Salient. Official Newspaper of Victoria University of Wellington Students Association. Vol 40 No. 6. April 4 1977

KGB: Motion MCA

KGB: Motion MCA

K.G.B is a group formed in 1975 around the collective talents of Ray Kennedy on Vocals, Barry Goldberg on keyboards and guitarist Mike Bloomfield (hence the group name) with Carmine Appice on drums and bassist Greg Sulton.

Since the first album Mike Bloomfield has left and been replaced with Ben Schultz who seems content to remain in the background most of the time.

The material on this second album is generally not as good as on the first album but the tight performances and good production go some way towards making up for it.

The best track is "Treading Water" with its rippling electric piano, a lovely little one-line chorus and harmonic fade out which conjures up images of floating into a sunset on a South Seas cruise.

Other tracks worthy of note are "I only need a next time", and "Going through the motions". The former is built around a nice bright chord progression and the latter contains an impressive voice bag guitar a la Jeff Beck.

"Je t' aime" is a Spooky Tooth sounding track based around a slow style, and containing an instrumental jazz break that would be more effective if it was better played.

Throughout the album Carmen Appice and Greg Sulton provide a solid and powerful rhythm section, and Ray Kennedy's vocal prowess provides proof that, given some good material, this group could really be a No 1 musical force.

—Geoffrey Churchman

Record kindly supplied by Colin Morris Ltd. 54 The Terrace.