For those not in the know, not a rediscovery — a reminder of just how far Patto were willing to push things in 1971 is now remastered and back ready for you all to enjoy with your friends!

Fresh off a debut that had Robert Fripp and Chris Spedding in awe, Patto returned to Island Studios as a band that knew its strength was its uniqueness.

In a sea of self-serious prog and heavy rock, they got jazzy, then experimental, then funny — and made it all sound effortless. Ollie Halsall’s guitar remained a law unto itself: elastic, explosive, and endlessly musical.

As drummer John Halsey put it: Ollie may not have been the world’s best guitarist, but he was certainly among the top two! Mike Patto sang like he had something to prove and nowhere to hide. The management fell apart, the press shrugged, and the album slipped away — but Halsey always knew. I think as far as Patto goes, Hold Your Fire was ours, really. He was right. Now hear why.

1. Hold Your Fire [8:06]
2. You, You Point Your Finger [4:35]
3. How’s Your Father [4:47]
4. See You At The Dance Tonight [4:58]
5. Give It All Away [4:11]
6. Air Raid Shelter [7:07]
7. Tell Me Where You’ve Been [3:50]
8. Magic Door [4:26]
9. Beat The Drum [outtake] [5:09]
10. Bad News [outtake] [4:38]
11. Air Raid Shelter [alternate take] [7:02]
12. Hold Your Fire [early alternate mix] [6:39]
13. Tell Me Where You’ve Been [early alternate mix] [3:22]
14. See You At The Dance Tonight [alternate version] [5:19]

Patto, the English band that played a unique blend of progressive jazz-rock, open their remastered album on the rock-pop bounce of the titular Hold Your Fire, the smooth You, You Point Your Finger and the emotive How’s Your Father, and then we get brought forth the countrified See You At The Dance Tonight, the playful Give It All Away, the lyrical ditty Air Raid Shelter and then comes both the spirited mid-tempo rock of Tell Me Where You’ve Been and the impassioned Magic Door.

Along next are a series of outtakes and alternative versions that include the jauntily melodious Beat The Drum [outtake], a strained Bad News [outtake], not too far straying Air Raid Shelter [alternate take], a still-rocking Hold Your Fire [early alternate mix], and both a pleasing Tell Me Where You’ve Been [early alternate mix], closing on the garage band rock out sounds of See You At The Dance Tonight [alternate version].

This CD is housed within a Deluxe digipak with the rarely seen North American cover, 16-page booklet with new notes by Chaim O’Brien-Blumenthal, plus OBI strip for collectors. It has 4 bonus tracks including one previously unreleased on CD and was remastered by Prof. Stoned — improving on the bite and detail the original deserved. It is also a limited one-time pressing — meaning when it’s gone, it’s gone!

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