 The group then recorded two albums for Columbia Records, "Rising" (1972) and the live album, "Mark-Almond 73" (1973), by which time the group's members had grown to seven.In October 1972, Mark was involved in an accident in Hawaii and lost most of his left-hand ring finger.Mark was quoted later in "Melody Maker" as saying he "climbed like a native and fell like an Englishman".