NECROMANDUS WERE THE GREAT 'VERTIGO BAND WHO NEVER WERE'. IN THE RECORD COLLECTOR ISSUE OF OCTOBER 2005, UNDER THE HEADLINE 'THE NEXT BLACK SABBATH?' THEY WERE CALLED A BAND WITH A 'GREAT IMAGE, HEAVY SOUND AND GREAT CONNECTIONS' 'A HOT UP-AND-COMING NEW BAND' THEIR DEBUT ALBUM WAS NEVER RELEASED, AND THE BAND WERE CONSIGNED TO HISTORY.

ON THE 30th MARCH, 1973, THEIR AGENT, NORMAN HOOD, WENT WITH THEM TO A GIG AT THE CASINO CLUB IN BLACKPOOL, AND STUCK AN ORDINARY CASSETTE RECORDER UNDER HIS CHAIR TO TAPE THE GIG. THE RESULTANT RECORDING WAS STORED AWAY IN HIS LOFT FOR THE NEXT 32 YEARS, UNTIL IN EARLY 2005 AUDIO ARCHIVES BOSS PETE SARFAS HEARD ABOUT IT. THE QUALITY OF THE TAPE SURPRISED EVERYONE, AND WAS SO GOOD THAT WITH A LITTLE TWEAKING IT HAS PRODUCED THAT RAREST OF COMMODITIES - A TRUE LIVE RECORDING OF ONE OF HISTORYS FORGOTTEN GIANTS.

THIS NEEDS TO BE HEARD....AND LISTEN OUT FOR LEGENDARY SINGER, THE LATE BILL BRANCH, CALLING OUT TO NORMAN DURING THE SET!