Category: RABBITT

Alongside TREVOR RABIN solo albums, there were requested here as well his previous recordings with South African band RABBITT. These rare Japanese releases in a miniLP replica – done by Air Mail Archive Records – are the only remastered reissues of RABBITT’s two, different albums.
The band’s second album “A Croak and A Grunt in the Night“ was pretty different, where Rabin started to show his elaborated progressive side still retaining the accessible melodies. Rabin feel more ‘loose’ on this album, delivering some awesome guitar solos pristine as a morning in Iceland, with am amp / effects set up quite revolutionary for the time.
Among my favorites there’s ‘Everybody’s Cheating’ rich in lovely harmonies, the rocking yet elaborated ‘Sugar Pie’ (some Rush here), while ‘Searching’ reminds me of Yes, but ’80s Rabin-Yes…

Alongside TREVOR RABIN solo albums, there were requested here as well his previous recordings with South African band RABBITT. These rare Japanese releases in a mini-LP replica – done by Air Mail Archive Records – are the only remastered reissues of RABBITT’s two, different albums.
The first is the fun “Boys Will Be Boys!“.
Trevor Rabin formed Rabbitt in the Seventies, and their debut LP “Boys Will Be Boys!” resulted a huge success locally, becoming gold certificated faster than any other South African record. Rabbitt won a Sarie award, the South African equivalent of a Grammy, for Best Contemporary Pop Music.
And indeed “Boys Will Be Boys!” delivers catchy rock&pop tunes such as ‘Something’s Going Wrong With My Baby’
‘Savage’, ‘Hard Ride’ and radio-hit ‘Charlie’…