BUDGIE 'IF I WERE BRITTANIA...' ORIG UK HARD ROCK '76 MINT-
  £   32
  $   42

 


£ 32 Sold For
May 16, 2015 Sold Date
May 9, 2015 Start Date
£   28 Start price
4   Number Of Bids
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>Nr Archive Copy<

Budgie

'If I Were Brittania I'd Waive The Rules'

A&M, UK, 1976

AMLH 68377

TRIUMPHANT WELSH hard rock band hugely popular on the club, pub, university and college circuit during the 70's and a band that I saw many, many times. They always delivered in a big way with huge crushing riffs and incredible long songs. Bassist Burke Shelley wrestled his bass to the floor, often collapsing on his knees as the mighty sucked every last ounze of energy from his tiny frame. In my opinion guitarist Tony Bourge is second only to Tony Iommi as the riff meister supreme - his playing is simply beyond imagination and he played a Gibson SG - same guitar as Iommi!

'Brittania...' was their first album under a new record deal with A&M after years spent on the ailing MCA label. Bravely they modified their sound slightly, not in a commercial sense but in a slightly refined direction with songs that combined light and shade. Having said that, their are tracks here that have gone on to be become legend in the Budgie cannon including the riff hungry 'Sky High Percentage', 'Quack Doctors And Bureaucrats' and 'Anne Neggen', but it's the brilliant 'Black Velevet Stallion' that takes all the honours with its incredibly moving structure, spooky atmosphere and weighty guitar riff.

This album alongside the following years 'Impeccable' rates as one of the great lost Budgie albums - truly a wonderful work and supremely executed.

This auction is part of a fantastic collection of seventies rock which I was lucky enough to acquire. Most of these records were stored with the utmost care and sparsely played. Some were possibly never played or may have been for just a handful of times.

Pressing: A&M, UK, 1976

Vinyl: Nice clean condition. Some evidence of spindle marks on labels and just the lightest signs of other use. Grades as MINT-!

Cover: No signs of use. Issued in a beautifully designed cover. Sharp corners, no dings, no bends, no ring wear, no split seams and no creases. Spine is stiff, square and totally uncrushed. Impossible to find like this after 39 years. Grades as MINT-!

Inserts: None

Matrix:

1st Pressing

Side One: AMLH 68377 A2

Side Two: AMLH 68377 B2

NOTE UK POSTAL CHARGES HAVE RECENTLY RISEN CONSIDERABLY

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NOTE 2: SHIPPING CHARGES INCLUDE REGISTERED INSURANCE: USA, Canada, Japan, SE Asia, South America and Australia Postage is 15 UK Pounds ($26). Europe, Eastern Europe and former Russian territories 12 UK Pounds ($20). UK £4 Pounds ($8).



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