ATOMIC ROOSTER DEATH WALKS BEHIND YOU 1970 G/F A1+B1 LP
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ATOMIC ROOSTER ‘DEATH WALKS BEHIND YOU’ ORIGINAL 1970 FIRST PRESSING A1 + B1 STAMPER CODES IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE
Sleeve Condition: Some inevitable ringwear (inevitable because of the predominantly black sleeve) but no writing, stickers, tears or significant creasing or defects. EX-.
Record Condition: Very clean with no discernible wear, marking or even centring marks on the label. A little crackle on the run-in groove which quickly settles. Plays fine through both sides without interference. A very well-kept, Ex or Ex+ copy.
Tracklist
Death Walks Behind You
Vug
Tomorrow Night
7 Streets
Sleeping For Years
I Can't Take No More
Nobody Else
Gershatzer
"Devil's Answer" might be the record for which Atomic Rooster are remembered, but it was their second album that posted warning that they were on the verge of creating something dazzling -- simply because the record itself is a thing of almost freakish beauty. With only organist Vincent Crane surviving from the original lineup, and John Du Cann coming in to relieve him of some of the songwriting duties, Death Walks Behind You opens at a gallop and closes with a sprint.
The title track is effectively spooky enough for any Hammer horror aficionado, all descending pianos and Psycho-screaming guitars, while "Gershatzer," a duet for organ and percussion, proves that new drummer Paul Hammond is more than a match for the departed Carl Palmer. It's in between these dramatic bookends, however, that Rooster truly peak, with the stately "VUG," the pensive "Nobody Else," and the truly amazing "Tomorrow Night" (one of the scariest love songs ever let loose on the U.K. chart) all impressing. Crane's liner notes, incidentally, remind us that the album packed a different version of the hit, with an extended ending that descends into unimagined chaos -- a shocker for the pop kids, perhaps, but a fabulous bridge into the succeeding "7 Streets."
Possibly the best evidence for this being Atomic Rooster's masterpiece, however, comes not simply from what's on the album, but for what has been left off.
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