RARE re- 1973 UNDERGROUND GLORY WARPIG IMPACT HARD HEAVY PSYCH PROG PURPLE

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78

                    HARD & HEAVY 1973 PROG/PSYCH DRIVER
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                                                                                       EUROPE - FONTHILL RECORDS

MINT ...lightly laminated - totally sharp & clean everywhere

Long - long ago European 2nd press with preferred ANALOG sound which means the sound production has not been altered from the original format release...most recent second pressings have been fed through digital processors often *cleaning* the sound up, this issue is thankfully NOT the case - exact to first issue:

Another of the GREAT buried-treasures was this pure 1973 hard rocker from Canada aptly calling themselves "WARPIG." This is an early masterwork of psychedelic proto-HEAVY rock. Highly rated quality jammer that combines sounds from the era of rock that is timeless and just really solid & good. Elements of Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Flower Travelin' Band, Uriah Heep and even Grand Funk Railroad make this album easy to love. You will be surprised that this band was not a success in the past once you hear it - it's that good.

Warpig's long-sought-after self-titled debut will surely satisfy the cravings of both longtime collectors and the new breed of retro-rockers alike! Serious stuff, heavy and psychedelic, groovy and dark, with total heavy-heavy riffs, thick fuzzy organ, kick ass drumming, and wild wailing vocals ... lengthy extended riffing, organs atop guitars, slithery snake-like leads, throbbing sludgy bass lines, and catchy songs. Every track is a killer: inc the wild proggy Jethro Tull-ish groove of the opener 'Flaggit,' the 'In A Gadda Da Vida' meets Black Sabbath jam 'Tough Nuts.' One of the best (and strangest) tracks is the lengthy jammer  'Advance In A Minor,' a dense moody, almost classical sounding metallic prog workout, with loping minor key stretches of muted low end guitar strum and simple piano chords, strung between awesome bursts of complex prog moves, quite dynamic ... the whole track eventually twisting itself into some slow burning hard rocking blow out, propulsive and relentless. Later on comes another lengthy jam, the strangely titled 'U.X.I.B.,' rife with wild wailing leads, a groovy main riff, fuzzed out organ, and long stretches of blissed out space-rock drift ...the vocals do not join-in until nearly halfway through. Unlike a lot of supposedly heavy classic rock records, where one or two of the tracks rock super hard -- every track here is heavy and proggy and groovy and spacey and solid across both sides for 1970.

?  Flaggit     3:06
? Tough Nuts (Melody With Balls)    7:17
? Advance in A Minor    7:22
? Rock Star    4:07
?  Sunflight    3:56
?  U.X.I.B.    7:23
? The Moth    5:07