Already founded in 1967, the progressive hard rock band The Old Man And The Sea – named after a short story by Ernest Hemingway – quickly established itself on the Danish concert scene through numerous live performances. The band from Horsens in Jutland performed as the support act for Led Zeppelinn and Ten Years After, among others. Nevertheless, the band split up as early as the spring of 1969. However, guitarist Benny Stanley, bassist Knud Lindhard and keyboardist Tommy Hansen reunited to record their eponymous debut album. New additions to the line-up were singer Ole Wedel and drummer John Lundvig. They recorded their only LP at Ivar Rosenberg’s recording studio, produced by Freddy Hansson and the band.

It was released in December 1972 on the Scandinavian label Sonet in a limited edition of just 500 copies. This debut is considered one of the best albums to come out of Denmark, soon achieved cult status and is now extremely rare! It can easily be compared to Junipher Greene’s spirited double album. Hard rock sounds, dominated by guitar and a powerful organ leading the instrumental solo passages, meet raw English vocals here, lending the sound a bluesy edge. The quintet continued to tour until the early 1970s, but eventually disbanded in 1975. Numerous reissues have led to increased demand for the rare original Danish vinyl, which has since become very expensive.