BAKERLOO Bakerloo LP HARVEST 1969 EUR reissue COLOSSEUM-URIAH HEEP-HUMBLE PIE
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THIS IS THE LATE-80s/EARLY-90s EUROPEAN [Made in Germany on label) REPRESSING on HARVEST Records. UNLAMINATED GATEFOLD COVER. The cover is in VG+ condition, normal wear and without any major deterioration, BUT light discolouration/wear on/near corners, creases on edges/corners, slightly dirty to clean on white frame, without writings on left spine; INSIDE PANELS aldo in VG+ condition; for details see photos (with and without flashlight). The vinyl is in EX condition and plays wonderfully and without lessening in sound quality.
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BAKERLOO
DAVE 'Clem' CLEMPSON, TERRY POOLE, KEITH BAKER
with JERRY SALISBURY (trumpet) is added on 'Drivin' Bachwards'
Bakerloo were originally formed as the Bakerloo Blues Line in 1967, at the outset of the blues boom spearheaded by Cream. A power trio similar to the latter outfit, they also incorporated some of the artier elements of pop music from that period -- Dave "Clem" Clempson played solid, bluesy lead guitar, but he also doubled on harpsichord and piano as well as providing the mouth harp, while Terry Poole played bass and Keith Baker played drums. They made all the right moves as a performing outfit, courtesy of their manager, Jim Simpson (who also handled Black Sabbath, known as Earth at the time) -- he organized a U.K. tour, dubbed "Big Bear Ffolly" (which later became the title of a Bakerloo song) which had Bakerloo, Earth, Locomotive, and Tea and Symphony playing throughout the country. Bakerloo was also one of the support acts on October 18, 1968, the night Led Zeppelin made their debut at London's Marquee Club. Bakerloo were among the early signings to EMI's Harvest label, where they made their debut in the middle of 1969 with the single "Driving Backwards" b/w"Once Upon a Time" in July.
"BAKERLOO"
<reissue, originally published 1969>
LP HARVEST RECORDS STEREO 1 C 062-90 519
MADE IN EUROPE LATE-80s/EARLY-90s REPRESSING UNLAMINATED GATEFOLD COVER
NOTES: no EMI logo on labels and with 'Made in Germany' on labels.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: none
LABEL: HARVEST - GREEN/YELLOW LABEL - BLACK/GREEN TEXT
Catalog on cover: 1 C 062-90 519 D
Catalog on labels: 1 C 062-90 519 A / 1 C 062-90 519 B
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): 1C062-90519-A1
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): 1C062-90519-B1
On labels: top rim text "Urheber.......vorbehalten"
GEMA[boxed]
bottom rim text "Made in Germany"
On Inside Panels: Photos + Tracklist + Credits
Produced by Gus Dudgeon of Tuesday Productions for Tony Hall Enterprises
℗1969
EMI & Harvest (logos)
Electrola Gesellschaft.........Impreso en Alemania
tracklisting
Side A: BIG BEAR FFOLLY - BRING IT ON HOME
DRIVIN' BACHWARDS - LAST BLUES - GANG BANG
Side B: THIS WORRIED FEELING - SON OF MOONSHINE
grading
RECORD EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Guitarist Dave Clempson's "Big Bear Folly," the opening cut on the band's first and only album, is a dazzling Ten Years After-style showcase, while a jazzy variation on a theme of Bach, the aptly titled "Driving Bachwards," proves that the band wasn't averse to messing with the classics, either. The quartet's virtuosity occasionally overwhelms the songs themselves, although there is no shortage of gripping atmosphere. Bassist Terry Poole unleashes an almost sepulchral vocal across the stygian "Last Blues," a seven-minute marathon that swiftly develops into a full-fledged heavy rocker, punctuated by mood shifts that amount to separate movements -- it's a magnificent piece, rendered with both musical precision and some of producer Gus Dudgeon's most inspired washes and effects. Impressive, too, is "Son of Moonshine," a distorted metal effort that clocks in at double that length and combines Clempson's intensive guitar soloing with a desperately driving blues rhythm...(AllMusic)
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