MINT 1973 Orig HARD STUFF BOLEX DEMENTIA Ps

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    Hot & Heavy jumpin' thumpin' UK classic !

                          HARD STUFF

           BOLEX DIMENTIA                 

                          ...USA - (red) Mercury - SRM 663

TOP COPY! MINT CLEAN ***STILL IN ORIGINAL FACTORY SHRINK WRAPPER

SCARCE original 1973 first USA vinyl pressing of a brutal hard guitar trio who managed a couple of sought/respected collectible albums in the early 70's UK.

Hard Stuff were formed after the drummer Paul Hammond and guitarist John DuCann left Atomic Rooster. A very heavy three piece who were not just hard rock but experimented with their sound. The first three tracks will have you moving, though all of the tracks are beneficial to the albums overall success. Basically the brainchild of famed guitarist John DuCann who was in Andromeda, Atomic Rooster and other noted heavies of the late 60's early 70's...

BOLEX DEMENTIA was the second of the two LPs HARD STUFF recorded, and it's hard to imagine a better example of blistering 70s heavy rock than their two Lp's. Not only do they have brutally distorted guitar riffs, they also have the benefit of good songwriting, resulting in a rare combination of both guts and brains. Split vocal duties also help, with the Johns du Cann and Gustafson sharing the mikestand. Bolex Dementia is not as dark as Bulletproof though it kicks into hot wired funky-guitar outbursts in hard 'n heavy structures all throughout within the music, very Hard Stuff indeed! Their ventures into HEAVY funk is unique in its style, which master guitarist John Cann manages to pull off quite well. After all, A lot of hard rock bands seemed to get hit with funk poisoning by 1973. This trio develops it into their ripping sound in a very affective way...The highlight of the album is definitely 'Spider's Web'. It starts off with a nice drum and quirky guitar line ensemble and then to a real catchy & overloaded funk guitar riff with an infectious chorus. One of the album's crowning achievements. Elsewhere, there is some oddball material like the drunken sounding 'Mermany', clearly the best song on the album, along with the ominous title cut, "Bolex Dementia", an instrumental with radio voices appearing. A very unsettling cut, that same "future-shock" creepy atmosphere which one first perceives on parts of the Quatermass LP which was an offshoot of Hard Stuff.

CONDITION: The cover: is strong and stiff MINT still in factory shrink wrapper  tiny bb delete at bottom left is almost unnoticable...looks great in any collection no problems, all sharp! no bends, no writing and no split seams

The vinyl: is TOP glossy clean and smooth M- and plays outstanding CLEAN all the way...

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A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION !

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