EDDIE & THE HOT RODS Thriller LP ISLAND 1979 UK orig+poster+insert ILPS 9563
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EDDIE + HOT RODS
Wild British rockers who formed the bridge between the pub rock of Dr. Feelgood and the punk rock of the Sex Pistols. Arriving during the waning days of pub rock, Eddie & the Hot Rods helped usher in punk rock in the United Kingdom. Working from the same bluesy, Stonesy three-chord foundation as contemporaries like Dr. Feelgood, the Hot Rods were faster, tougher, wilder, and louder than any other pub rock band. They also celebrated adolescent abandon, unlike their peers, who usually concentrated on working-class subjects. Developing a substantial cult following by touring the pub circuit relentlessly, Eddie & the Hot Rods, with their fast, tough rock & roll, made the pub rock taverns more willing to book wilder acts like the Damned and the Sex Pistols, thereby firing the first shot in the U.K. punk revolution...
"THRILLER"
Produced by Peter Ker
tracklist
Side A: THE POWER & THE GLORY - ECHOES - MEDIA MESSIAHS - CIRCLES - HE DOES IT WITH MIRRORS
Side B: STRANGERS - OUT TO LUNCH - BREATHLESS - TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT - LIVING DANGEROUSLY
1979 LP ISLAND RECORDS ILPS 9563
MADE IN ENGLAND ORIGINAL PRESSING
[First Pressing on Island 'Blue' label]
UNLAMINATED SINGLE COVER + LARGE POSTER + INSERT + COMPANY INNER SLEEVE
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: none
LABEL: ISLAND - ISLAND BLUE LABEL - BLACK TEXT (White on rim)
Catalog on cover: ILPS 9563
Catalog on label: ILPS 9563 (ILPS 9563-A) / ILPS 9563 (ILPS 9563-B)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): ILPS 9563 A-1U ? [Utopia Studios "lyre" etching]
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): ILPS 9563 B-1U ? [Utopia Studios "lyre" etching]
On labels: rim text reads "EMI Records Ltd" "All Rights.....Reserved"
Produced by Peter Kerr for Titanic Productions, Assisted by Hot Rods
? 1979 Island Records Ltd
On Back Cover: Tracklist & Credits
Manufactured and distributed by EMI Records Limited
grading
RECORD EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Forget everything you've ever read about Thriller. Eddie & the Hot Rods' third album arrived in 1979, at a time when the band's own brand of high-octane punk-pop was wallowing in the depths of unfashionable retrogression. Live, the group was still the hottest thing on ten legs, and the first single from the album, the anthemic "The Power and the Glory," certainly suggested that the magic dispensed by their last set, Life on the Line, was still firmly in place. But the album as a whole didn't simply disappoint, it all but disappeared and, for 20 years thereafter, when old-time fans discussed the Rods, it was the first two albums that lay on the altar. Truly, nothing else mattered. Reissued for the first time since those dark days, Thriller hasn't simply improved with age; It actually rivals its predecessors, a fast-paced, dramatically dynamic and, above all, deeply melodic album that reiterates both the complexity and the contrary simplicity that was the Rods at their best. Even picking favorites among the tracks is no longer easy -- "The Power and the Glory" still thrills, but so do "Media Messiahs," "Breathless," and "Living Dangerously," while the bonus tracks, both drawn from period B-sides, continue down the same road, to demonstrate that whatever was wrong with this record in 1979, it had nothing to do with the band...(AllMusic)
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