BANG Mother / Bow To The King SMAS-11110 LP Vinyl NM Cover Mint GF RARE 1972
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BANG Mother / Bow To The King SMAS-11110 LP Vinyl NM Cover Mint GF RARE 1972. Only played on Dual 1219 turntable with Shure elliptical cartridge using 0.75 gm tracking force; stopped playing when CDs were introduced and stored vertically to prevent warping. Bang's story began in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with high school friends Frank Ferrara (vocals/bass) and Frankie Glicken (guitar, vocals). Aged just 16 and soon-to-be dropouts, the pair linked up with experienced drummer and lyricist Tony Diorio (their senior by nearly a decade) in the fall of 1969, and set about rehearsing covers and original material inspired by rising heavy rock groups like Black Sabbath, Grand Funk Railroad, and Led Zeppelin. After relocating to Orlando, Florida and playing the eastern seaboard, they signed up with Capitol Records and put out this album in February, 1972. Sadly, the recording of the Mother/Bow to the King LP saw drummer Tony Diorio, first sidelined by session musicians, then ejected from Bang due to external pressures that also forced the group to take some of their songs in more commercial directions. The band's two Franks decided to bring back ousted drummer Diorio as their new manager and secured more studio time in 1973. Bang was active briefly in the early 1970s and again since 2014.
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