Bruford / UK
January 6th, and Bill’s first album is released to generally favourable reviews. By Spring however, this is eclipsed by the general roar and din of the “UK” express train.
The album was released in April, with a UK tour and much talk of “supergroups”, but it is clear that, as the thrust from considerable record company investment kicks in, it is America that everyone is aiming for.
With Holdsworth already unhappy, the long summer tour booked for the US is bound to be lumpy.
Following a chaotic free concert at Penn’s Landing, Philadelphia, Wetton “fires” Bruford and Holdsworth, but the band limps on to its last gig in West Hartford, CT. on October 8th. A short, fiery furnace.