RARE 1968 Orig = THE PULSE = ON POISON RING = HARD BLUES PSYCH a+

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PLAY GRADE = MINTY CLEAN!! (see full details down below)

RARE = mighty sought after = Original 1969 first pressing vinyl of killer heavy FUZZED blues rocker...in thick gatefold on the obscure Poison Ring label....

At the end of the summer of 1967, two popular New Haven-based bands broke up at the prodding of manager/producer Doc Cavalier, who owned Syncron Studios (later Trod Nossel) in Wallingford. Three members from the Shags and three from the Bram Rigg Set joined to form The Pulse (the actual original name was The Pulse of Burritt Bradley). But after a failed single released on ATCO, the group broke up after about six months. Pulse, a blues-rock outfit emerged with now four members from Bram Rigg Set, one lone survivor of the Shags and a new addition.

In January, 1968, Pulse started rehearsing in earnest to play some live dates and start recording its only album.

RARE and wanted 1968 HEAVY blues-psych with melodic injections...a cool sound withi from the mysterious PULSE who made but one delightful and eagerly collected ellpee... Nonetheless the PULSE is a great hard rockin' release reminding of the first Free "Tons Of Sobs", very good guitar from Peter Neri. Not a weak track on this album, possible best is "Hypnotized".

Born out of the ashes of two local bands, The Bram Rigg Set and The Shags, this New Haven (CT) septet were originally known as The Pulse of Burritt Bradley after a name on a headstone, long before Dickie Betts’ famed encounter with Elizabeth Reed! In fact, it was also the name of the creepy, spoken word, suitable-for-Halloween flip side of their 1967 debut 45 on Atco (both sides of that single are included as bonus tracks). Originally released the following year on their producer’s tiny Poison Ring label, the album is chock full of bluesy jamming, a la Cream and Blue Cheer (whose debut was also released earlier in ’68), and actually predates the debuts of future genre heavyweights like Led Zeppelin and Grand Funk Railroad. Hearing this for the first time, well over 40 years after the fact, you'll be amazed at how much the pounding, driving rhythm of opener, “Too Much Livin’” foretells an amazingly similar rhythmic thrust of The Doors’ “Roadhouse Blues,” which was still two years down the road. Peter Neri’s searing guitar solo and Jeffrey Potter’s wailing harmonica solo imbue “Another Woman” with a gritty, Canned Heat vibe. Richard Bednarczyk’s boogie-woogie piano rolls add a bar room shuffle to the down home, good time funk of “Thanks For Thinking Of Me,” which also predates the sweaty, bluesy snarl of Humble Pie and Mountain. Vocalist Carl Donnell is certainly from the Leslie West school of throat shredding vocal pyrotechnics and it’s his tendency to go off the deep end a little too often that’s been known to turn off a few listeners.

“She’s Killing Me” has a distinct Cream and Hendrix aroma, featuring another of Neri’s tasty solos. “Garden of Love” also predates Led Zep’s penchant for tossing the odd, change of pace, acoustic ballad in to the mix. So fans of their more reflective moments like “What Is and What Should Never Be,” “Thank You,” “Over The Hills and Far Away” or “Boogie With Stu” will really dig this one. There’s even a little pre-Sabbath satanic rock weaving through “Amassilation,” which sounds like a term they invented on the spot!

The band reportedly continued in this vein for a number of years, but unfortunately never achieved the success that many bands playing in this same territory would enjoy, so here’s your opportunity to experience a true, blues rock artifact.

A:

Too Much Lovin'

2:50

Another Woman

6:57

Hypnotized

4:12

Thanks for Thinking of Me, But It's Alright

3:30

B:

Lo Down

3:34

She's Killin' Me

3:27

Garden of Love

3:16

Amassilation

5:27

My Old Boy

2:10

CONDITION: The Cover: Thick gatefold cover is solid with some LIGHT shelf wear (per normal for this cover, but way better than most copies IF found)...rated VG+(+) the shelf wear is usally always a problem for this album, here for sure but also a servicable collection keeper with the minty play graded clean. No split seams, no bends, no writing....

The Vinyl: very clean & shiny on both sides, VG++ few light scuffs, nothing significant and only top surface of vastly clean sides. Plays CLEAN and has clean "Poison Ring" labels...play graded with NO audio problems

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

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