KILLING FLOOR Killing Floor LP SIRE 1970 SES 97019 Stereo US original ROCK-BLUES
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KILLING FLOOR
The principal players in the South London-based band Killing Floor originally met while playing in a blues band
called the Loop. During the British blues boom of 1968-1969, lead guitarist Mick Clarke and vocalist/harmonica
player Bill Thorndycraft decided to form a "straight blues" group, recruiting prospective members
from the classified pages of Melody Maker. Joining them were piano player Lou Martin, bassist Stuart MacDonald,
and drummer Bazz Smith. Taking their name from Howlin' Wolf's "Killing Floor" (Wolf's cover was itself
a version of Robert Johnson's "The Lemon Song"), the band played just one gig before
ex-Radio Caroline DJ and ardent blues fanatic John Edward offered to manage them.
Edward's connection with the Southern Music publishing company led to them signing
with Southern's Spark Records imprint. The band was booked into Pye Recording Studios
and with Edward aboard as "producer," they recorded their self-titled debut in 12 days' time
"KILLING FLOOR"
<published in UK in 1969 and in the U.S.A. in 1970>
Produced by John Edward
1970 LP SIRE RECORDS SES 97019 STEREO
PRINTED IN U.S.A. ORIGINAL PRESSING
[issued with 2 different label-design (slight variations on text)]
This version: the label has some variations - Side 1 and 2 above SES 97019
with SWEB 2137 P and 2138 P below the record number.
There are no numbers at the bottom of the labels
THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)
WITH COMPANY INNER SLEEVE
Barcode and Other Identifiers
LABEL: SIRE - WHITE LABEL with LIGHT BLUE STRIP - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: SES 97019
Catalog on labels: SES 97019 (SWEB 2137 P / SWEB 2138 P)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): SWEB 2137-1 Bell Sound
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): SWEB 2138-1 Bell Sound
On labels: Stereo Sire Distributed by London
On back cover: Notes by Mike Raven
An Instant Sound Production
Liner: Impact
Cover Photo: Marcia Keegan
All Titles ASCAP Except "Women You Need Love" Which Is BMI
Liner: SES 97019
SIRE RECORDS Distributed by London Records, Inc. 539 West 25th Street, New York, N.Y.
Printed in U.S.A.
from my records collection
tracklisting
Side A: WOMAN YOU NEED LOVE - NOBODY BY MIY SIDE - COME ON BABY
BEDTIME BLUES - SUNDAY MORNING - TRY TO UNDERSTAND
Side B: MY MIND CAN RIDE EASY - WET - KEEP ON WALKING
FORGET IT! - LOU'S BLUES - PEOPLE CHANGE YOUR MIND
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RECORD NEAR MINT but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE NEAR EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)
The sheer toughness -- and overall derivative -- nature of Killing Floor's debut album, issued six months
after Led Zeppelin's debut in 1969 on the Spark label, is a wondrous contrast to the overly slick treatment
American blues were given by British artists. All of these tunes, with the exception of one, are revamped
versions of songs from the blues canon with different words. The lone "cover" in the set
was written by Willie Dixon titled "Woman You Need Love," the tune Zep ripped for "Whole Lotta Love."
This is a raw, immediate, overdriven, psychedelic blues record that offers an interesting historical counterpoint
to the immediate impact of Page and Plant and Co., but it also offers a great contrast to the recent 1990s
versions of American groups trying to rock up the blues in like style: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
immediately comes to mind. They also provide a heavier, less reverent,
and altogether heavier update of the Yardbirds rave-up sound...(AllMusic)
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