38)
4)  Morning (21:15)
Bonus Tracks
5)  Questions and Answers (5:23)
6)  CD (7:06)
7)  In Circles [Rehearsal] (9:09)

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