Warm Dust - 1971 - Peace For Our Time & 1972 - ... (Proven)

"Blood of My Fathers" and "Justify the Things Your Hands Have Done" showcase their ability to mix jazzy improvisation with rock energy.

It’s a significant step up from their debut, featuring tighter structures and strong bass lines that hint at early funk.

The standout of this era is the 18-minute suite "The Blind Boy." Reviewers often cite it as one of the greatest prog tracks ever produced, featuring restless bass and "vocal gymnastics" from singer Les Walker—all without a lead guitar in sight. Warm Dust - 1971 - Peace For Our Time & 1972 - ...

Ambitious to their core, the band met Pope Paul VI in April 1971, where they reportedly startled him by asking why the Church hadn't banned war. 1972: The Self-Titled Swan Song

Despite finding significant popularity in Germany, Warm Dust never quite broke through in the UK and disbanded in 1972. From the wreckage, Paul Carrack and bassist Terry "Tex" Comer founded , eventually topping charts with "How Long". "Blood of My Fathers" and "Justify the Things

Today, Warm Dust remains a "rough gem" for collectors of early British prog—a band that swapped traditional guitar solos for dual-saxophone assaults and a fearless, if sometimes pretentious, commitment to the "mad music" of the early 70s.

Before Paul Carrack became the "Man with the Golden Voice" of 80s pop-soul, he was a long-haired experimentalist in Warm Dust , a British prog-jazz sextet named after radioactive debris. Formed in Sheffield in 1969, the band’s brief but ambitious career—spanning three core albums between 1970 and 1972—offered some of the era's most complex "brass rock". 1971: Peace For Our Time – A Pacifist Concept Ambitious to their core, the band met Pope

Released in August 1971, Peace For Our Time is a concept album that tackled human conflict and exploitation from the 1930s through the Vietnam era. The title ironically references Neville Chamberlain's 1938 speech, and the music reflects this tension with a blend of heavy organ work and dual woodwinds.