PATTO 'ROLL 'EM SMOKE 'EM' ORIG UK PROG '72 MINT- W/ OLLIE HALSALL

	£		58
	$		77

Patto

'Roll 'Em Smoke 'Em Put Another Line Out'

Island, UK, 1972

ILPS 9210

THIRD ALBUM from this highly respected British progressive rock band featuring the consumate talents of vocalist Mike Patto and super guitarist Ollie Halsall. If ever a band deserved to have made the big time but were so cruely denied the opportunity then it was Patto.

The beauty of Patto's music was that they were not afraid to mash together different styles from cool Mingus style jazz to full on riff-rock ala Led Zeppelin. It was done with such consumate ease that the music sounds like a free flowing river of creativity punctuated by unexpected twists and turns that will leave you stunned and, to a degree, perplexed. Halsall, now deceased, is without doubt the single most creative guitarist of the era and here I'm including masters of the craft such as Beck, Page, Holdsworth and Bolin. His solos are slinky, unexpected and super fast. So fast, in fact, that your jaw will unhinge as he wizzes through some of the most difficult mind bending licks you'll ever hear. Ever since I first heard his playing I've been a life long devotee.

Killer tracks include the brilliant and super heavy 'Loud Green Song' and 'Flat Footed Woman', the funky duplicity of 'Singing The Blues On Reds', the super heavy prog of 'Turn Turtle' and the brilliant experimental 'I Got Rhythm' - sounds like Captain Beefheart fronting the Sensational Alex Harvey Band. The album's most complex piece is 'Cap 'N 'P' And The Atto's (Sea Biscuits Parts 1 & 2)' which really takes the band into an amazingly adventurous playground - truly astounding!

This is an album that will enthrall and captivate you. You will play it once and like it. You'll play it again and love it. You'll play it for a third time and sell the rest of your collection.

Pressing: Island, UK, 1972

Vinyl: Beautiful clean and shiny condition. Just a hint of use. Grades as Ex+

Cover: Issued in a beautifully designed fully laminated cover - retains superb gloss. Sharp corners, no dings, no bends, no split seams, no ring wear and no creases. Spine is stiff, square, uncrushed and retains original pinches top and bottom. Grades as MINT-!

Inserts: None

Matrix:

Side One: ILPS 9210 A - 1U

Side Two: ILPS 9210 B - 1U

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