HARD STUFF BULLETPROOF ORIG 1ST PRESS UK 1972 PURPLE RECORDS TPSA 7505 RARE LP
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HARD STUFF - "BULLETPROOF" RARE 1972 UK ORIGINAL 1ST PRESSING 1ST ALBUM BY THE 1970s BRITISH ROCK BAND "HARD STUFF" ON PURPLE RECORDS TPSA 7505 LABEL AND IN VERY NICE CONDITION!
Laminated gatefold sleeve. Printer’s credit on rear gatefold but no date code: “Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd”
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ISSUE IS THE RARER "EMI RECORDS LTD” and “MADE IN GT. BRITAIN” ON LABEL!
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A): TPSA 7505 A-1U
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B): TPSA 7505 B-1U
COVER: FULLY LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE IS IN GREAT CONDITION, CRISP & FLAT, NO WRITINGS, NO STAMPS, NO MARKS, A FEW LIGHT CREASES AND A COUPLE OF SLIGHTLY BUMPED CORNERS, OTHERWISE SOLID. GRADED: EX-
DISC: BARELY PLAYED VINYL IS CLEAN AND GLOSSY, THERE ARE HOWEVER A FEW LIGHT SURFACE MARKS ON SIDE ONE OVER THE 1ST TRACK, LOOKS LIKE EITHER THE DISC FELL DOWN OR SOMETHING FELL ON IT, BUT THESE LIGHT MARKS DON'T SEEM TO AFFECT THE PLAYING, I'VE PLAYED IT A COUPLE OF TIMES AND COULDN'T HEAR ANY DIFFERENCE, NO DISTORTION, NO BAD CLICKS, POPS OR SKIPS. NO OTHER FAULTS, PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY THROUGHOUT, GREAT SOUND. GRADED -VISUALLY VG, AURALLY: EX+
LABELS: NO UNWANTED WRITING, STICKERS, RESIDUE OR TEARS, FEW FINE SPINDLE MARKS ON BOTH SIDES: NM
Fated never to rise to any heights at all, Hard Stuff -- formed by guitarist John Du Cann following his unceremonious firing from Atomic Rooster -- had already been through two names before they were signed to Deep Purple's Purple label; Daemon lasted a few rehearsals; Bullet survived a single; they became Hard Stuff after another Bullet fired a legal complaint at them, and Bulletproof was their riposte. It is heavy and it is loud. Period reviews mused on the Purple influence and they are not far from the mark, but only if organ were excised from the mix, to be replaced by guitars, guitars, and more guitars. Du Cann showboats through the album, a ferocious assault that is at times reminiscent of a lot less bluesy Cream or Taste, but fellow Rooster alumni Paul Hammond (drums) and veteran bassist John Gustafson are equally on the ball, to create an album that was hallmarked by virtuosity as much as volume, and truly deserved to be heard. Instead it slipped away, alongside a second single ("Jay Time"), and Angel Air's 2011 remaster, with 45-rpm bonus tracks intact, marks its first reappearance in 40 years. It is a welcome return.
Review by Dave Thompson. Allmusic .com
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