One night at a hot, steamy gig at the Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, Mungo Jerry frontman Ray Dorset bumped into Chris Holland, who was tour manager for the legendary guitarist Peter Green's band Kolors. With Chris that evening was Nashville Teens bass player Len Surtees who, as fate would have it, used to be in the same class with Ray years earlier.

Not unexpectedly the subject under discussion inevitably turned to music and while the three chatted Chris mentioned what he had been doing with Kolors and suggested, perhaps, an elaborate jam with Peter Green. Jeff Whittaker, once a member of a pre-Floyd band with Dave Gilmore, and later with Steven Stills, but now percussionist and leader of Kolors had told Chris that it would be good to play with some new musicians to give air to some new ideas they had.

Peter Green's imposing musical pedigree is well-known - from his early days with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers to perhaps his most famous period with Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac and on to a much lesser know period in the very early 70's when he split to America and fronted The Act. Since then he has variously enjoyed working solo, writing and playing the odd gig....but that's another story!

Ray Dorset himself has been around awhile! Currently contracted as a recording artist to Polygram, he is best known for his work with Mungo Jerry with an impressive list of hit records to his credit. Before Mungo Jerry he worked with Jackie Edwards, Millie Small, Jimmy Cliff and Laurel Aitken amongst many others. Gigging regularly today, he also pens TV theme music in between. However it was in a New York music store that Ray last saw Peter Green at an amazing chance meeting in 1970. The opportunity of a session with Peter after such a long time was immensely interested so both Ray and Len had no hesitation in saying O.K. Thus the scene was set.

With the nucleus of the band established Chris set to work and a few days later called Ray to say he had met Vincent Crane at a party held on Richard Branson's floating studio and that Vincent had said he would like to join the session.

Vincent's own musical background is interesting. He was with Arthur Brown with whom he wrote Fire before passing on to the famed Atomic Rooster. Today Dexy's Midnight Runners have the benefit of his frenetic style!

One time Jackie Lynton Band sidesman, drummer, Greg Terry-Short, was invited along to complete the line-up for the session, which, it had by now been decided, would 'happen' at Ray Dorset's own Satellite Studio.

Tim Green from Boogie Tunes was visiting Satellite Studio on other business and was so knocked out by what he heard he persuaded the guys to record what was clearly going to become an historic session.

All the tracks you hear on this album were recorded during December 1983 and January 1984 with overdubs and mixing completed in the February.

The production credit is with Katmandu, with Ken Marshall and Ray Dorset flying the desk for the session. Vincent Crane and Ray Dorset jointly attended to the remixes.

The Katmandu Album available on VOICEPRINT records