Rock Drill by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

Rock Drill is the last studio album by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, which was released in the UK in 1978. The album includes Tommy Eyre on keyboards; the band's original keyboardist Hugh McKenna was absent due to an internal dispute - however, three songs from the album are co-credited to him. McKenna has since recorded his regrets at the dispute, given what laid ahead in the next five years. Zal Cleminson rates "The Dolphins" as one of the best things SAHB ever produced, next to "Faith Healer" and "Give My Compliments To The Chef". One track recorded during the Rock Drill session that never made it onto the finished album is "Engine Room Boogie". The track ended up as the B-side of SAHB's final single release "Mrs. Blackhouse" (1977 Mountain - Cat No: TOP 32). The band performed "Mrs. Blackhouse" and "Engine Room Boogie" at the 1977 Reading Festival on Sunday 28 August with Tommy Eyre on keyboards. This was the SAHB's final gig. Cleminson, Chris Glen and Ted McKenna continued together in a band called Zal but no material was released. The album was re-released on CD, both coupled as a 2-in-1 album with SAHB Stories and as an individual CD.