KILLING FLOOR Original Killing Floor LP SPARK 1969 UK reissue+stereo SRLM 2004

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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"

<reissue, published in UK in 1969 and in the U.S.A. in 1970>

Produced by John Edward

LP     SPARK RECORDS      STEREO   SKLM 2004

MADE IN ENGLAND    1973 REPRESSING

This version: This is an official re-released of the same titled debut album of Killing Floor.

Released in an unlaminated single cover.

 Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: none

LABEL: SPARK -  YELLOW/BLUE LABEL w/BLUE LOGO - BLACK TEXT

Catalog on cover: SRLM 2004  

Catalog on labels: SRLM 2004 (SRLM.2004-A) / SRLM 2004 (SRLM.2004-A)

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): SRLM 2004 A-1 ?G

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): SRLM 2004 B-1 ?G

On labels: ?1969 Spark Records Ltd.

STEREO

An Instant Sound Production

Produced by John Edward

Made in England

rim text reads "All rights........prohibited"

Rights Society / Publishing: Jewel Music, Instant Music, Southern Music

On Front Sleeve: SPARK RECORDS Replay Series

On Back Sleeve: P 1969 Spark Records Limited

Spark Records Limited 8 Denmark Street London WC2H 8LT

Sleeve Design by Terry Brace-Plastic Dog Graphics

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

  grading

RECORD EX but (please, also read above description) 

SLEEVE NEAR 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)