Didn't know about this before.

John "Twink" Alder - drums Kim Gardner - bass Jon Lord - keyboards

Ronnie Wood - guitar
Santa Barbara Machine Head were a short-lived British electric blues

combo that formed and disbanded in 1967. They recorded three

instrumental songs together for Immediate Records; "Albert", "Porcupine

Juice" and "Rubber Monkey", released in 1968 on the compilation album

Blues Anytime Vol. 3.















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Didn´t know about that either.

Listet 1968:

[www.nzentgraf.de]



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With Jon Lord on organ it does have that Deep Purple sound. Kim Gardner was also in The Birds with Ronnie and John "Twink" Alder was in many bands including Them and The Pretty Things.

Is this where Deep Purple's album's title "Machine Head" comes from?

This is from n.zentgraf.de :



661200B late 1966: THE ARTBIRDS. Rehearsals in or around London.
Line-up: RW (gtr)/Art Wood (voc)/Kim Gardner (bass)/Jon Lord (org)/John ‘Twink’ Alder (dr)

661200C late 1966: SANTA BARBERA MACHINE HEAD. Unidentified studio in
or around London. Producer: Gus Dudgeon. Incl.
- Porcupine Juice (Jon Lord/Gus Dudgeon)
- Albert (Jon Lord/Gus Dudgeon)
- Rubber Monkey (Jon Lord/Gus Dudgeon)
Line-up: RW (gtr)/Kim Gardner (bass)/ Jon Lord(org)/John‘Twink’ Alder (dr)
Note: Released on the compilation-album 'Blues Anytime Volume 3' (Immediate IMLP 019) in November 1968 (see 681100A).



Tom

these tracks exists on CD

One of the oddest band names I've ever heard. How did Santa Barbara get in there? Go, Gauchos!