King Progress is the debut album by Jackson Heights

Jackson Heights (band)

Jackson Heights were an English rock band, led by bassist and vocalist Lee Jackson, that ran from 1970 to 1973. Other players included Brian Chatton , Dave Watts playing keyboards and King Crimson's drummers Michael Giles and Ian Wallace.Their debut album King Progress included a reworking of...

. The album was released in the U.K. on Charisma Records in 1970. In the U.S., the album was released on Mercury Records in 1971. The album is known for the song, "The Cry Of Eugene", a track originally by The Nice

The Nice

The Nice were an English progressive rock band from the 1960s, known for their blend of rock, jazz and classical music. Their debut album, The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack was released in 1967 to immediate acclaim. It is often considered the first progressive rock album...

 on their first album, The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack

The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack

The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack is the 1967 debut album by the English psychedelic rock and progressive rock group The Nice. It is considered one of the first albums in the latter genre....

.

Tony Stratton-Smith wrote in the original liner notes that "this record gives ribs and muscle to acoustic music."

It would be the only album that included Charlie Harcourt (who would later go on to join Cat Mother & the All Night Newsboys

Cat Mother & the All Night Newsboys

Cat Mother and The All Night Newsboys was an American musical group, originally formed in New York and later based in Mendocino, California, most active in the late 1960s and early 1970s.- History :...

 and Lindisfarne

Lindisfarne (band)

Lindisfarne were a British folk/rock group from Newcastle upon Tyne established in 1970 and fronted by singer/songwriter Alan Hull. Their music combined a strong sense of yearning with an even stronger sense of fun...

), Tommy Slone, and Mario Enrique Covarrubias Tapia who would leave shortly after the album was released.

Track listing

All songs written by Lee Jackson and Charlie Harcourt except noted.

1. "Mr. Screw" - 3:21
2. "Since I Last Saw You" – 7:03
3. "Sunshine Freak" – 4:52
4. "King Progress" – 3:30
5. "Doubting Thomas" – 4:16
6. "Insomnia" – 5:03
7. "The Cry of Eugene" (Keith Emerson
   Keith Emerson
   Keith Noel Emerson is an English keyboard player and composer. Formerly a member of the Keith Emerson Trio, John Brown's Bodies, The T-Bones, V.I.P.s, P.P. Arnold's backing band, and The Nice , he was a founder of Emerson, Lake & Palmer , one of the early supergroups, in 1970...
   
   , Lee Jackson
   Lee Jackson (bassist)
   Lee Jackson is a British bass player and singer, best known for his work in The Nice.-Biography:...
   
   , David O'List
   David O'List
   David 'Davy' O'List is a rock guitarist, vocalist and trumpeter.Most notably, he played with The Attack, The Nice and Jet.- Career :...
   
   ) – 7:54

Personnel

• Charlie Harcourt - electric & Spanish guitars, Harpsichord
  Harpsichord
  A harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It produces sound by plucking a string when a key is pressed.In the narrow sense, "harpsichord" designates only the large wing-shaped instruments in which the strings are perpendicular to the keyboard...
  
  , Mellotron
  Mellotron
  The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical, polyphonic tape replay keyboard originally developed and built in Birmingham, England in the early 1960s. It superseded the Chamberlin Music Master, which was the world's first sample-playback keyboard intended for music...
  
  , organ, piano, background vocals
• Lee Jackson
  Lee Jackson (bassist)
  Lee Jackson is a British bass player and singer, best known for his work in The Nice.-Biography:...
  
  - 6 & 12 string acoustic guitars, harmonica, lead vocals
• Tommy Slone - drums, congas, triangle, timpani, Abdominal percussion on Track 5
• Mario Enrique Covarrubias Tapia - bass guitar, Spanish guitar, background vocals