The American band Whalefeathers, formed in 1969 in Cincinnati, Ohio, were one of many bands who recorded one or two albums in the 1960s and 1970s before realising they weren’t getting anywhere or being dropped by their record label. In their home state of Ohio, however, they were one of the biggest bands of the early 1970s and performed alongside top acts such as the Allman Brothers, Grand Funk Railroad, Edgar Winter and others. At the time of recording their second album in the summer of 1970 at Woodland Studios in East Nashville, Tennessee, the band’s line-up consisted of: Michael Jones (guitar, vocals), Ed Blackmon (organ, piano, vocals), Leonard LeBlanc (bass, vocals) and Stephe Bacon (percussion).

Their self-titled LP was released in December 1970, like its predecessor, on the small Nashville-based label Nasco. The six tracks are divided equally between cover versions (Cream, Ray Charles, Saint Steven) and original compositions, presenting organ-driven heavy rock with psychedelic and progressive elements, as well as hard blues rock with occasional intense guitar passages. Despite further releases of their LP a year later in England (Blue Horizon), Germany (Vogue Schallplatten) and France (Excello), the American psychedelic rock band failed to achieve a breakthrough. They subsequently disbanded in 1972. Today, all first pressings are extremely valuable collector's items for record lovers.