BAKERLOO Bakerloo LP HARVEST 1969 EUR 1st Press+foc COLOSSEUM-URIAH HEEP-G. BOND

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DAVE 'Clem' CLEMPSON, TERRY POOLE, KEITH BAKER

with JERRY SALISBURY (trumpet) is added on 'Drivin' Bachwards'

Bakerloo were originally formed as the Bakerloo Blues Line in 1967, at the outset of the blues boom 

spearheaded by Cream. A power trio similar to the latter outfit, they also incorporated some 

of the artier elements of pop music from that period -- Dave "Clem" Clempson played solid, 

bluesy lead guitar, but he also doubled on harpsichord and piano as well as providing the mouth harp, 

while Terry Poole played bass and Keith Baker played drums. They made all the right moves 

as a performing outfit, courtesy of their manager, Jim Simpson (who also handled Black Sabbath, 

known as Earth at the time) -- he organized a U.K. tour, dubbed "Big Bear Ffolly" 

(which later became the title of a Bakerloo song) which had Bakerloo, Earth, Locomotive, 

and Tea and Symphony playing throughout the country. Bakerloo was also one of the support acts 

on October 18, 1968, the night Led Zeppelin made their debut at London's Marquee Club. 

Bakerloo were among the early signings to EMI's Harvest label, where they made their debut 

in the middle of 1969 with the single "Driving Backwards" b/w"Once Upon a Time" in July

"BAKERLOO"

Produced by Gus Dudgeon

1969     LP     HARVEST RECORDS      STEREO   SHVL 762

MADE IN ENGLAND (on cover)    ORIGINAL COPY    1ST PRESSING

with boxed EMI Logo and without 'MADE IN GT BRITAIN' on labels

This version: Released in England for the European market

First European pressing: no EMI logo and no 'Made in Gt. Britain' on labels. 

Label is slightly different from original UK pressing

Released in a fully laminated + gatefold cover

Barcode and Other Identifiers

LABEL:  HARVEST -  GREEN/YELLOW LABEL and without boxed 'EMI' logo - BLACK TEXT

Catalog on cover: (rear only) SHVL 762 (1E 062 o 90519)  

Catalog on labels: SHVL 762 (SHVL 762 A / SHVL 762 B) 

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): SHVL 762 A-3U       E1

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): SHVL 762 B-3U       E1

On labels: Prod. by Gus Dudgeon of Tuesday Productions for Tony Hall Enterprises

BIEM

upper rim text reads "The Gramophone Co. Ltd. All rights.......reserved"

On Inside Sleeve: ?1969

Produced by Gus Dudgeon of Tuesday Productions for Tony Hall Enterprises

Sound by Barry Sheffield. Recorded at Trident Studios

E.M.I. Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd)

Made and Printed in Great Britain

6911   TPS   Printed and made by Ernest J. Day & Co. Ltd. London    SHVL 762

from my records collection

tracklisting

Side A: BIG BEAR FFOLLY - BRING IT ON HOME

DRIVIN' BACHWARDS - LAST BLUES - GANG BANG

Side B: THIS WORRIED FEELING - SON OF MOONSHINE

  grading

RECORD EX, sometimes NEAR MINT but (please, read above description) 

SLEEVE NEAR EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)

Guitarist Dave Clempson's "Big Bear Folly," the opening cut on the band's first and only album, 

is a dazzling Ten Years After-style showcase, while a jazzy variation on a theme of Bach, 

the aptly titled "Driving Bachwards," proves that the band wasn't averse to messing with the classics, either. 

The quartet's virtuosity occasionally overwhelms the songs themselves, although there is no shortage 

of gripping atmosphere. Bassist Terry Poole unleashes an almost sepulchral vocal across the stygian "Last Blues," 

a seven-minute marathon that swiftly develops into a full-fledged heavy rocker, punctuated 

by mood shifts that amount to separate movements -- it's a magnificent piece, rendered with both musical 

precision and some of producer Gus Dudgeon's most inspired washes and effects. 

Impressive, too, is "Son of Moonshine," a distorted metal effort that clocks in at double 

that length and combines Clempson's intensive guitar soloing with a desperately driving blues rhythm...(AllMusic)