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Background
Steel Mill is a UK based progressive rock band formed in South London in 1969. Formed by Dave Morris and John Challenger who first met at Spencer Park School, Wandsworth. Dave Morris had previously been a member and lead vocalist of a blues and R&B band, the Road Runners that had played the pub and club circuit around London. John Challenger had been a member of The Garrett Singers which was a traditional folk band lead by Vic Gammon the well known musicologist, musician and academic. Of all the mysterious underground British progressive rock bands from this period, Steel Mill has remained one of the most enigmatic. This is mainly due to the fact that there has been little or no information available on the band's music and whereabouts until recently.For years, collectors, fans and experts of the period had been perplexed by the sheer lack of knowledge surrounding the band and its members.

Recordings
Bootlegged countless times, their sole album "Green Eyed God", originally recorded in 1971, first released only in Germany in 1972 and subsequently in the UK in 1975. As a result it has become a cult rarity and commands very high sums for mint UK copies. After several years of research, Lee Dorian of the specialist record company Rise Above Relics managed to track down founder members Dave Morris and John Challenger. Lee Dorian was particularly excited when John Challenger discovered some previously unreleased Steel Mill tracks in his attic. Morris and Challenger collaborated in the restoration and remixing of the original "Green Eyed God" album which was then released as a double album, retitled "Jewels of the Forest" in 2011.