BRUT Fire 1970 BLISTERING FUZZ 'N' SITAR HENDRIX HEAVY PSYCH BLASTER 45 PS HEAR

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BRUT "Fire" b/w "My Kind Of Feeling"

Original 1970 45 on the German PHILIPS label

PICTURE SLEEVE is in VG shape

Vinyl:  Plays EXCELLENT

Only in Germany, right?  I mean, just LOOK at those Brut dudes on the picture sleeve.  Where else other than Germany could you get a John Kay wannabe together with Charlie Manson the depressed accountant and...well, Cheez Whiz I have no friggin' IDEA what that THING in the pink body boa even IS.  Yet, amazingly enough, you put 'em all together in one studio and, somehow, this INCREDIBLE slab of heavy proto-glam-metal-psych pops out, with a placenta of fine German wienerschnitzel.  "Fire" is a cool enough version of the Hendrix hit, done up with grungey scraping murk fuzz guitar and a drunken Oktoberfest horn section, kinda like if Blood Sweat and Tears (the cool version, with Al Kooper) got hopped up on cheap lager and had a go at it.  "My Kind of Feeling" is even BETTER, a big skronkin' slab of Teutonic heavy psych rock with cool echoey guitar riff, spiraling strings and a sparkly Eastern sitar break.  And just DIG that production!  Top notch stuff, and no surprise then when you dig a little deeper on the label and find out those board duties were handled by none other than Simon Napier-Bell of Yardbirds, T. Rex and Boney M fame (betcha never thought THOSE three would end up in the same sentence).  It's been said the BRUT boys had a whole ALBUM out as well, also only released in the land of dark beer and punctual trains, and I'd trade you my first-born for a copy if you got one.  Or, if you prefer, a pink boa body stocking with a Kentucky Fried Chicken bucket hat, like the shameless dude on the picture sleeve.

HEAR IT!

UPDATE: SORRY, I NO LONGER SHIP TO ITALY DUE TO A CORRUPT POSTAL SYSTEM (THERE, NOT HERE).

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First class shipping is $4.00 in the US, with each additional record only $1 additional shipping.  Delivery confirmation included in the shipping costs.  Air mail shipping to Canada starts at $6 US, each additional record $2 shipping.  Air mail shipping everywhere else in the world starts at $8 US, with each additional record only $3 shipping.  

I try to grade as best as I can, and I list as many blemishes/imperfections I can find (writing, ringwear, scuff marks, etc.) – Also, please note that I DO listen to these albums – I may not listen to every track, but my grades are based on LISTENING, not just looking at it, since chances are you’ll be listening to the record you buy, not just looking at it.  Most of the albums I sell are the ones I’ve enjoyed for years – and I treat my records with kid gloves.  But sounds speak louder than words, so check out the sound clips below – they’re from the actual record you’re bidding on. 

SHIPPING AND PACKAGING

Listen, I buy a bunch of records too (when I’m not getting outbid at the last second, which is more often than not) – and I know what it’s like to get a rare, one-of-a-kind album packaged dangerously in a flimsy bubblewrap package.  I hate that too.  So rest assured, I ALWAYS package albums with stiff cardboard reinforcements, same for 45s.  And yes, the records are removed from the sleeves (for albums).  I ship out once a week, every Friday, because I have a regular day job.  But I’d be willing to give that up if you’d all be so kind as to bid my items up to stupidly high amounts. 

NOW IT’S YOUR TURN…

I will always leave positive feedback for successful transactions, and would appreciate the same in return.  All I ask of you is the following – please pay for your items within 14 days of the close of auction.  Compared to other sellers, that’s a generous amount of time, so if you don’t pay within 2 weeks, then I have to assume something’s wrong.  You’ll get an Ebay payment reminder at that point, and possibly a decapitated horse head in your bed.  If, after 30 days, you still haven’t forked up the cash, I’ll relist the item and yell at you if I ever see you in town.