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Bass-player Glenn Cornick (b. 23 April 1947, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England), then known as 
Glenn Barnard, began his musical career as a member of the mid-60s outfit, Joey And The Jailbreakers. 
He also worked with a number of similarly underachieving outfits, such as the Vikings, Formula One, the 
Hobos and the Executives. Eventually he graduated into Blackpool’s John Evan’s Smash, soon to become 
known as Jethro Tull. Famous as much for his psychedelic costumes as his musicianship, Cornick spent 
three successful years with the band until quitting in 1970. Cornick recruited Jon Blackmore (guitar), 
Graham Williams (lead guitar), John ‘Pugwash’ Weathers (b. 2 February 1947, Carmarthen, 
Glamorganshire, Wales; drums, ex-Eyes Of Blue) and Gary Pickford Hopkins (guitar, vocals, ex-Eyes Of 
Blue) to become Glenn Cornick’s Wild Turkey. However, within months of the band’s first rehearsals, 
Williams and Weathers had both defected to Graham Bond’s group. Their replacements were Man’s 
original drummer, Jeff Jones, and lead guitarist Alan ‘Tweke’ Lewis. The band had also shortened its 
name simply to Wild Turkey by the time its debut, Battle Hymn, was released for Chrysalis Records in 
1972. Reviews were good and the band seemed to be in the ascendancy as they played regularly to 
audiences of up to 20, 000 as support to Black Sabbath. Soon after a successful support to Jethro Tull 
in America, Jon Blackmore deserted the band for a writing career with the New Musical Express, and 
Cornick recruited former roadie Steve Gurl (keyboards) and Mick Dyche (drums). The new line up’s only 
single, ‘Good Old Days’, preceded the release of Turkey in 1973. However, it failed to match the impact 
of the debut and the band imploded.

1971 - Batlle Hymn (2004 Reissue)
01. Butterfly 4:53
02. To The Stars 4:23
03. Twelve Streets Of Cobbled Black 3:07
04. Dulwich Fox 3:44
05. Easter Psalm 3:39
06. Sanctuary 3:48
07. One Sole Survivor 4:37
08. Gentle Rain 3:08
09. Battle Hymn 4:35
10. Sentinel 3:53
Bonus Tracks Live:
11. Social World 8:13
12. Traffic Island Jam 22:31

1972 - Turkey (2002 Reissue)
01. Good Old Days 4:12
02. Tomorrow's Friend 4:09
03. Universal Man 3:51
04. Eternal Mother / The Return 8:01
05. Ballad Of Chuck Stallion And The Mustangs 3:43
06. The Street 4:47
07. See You Next Tuesday 6:54
08. Telephone 3:37
Bonus Tracks:
09. Soldier Airplay 5:44
10. Brother 7:18
11. Social World 7:57