Dr. Z – Evil Woman’s Manly Child

Suddenly appearing in 1969, prior to disappearing with equal haste not long after, Dr. Z was a part-time project undertaken by three learned gents from Swansea University.

Their one and only 1971 concept album, Three Parts to My Soul, was released on the Vertigo label to the sound of one hand clapping and underwhelming critical indifference and is said to have sold as few as 100 copies. In the intervening years it has been touted as one of the rarest albums to have been put out by Vertigo and original vinyl copies are priced in the three figure bracket among collectors of obscure prog.

‘Evil Woman’s Manly Child’ is bizarre and sinister, with an almost bluesy hail and brimstone approach; certainly not what you would expect from somebody as innocuous as a Swansea Professor (as in the case of frontman, Keith Keyes).

It’s also infectiously good stuff, and something that the rest of Three Parts to My Soul unfortunately fails to live up to.

‘Evil Woman’s Manly Child’ appears on Dr. Z’s Three Parts to My Soul, pricey copies of which are available to buy from Amazon.co.uk

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