The band was established by
Ian Carr,[3][4] who had been in the
Rendell–Carr Quintet during the middle and late 1960s.[4] Nucleus's debut album, Elastic Rock (1970), and the next two collections, We'll Talk About It Later and Solar Plexus (1971), were all released on
Vertigo Records, and music journalist
Colin Larkin noted were "vital in any comprehensive rock or jazz collection".[1]
In August 2005, a reincarnation of Nucleus with old and new members performed at Cargo in London.[5] This was followed on 30 March 2007 by a Nucleus Revisited concert at London's
PizzaExpress Jazz Club as part of a series of concerts to mark the tenth anniversary of Jazzwise magazine. Nucleus Revisited included Geoff Castle, Mark Wood, and
Tim Whitehead and on trumpet, as at the 2005 Cargo concert,
Chris Batchelor. Although Ian Carr did not play due to ill health, he was present at the concert and received a standing ovation. On 4 August 2009, Nucleus Revisited appeared at
Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London with
Michael Garrick's Quartet as part of their two-week-long Brit Jazz Fest.
^Farbey, Roger (March 2003).
"Nucleus Live in Bremen". Ian Carr + Nucleus Website. Archived from
the original on 19 February 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
^Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 398.
ISBN1-904994-10-5.