BAD COMPANY Bad Company 1977 UK ISLAND PRESS w/INNER - MINT
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Jan 31, 2019 Sold Date
Jan 1, 2019 Start Date
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BAD COMPANY Bad Company 1977 UK ISLAND PRESS w/INNER - MINT

BAD COMPANY
Bad Company

1977 UK ISLAND (ILPS 9279) PRESSING
BEAUTIFUL COPY - LOOKS UNPLAYED

PRESSED WITH THE RED ISLAND CUSTOM LABELS
MATRIX: ILPS 9279 A-2 / ILPS 9279 B-1
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL GATEFOLD SLEEVE “Printed in England by Robor Limited.”
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL ISLAND ADVERTISING INNER SLEEVE

From the wreckage of Free came Bad Company, a group fronted by singer Paul Rodgers and featuring his drummer bandmate Simon Kirke, Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs, and King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell. The latter is something of a ringer, suggesting an undercurrent of adventure in the band, but as the group's eponymous 1974 debut decidedly proves, the band is proudly not progressive. If anything, Bad Company excise the excesses of Free -- there are no winding jams and very little added colour by way of pianos or even air in the production; those two tricks are evident on their title track/rallying call "Bad Company," and the details make a difference, as do the pastoral acoustics of the closing "Seagull" -- reducing their rock & roll to a strong, heavy crunch; compare "Ready to Love," a tune Ralphs brought over from Mott the Hoople, to the original to see how these quartet members keep their heads down as they do their business. Appropriately enough given their name, there's a sense of slow, churning menace to Bad Company. Even the quickest songs -- the blues boogies of "Can't Get Enough" and "Movin' On" -- don't exactly proceed at a rapid clip, a steadiness that makes the quartet seem heavier. It's hard rock painted in stark black & white: cranked guitars mirrored by a deliberate wallop from the rhythm section, a rock & roll so loud and basic it wound up not ageing much at all even though it pretty much defined mid-'70s album rock.

Side 1:
Can't Get Enough (4:10)
Rock Steady (3:46)
Ready For Love (5:00)
Don't Let Me Down (4:18)
Side 2:
Bad Company (4:50)
The Way I Choose (5:05)
Movin' On (3:20)
Seagull (4:06)

LABELS: MINT
An immaculate set of labels with no spindle traces or any sign the record has ever been played
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT/MINT
Both surfaces shine like new.
There is is tiny, tiny mark on Side One but this has no audible consequence.
Side Two is unmarked
VINYL Audio: MINT
Plays as-new throughout with nothing to fault the strong, loud, powerful sound.
No scratches, clicks, ticks or pops and beautifully clean
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
As crisp, clean, sharp and fresh as the day it was made

POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
UK: £11.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £18.00 (International Signed For delivery)

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 841 (GS 7.0.16 (841))


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