HARD STUFF 'BULLETPROOF' ORIG UK HARD ROCK '72 ARCHIVE MINT-
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Hard Stuff
'Bulletproof'
Purple, UK, 1972
TPSA 7505
SUPREME BRITISH hard rock power trio mentored and signed by Deep Purple to their Vanity imprint Purple Records. It was a great signing alright, the bands pedigree included guitarist ex Atomic Rooster members John Du Cann and drummer Paul Hammond with bassist John Gustafason who was previously with progressive Harvest signings Quatermass. Cann was also a member of prog psych pioneers Andromeda.
Musically the band occupy a brilliant and fertile hard rock sound, cut very much from the same cloth as masters of the craft Deep Purple, Atomic Rooster and Led Zeppelin. It's all built on big un-fussy riffs and chunky hard rock grooves with neat twists and turns suggesting that these guys were no strangers to the progressive rock environs. Not that its a prog rock band masquerading as a power trio, far from it, as the basic approach is way too raw and untreated with blasting rhythm work and slicing guitar. Some great tracks here including 'Jay Time', 'Sinister Minister', Taken Alive', 'Millionaire' and 'Mr Longevity - RIP'. There's also a Gillan/Glover co-write called 'Monster In Paradise' which has the hall marks of prime time Purple.
One of the best early seventies British hard rock albums right up there with other obscurities such as Tear Gas, Captain Beyond and Jericho.
Beautiful copy and getting impossible to find.
Pressing: Purple, UK, 1972
Vinyl: Beautiful clean condition. Just a few spindle marks and only minor signs of any use. Grades as near shop fresh MINT-!
Cover: Only minor signs of any use. Issued in a beautifully designed fully laminated gate-fold cover - retains full gloss. Sharp corners, no dings, no bends, no ring wear, no split seams and just one or two spinal micro creases. Spine is stiff, square and totally uncrushed. Impossible to find like this after 46 years. Grades as a very, very strong almost shop fresh MINT-!
Inserts: None
Matrix:
1st Pressing
Side One: TPSA 7505 A - 1U
Side Two: TPSA 7505 B - 1U
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