This was Matthews' third album overall after his departure from Fairport Convention in 1969 and was released in November 1970, shortly after the band's single "Woodstock" had reached number one on the UK Singles Chart.

For the US release in spring 1971, "Jonah" was left off the album and was replaced with "Woodstock" which became the lead track.

In addition to the original UK track listing, the reissue included 4 bonus tracks: "Woodstock", "The Struggle", "Parting" and "Scion".

"Woodstock", the band's cover of the Joni Mitchell song, had been a UK Number 1 single in October 1970 backed by "Scion"; "The Struggle" was the B-side of the single "Colorado Springs Eternal" taken from the first album, Matthews' Southern Comfort.

"Parting" was the B-side of the "Ballad Of Obray Ramsay" single.