Sold Date: October 18, 2016
Start Date: September 23, 2016
Final Price: $29.95 (USD)
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Record is brand new and has never been played.
's fifth studio album found the band enjoying a rare oasis of stability after the multitudinous personnel shifts of the past five years. Only the recruitment of a second drummer, , disturbed the equanimity of the lineup that created the previous year's , although it would soon be time to change again. By the end of the year, bassist  had departed, vocalist  had rejoined, and the group's career-long relationship with United Artists would be over. In the meantime,  ensured that it was brainstorming business as usual. Decorated with a magnificent sleeve that unfolded into the shape of a shield, delivered some of 's best-loved future showstoppers -- 's far-reaching "Spiral Galaxy 28948," the frenetic "Assault and Battery," and the monstrous "Magnu" all made their bow here, while the accompanying "Kings of Speed" single was certainly a big hit in the youth clubs of the day, even if it did steadfastly avoid the chart. Remarkable, too, is "The Golden Void," a stately bolero set, indeed, on the edge of time and buffeted by one of the band's most impressive ever instrumental performances. A handful of tracks do betray their age. 's echo- and effects-laden recitation of "The Wizard Blew His Horn" is impossibly overwrought, although it's worth sitting through simply for the segue into the throbbing "Opa-Loka"; in fact, the entire album is presented with minimal breaks between tracks, to deliver a seamless treat that -- in the light of 's next musical moves -- has since seen described as the band's last true "classic." It isn't, but you can easily see why people think it might be. [The CD reissue includes one bonus track, 's valedictory "Motorhead," recorded during the album sessions but released only as the B-side to "Kings of Speed."] _____________________________________________________ All records are shipped in record-specific boxes with bubble wrap.
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