Reception
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Allmusic derided the first three tracks, referring to "The Kettle" and "Butty's Blues" as "tarted-up 12-bar blues", and claiming that "Elegy" was beyond James Litherland's abilities as a vocalist. They were more approving of the rest of the album, and described Dave Greenslade's solo on "The Valentyne Suite" as "something to offer a challenge to vintage Keith Emerson, but with swing." They were critical of Litherland and Reeves's playing on the song, however, and concluded "In retrospect this might not quite the classic it seemed at the time, but it remains listenable..."
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