High Tide made their first recordings as the backing band of Denny Gerrard's album: Sinister Morning. Gerrard returned the favor by producing their first album Sea Shanties, which was released in 1969. Though it met with a scathing review in Melody Maker, reviews in the underground press were generally positive, and sales were just enough for Liberty to green light a second album.
The second album High Tide was released a year later, and a third album was being recorded in 1970, however Roger Haddon, who had been suffering from mental instability and depression going back to his time before he joined High Tide, had a mental breakdown and was hospitalized before the album had been finished. unable to continue without Hadden, the group split up.
Psychedelic Heavy Metal that's a must hear. This 1969 debut from High Tide is without a doubt one of the heaviest available at the time. Even compared to 80's Heavy Metal, High Tide appears to have the proverbial "been there, done that, got the T-shirt." enriched deep within the psychedelic scene, High Tide explores the field in a new direction, forceful guitar riffing, high paced rhythms, (and a few slow paced passages thrown in for good measure) makes High Tide stand with one foot in 60's psych, the other in 80's metal.
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