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Slinging tuneage like some fried or otherwise soused short-order cook. Embiggening the earholes

From Buttholes to Europop, from Loons to Bassoons.

11 December 2010

Bloodrock

UPDATE: This post was re-uploaded 12/07/2013. Enjoy, NØ.

 

I was going to post up Bloodrock 2 just because it contains the great proto-metal masterpiece "D.O.A." but Bloodrock’s debut album is in my opinion a better album overall. It is a dark heavy album with drummer Jim Rutledge singing songs of great lyrical imagery, with Steve Hill’s mesmerizing swirling organ, & Lee Pickens’ fiery guitar lines.

Emerging from Texas in 1969, Bloodrock prove that good ol' Southern boys could rock as good as any English band at the time. At times, the interplay of guitar & organ reminds a bit of Ritchie Blackmore & Jon Lord in Deep Purple except that Lee Pickens is a more soulful guitar player than Ritchie Blackmore, possibly one of the most underrated guitar players of his era.

Bloodrock - Bloodrock, Capitol Records 435, 1970.
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Side A -
Gotta Find A Way
Castle of Thought
Fatback
Double Cross
Timepiece

Side B -
Wicked Truth
Gimme Your Head
Fantastic Piece of Architecture
Melvin Laid an Egg

Enjoy,
NØ
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  1. jonder12/14/10, 9:38 AM

    I am very fond of this album, especially side two. My LP always skips on "Gimme Your Head", and I've grown to like it that way. "Gimme your head... head... head..."

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  2. Daniel12/14/10, 2:53 PM

    I've only ever owned 2 and 3...thanks man this is killer.

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  3. Roger Camden1/30/11, 4:42 PM

    all of Bloodrock's records are worthwhile

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  4. NØ12/7/13, 9:54 PM

    MEGA decryption code
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  5. Anonymous10/16/26, 6:38 PM

    Bloodrock's 1st 3 LP's & the live album all rule, but you're spot on with your assessment that the debut is the pick of the bunch. They were onto something special there that they didn't fully explore on their later records.
    Bless you for recognising their genius & spreading the Bloodrock gospel!
    BTW, the band pic you used in this post is actually of the line up circa Passages/Whirlwind Tongues when there were only 2 original members left & they were playing unusual stuff more in the jazz/prog vein.

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    1. NØ10/16/26, 10:13 PM

      Thanks, anon. I just liked the "Expose of the Great Illusion" signage.

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