Hold your fire was in the shops by December 1971 also produced by Muff Winwood. To this day, it defies belief that such an album can be so little, if ever, referred to in the history of British rock. What this album conveyed, and still does to this day, is that it had the finest and most innovative guitar player Britain has produced. No apologies are offered for quoting the following from the opening of a rare tribute penned by Barry Monks, published in Guitarist magazine just after Ollie Halsall's death: "In the overall scheme of things, there are two albums which anyone who imagines they can play guitar should hear. One is Are You Experienced, the other is Hold Your Fire". Simply listen!

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