ID FEATURING JEFF ST. JOHN

Aztec Records/ It's rare these days to find an album that has never been officially reissued on CD. A case in point is the legendary 1967 milestone from The Id featuring Jeff St. John - Big Time Operators. The Id featuring vocalist Jeff St. John was Sydney's premier soul/R&B combo on the discotheque circuit of the mid-1960s. Rock writer David 'Dr Pepper' Pepperell praised Jeffrey St. John's voice for its limitless power, its precise and meaningful phrasing and its sweetness like honey dripping from the hive. Glenn A. Baker made no secret in his praise for St. John's roaring, finely controlled voice. Indeed, throughout the 1960s and 1970s Jeff was one of AustraliaÕs finest rock vocalists. As befits their chosen style, Big Time Operators has everything you'd want from an album of brassy, funky Southern soul and gritty R&B with early psych moves. The dynamic cover of Zoot Money and the Big Roll BandÕs Big Time Operator was a major hit single, elevating The Id into the Australian Top Band bracket of the day. With 10 non-LP single sides and a live track added, this expanded edition is the real deal. Digitally Remastered by Gil Matthews, Deluxe Digipak CD featuring colour booklet with liner notes by noted Australian Rock writer Ian McFarlane.