DAVID BYRON baby faced killer LP 1978 uriah heep MINT

	£		92
	$		122

ARTIST: DAVID BYRON

Title: BABY FACED KILLER

Format: LP

Label: ARISTA, UK (SPART 1077)

Year: 1978

Style: hard rock, disco

Comments: Rare original pressing LP which is an unplayed stock copy from a recent warehouse find!

Written, arranged and produced by David Byron and Daniel Boone, who were also known as The Intergalactic Orchestra, The Warlord (who recorded the original version of 'The Ultimate Warlord', later covered by The Immortals and Little Casper and the MX's!), and Teknique.

David Byron is most famous as being the lead singer of Uriah Heep from 1969 to 1976. This was his second solo album, and his first since being sacked from Uriah Heep. Daniel Boone was also known as Peter Green. Although coming from a rock music background they were highly influenced by the emerging disco scene, and together were responsible for some cult electronic disco and disco-rock releases which are highly sought after these days! This album contains one of them, "African Breeze", an energetic electronic afro cosmic killer:



"David Byron's first post-Uriah Heep solo album found the singer trying on a number of new musical styles in a bid to establish a new musical identity. Working with producer/multi-instrumentalist Daniel Boone, Byron created an album that was much poppier and musically ambitious than the gothic hard rock that earned him his fame. In fact, Baby Faced Killer is a veritable genre-hopping extravaganza, covering territory as diverse as rockabilly ("Rich Man's Lady"), pure pop ("Heaven or Hell"), and even disco ("African Breeze"). Surprisingly, the album manages to live up to this sense of ambition because its songs are catchy, well-crafted, and brought to life with imaginative arrangements. Highlights include "Only You Can Do It," a song that balances spacey Uriah Heep-styled guitar riffs with a harmony-drenched pop melody, and "African Breeze" crafts an insidiously catchy melody by layering tribal rhythms and chanting over a percolating synthesizer backdrop. The downside of Baby Faced Killer is that it tries to do so much on one album that it never establishes a strong overall identity and this limits its appeal: it rocks a little too hard for pop fans but is too slick and pop-oriented to satisfy a hard rock audience. It also occasionally lapses into imitation of the styles it explores. The most notable example is "Heaven or Hell," which follows the melody of Electric Light Orchestra's "Turn to Stone" a little too closely for its own good. Despite these problems, Baby Faced Killer remains a stylish and likeable album that represents David Byron's finest post-Uriah Heep work." ~ Donald A. Guarisco, All Music Guide

Comes in original picture sleeve and is complete with original polythene lined paper inner sleeve.

Other players on the album included Stuart Elliott, Barry Desouza, Alan Jones, Lester Fry.

10 tracks:-

-side 1:
1. Baby Faced Killer
2. Rich Man's Lady
3. Sleepless Nights
4. African Breeze (4:12)
5. Everybody's A Star

-side 2:
6. Heaven Or Hell
7. Only You Can Do It
8. Don't Let Me Down
9. Acetylene Jean
10. I Remember

Vinyl in MINT unplayed condition and looks brand spanking new!!
Sleeve in excellent+ condition with just a bit of light storage wear.
Inner sleeve in near mint condition.


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