STRAY 'SUICIDE' ORIG HEAVY PSYCH UK '70 NICE COPY
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Apr 25, 2015 Sold Date
Apr 18, 2015 Start Date
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Stray

'Suicide'

Transatlantic, UK, 1971

TRA 233

ONE OF the most impressive early seventies hard rock bands around. I saw them many time from about '74 onwards and I must admit that they always delivered, especially guiatrist Derek 'Del' Bronham who alongside Tony McPhee and Alvin Lee was just about the best thing on two legs at the time.

The bands first 3 or 4 albums are the ones to get especially this, their classic debut. Signed to the primarilly folk based label Transatlantic records it was a major shock to find that Stray were a rampaging hard rock band with their eye on the sort of prize that Cream had cleaned up with a few years earlier.

Best described as super heavy psych the music is gut churning guitar fuelled rock kicking off with an all time classic track the extended, super long (Ten minutes!) 'All In Your Mind'. This cut is so influential that Iron Maiden covered it many years later as a B-side to one of their chart singles. The guitar playing is totally unique showcasing Bronham's brilliant lightning fast trechnique to maximum effect. 

An extremely tough album to find without the die cut gatefold sleeve having been torn or mutilated over the years. This one is untorn and in the vinyl is in superb shape!

Pressing: Transatlantic, UK, 1971

Vinyl: Nice clean condition. Some spindle marks and light signs of use. Grades as a nice Vg+

Cover: Light signs of use. Issued in a beautifully illustrated faux leather textured but thin paper stock cover. Sharp corners (worn), no dings, no bends, light ring wear, no split seams and no creases. Displays storage and handling wear. Grades as Vg+

Inserts: None

Matrix:

Side One: TRA 233 - A - 2

Side Two: TRA 233 - B - 1E

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