Aerosmith "Draw the Line" original 1977 vinyl LP CBS 82147 1st Pressing

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Aerosmith "Draw the Line" original 1977 vinyl LP CBS 82147 1st Pressing. Condition is Used. Dispatched with Royal Mail 2nd Class. 
Draw the Line is the fifth studio album by American  band , released December 9, 1977. It was recorded in an abandoned convent near New York City. The portrait of the band on the album cover was drawn by the celebrity caricaturist . Although the official website for Aerosmith lists the release date for Draw the Line as December 1, 1977, the album was released on December 9, 1977 and entered the music charts on December 24, 1977.
By 1977, Aerosmith had released four studio albums, the two most recent -  (1975) and  (1976) - catapulting the band to stardom. However, as the band began recording its next album, Draw the Line, their excessive lifestyle, combined with constant touring and drug use, began to take its toll. "Draw the Line was untogether because we weren't a cohesive unit anymore," guitarist  admitted in the Stephen Davis band memoir Walk This Way. "We were drug addicts dabbling in music, rather than musicians dabbling in drugs. Although the LP would sell well more than a million copies in fewer than six weeks after its release, in 2014 Perry would refer to it as "the beginning of the end" and "the decay of our artistry..."
Side oneNo.TitleWriter(s)Length1."", 3:232."I Wanna Know Why"Tyler, Perry3:093."Critical Mass"Tyler, , 4:534.""Tyler, Perry4:025."Bright Light Fright"Perry2:19Side twoNo.TitleWriter(s)Length1.""Tyler, , Hamilton, , Douglas4:552."The Hand That Feeds"Tyler, Whitford, Hamilton, Kramer, Douglas4:233."Sight for Sore Eyes"Tyler, Perry, Douglas, 3:564.""4:1
Aerosmith  – , ,  on "Kings and Queens",   – lead guitar and rhythm guitar, , backing vocals, lead vocals on "Bright Light Fright"  – rhythm guitar and lead guitar on "Kings and Queens", "I Wanna Know Why", "The Hand That Feeds" and first solo of "Milk Cow Blues"  –   – ,  Guest musicians Stan Bronstein –  on "I Wanna Know Why" and "Bright Light Fright" Scott Cushnie –  on "I Wanna Know Why" and "Critical Mass"  – backing vocals on "Get It Up"  –  on "Kings and Queens" Paul Prestopino – banjo on "Kings and Queens"
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