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                     BRITISH   VERTIGO

                HARD HEAVY MASTER BLASTER!      

                              

                     MAY BLITZ

               

           

          GERMAN - VERTIGO (space ship) -  6360 007

  

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BOOMING HARD PSYCH WINNER....solid Lp & better than you might think!

IN DEMAND...GERMAN VERTIGO early '70s pressing in NICE crisp laminated gatefold sleeve:::

MAY BLITZ survived long enough to record two incredibly heavy, powerful and psychedelic albums with strong blues undertones and progressive tendencies, despite the lack of keyboards. The music is probably heavier than either Black Sabbath or first Lp era Uriah Heep. Their style comes in somewhere around High Tide and the Pink Fairies - but these are really ballparks. This is the first album:

May Blitz the British-based trio consisted of two Canadians and an Englishman. The two Canadians were guitarist and vocalist James Black and bassist Reid Hudson, with the Englishman group leader being drummer Tony Newman, formerly of the Jeff Beck Group. This band basically combined psychedelia with blues and hard rock that's not unlike the Jimi Hendrix Experience or Cream. In otherwords BEWARE: explosives within...hard heavy & turned on ...the British answer to Germany's Gomorrha of sorts

May Blitz only released two albums, this one, which is their debut, and The 2nd of May in 1971 before breaking up. The opening song, "Smoking The Day Away" sounds a lot like Hendrix & The Experience ...The song has tends to be drug-oriented, and you can practically smell the marijuana smoke hearing this. The song is also loaded with some killer guitar jams. "I Don't Know" is much in the same vein, with rather strong hippie overtones (the lyrics deal with the back to the land movement of the hippies of that time).

"Dreaming" starts off acoustic and mellow, but before you know it, you get blasted with some truly insane drumming and more killer guitar solos. "Squeet" is one of the favorites, the lyrics are pretty flipped-out, it keeps "Squeet all over the walls" over and over, then the band goes off bombarding heaviness.

"Tomorrow May Come" is another favorite, it's a really cool and mellow psychedelic piece. "Fire Queen" is a totally over-the-top wild song that sounds a whole lot like The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (James Black's vocals sound a whole lot like Brown on this song), the only difference is this song is dominated by powerful guitar rather than Hammond organ.

The album closes with "Virgin Waters", it's the closest thing to prog rock on this album, but still sticks to their bluesy hard rock roots. Ya gotta love that spoken dialog. This is a truly wild album and if the description of their music sounds interesting to you, get it, now.

Smoking the Day Away (8:19)
I Don't Know? (4.52)
Dreaming (6:40)
Squeet (6:51)
 Tomorrow May Come (4:47)
 Fire Queen (4:14)
Virgin Waters (6:56)

 

CONDITION: cover: rated: M- slick laminated gatefold is in beautiful sharp condition... NO delete marks, no bends, no writing and a very fresh look = quality  ...collection worthy keeeper...

The vinyl: is all very clean and clear, rated M- top copy smooth & clear audio ...there is no dreaded groove wear ...both VERTIGO labels are clean.

                           

                      

 

 

       

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

 

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