“Point now your finger of scorn”
I was listening to Cirith Ungol’s King Of The Dead today and reading through the liner notes. In the booklet their guitarist Greg Lindstrom said they got the idea for their song Finger Of Scorn from a line in a Trapeze song called Jury. It’s a cool bit of trivia for any keen Ungolians out there but it also shows those Cirith Ungol guys have great taste because Jury is an awesome track. It’s taken from Trapeze’s second album Medusa and it’s one of those gripping light/shade tracks in the vein of what Budgie, UFO, Priest and the like were also up to in the early/mid 70s. Peaceful pastoral acoustics are disturbed by a riff of monster proportions. And HMO-favourite Glenn Hughes is on spine-chilling vocal form, especially in the heavier parts where his delivery of lines like “the writing’s on the wall” will give you pure metal goosebumps.
(And just to add to all the Trapeze excitement, I’ve now noticed that Cherry Red/Purple Records are putting out deluxe 3CD reissues of the band’s first three albums in September. Medusa included.)
HEAVY METAL OVERLOAD 
The Trapeze song sounds okay, I’d like to hear the Cirith Ungol song now. 🙂
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It’s a great track too! And a cool album if you’ve not heard it.
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I will give it a go.
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3 CD reissues? Jesus I’m done. Finished. Bankrupt. I have nothing left to give!
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They’re pretty reasonable as these things go. Must-buys! Loads of live tracks from the era.
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Stop it, you and Deke are in cahoots with VISA aren’t you?
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The 3 CD reissue has my interest.
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Mine too. I’ve not heard the debut but I’ve got the 2nd and 3rd albums and they’re great.
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I only know a few songs but have been digging Hughes a lot lately.
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Funny how this song appeared again in my life again, in the space of a fortnight as I’ve been doing a Glen Hughes playlist from all of his recordings and guest appearances on other artists albums like John Norum and George Lynch
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Funny how that synchronicity happens.. I didn’t know he’d done a George Lynch album. What one was that?
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Sacred Groove
He sang two songs on it.
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Cool. I’ve only got some Dokken stuff. Don’t have any Lynch. That album any good?
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He’s got some cool instrumentals, Hughes sings on two tracks, Ray Gillen on another and Nelson twins on another plus another vocalist I can’t remember. Slash did something similar in the 2000s with different vocalists.
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And it’s good, Tierra Del Fuego for an instrumental blew me away and I like the vocal tracks. The Nelson twins really surprised me. And the song they sung was written by Pilson and Lynch.
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Awesome, cheers for that. I’ll add it to my wishlist!
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Cry Of The Brave And Not Necessary Evil are the songs
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Damn, man. You probably just sold some more Cherry Red deluxe reissues.
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Seems like it!
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I’ve never heard this song before. I like it.
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I reckon you’d like it. Their other stuff is quite funky at times. A bit like Free at points too… simple, soulful. Cool band and you can’t go wrong when Hughes is at the mic anyway.
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The vocals though,…
Yes please.
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Much better than that Led Zeppelin nonsense!
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A lot of Hughes’ deliveries (e.g. “Put down your finger of scorn…”) sounds like a very Ungolian style prediction that would come later on. Choice selection, my friend!!
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Yes they definitely do. I like the link between the two bands… had never spotted it before.
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Have a double LP re-issue with the first two Trapeze albums (were there others?). The first one sounded a bit dated and patchy as I recall, but the second (from which this comes?) is great!
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I’ve not heard the first. There was a third called ‘You Are The Music’ which was great. More like the funky rock side, nothing like Jury on it. But it was still great and had Coast To Coast which is a classic! I think they did albums after Hughes left too but I’ve not heard them ether.
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I’m not sure if I’d call myself a keen Ungolian, but I’m always keen to learn new trivia tidbits!
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The next time your local pub quiz has a Cirith Ungol round you’ll be sorted!
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