Gordon Haskell It Is and It Isn't Numbered Limited Edition 180g Import LP (Green Vinyl)

Gordon Haskell gained recognition as bass player for the Fleur de Lys in 1966, and subsequently spent a short period in King Crimson at the time of the recordings of In the Wake of Poseidon. He released his second solo album It Is and It Isn't in 1971, which features King Crimson bassist John Wetton.

The album has guest appearances from various top session musicians (Dave Spinoza, Alan Barry and Bill Atkinson) and it was produced by Arif Mardin, who, at the time, was moving into some much more profitable and visible projects with the Bee Gees that went in a completely different direction.

On this album, Mardin melts Haskell's pop-progressive sound with the clean, sharp mixes that King Crimson of that era were known for.

It Is and It Isn't is available as a limited edition of 750 individually numbered copies on green colored vinyl.

A relatively light, lyric-oriented brand of progressive rock (almost resembling the Moody Blues more than it does Haskell's former group, King Crimson), and a good entry in the field. Latter-day Crimson member John Wetton is present here, playing bass and organ and providing backing vocals on this rather sweet-textured, languid, and highly melodic assembly of songs, which mostly show off Haskell's unusual vocal range but leave ample room for classical stylings on the electric and acoustic guitars and jazz-inspired fills on the drums.