Indian Summer signed a record deal with RCA in 1970, arranged by manager Jim Simpson, who also managed Black Sabbath. The British progressive rock band had been formed in 1969 and consisted of Bob Jackson (voc, keyb), Colin Williams (g, voc), Malcolm Harker (b, vib, voc) and Paul Hooper (dr, perc, voc), all from Coventry. The recordings for their self-titled debut album took place at Trident Studios in London under the direction of legendary producer Rodger Bain. They played a relaxed and symphonic style of progressive rock with sometimes complex time signatures, changing moods and integrated elements of folk, jazz and classical music. It was released in March 1971 with a cover design by Keef on the RCA progressive label Neon, which had also released albums by Spring, Raw Material, Shape Of The Rain, Tonton Macoute and Running Man

As the group had the same management as Black Sabbath, the two bands often performed together. Despite all this, none of this led to success and the band broke up a year later. Today, their first and only LP is considered an impressive testament to the vivid and varied British progressive rock scene of the early 1970s.