M- TOPS 1972 Orig PATTO ROLL 'EM SMOKE 'EM HARD ROWDY UK ROCKER Olly Halsall

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  1972 RARE ORIGINAL PROMO ~ ELECTRIC ROCK'N'HOWLER

              = MINT in SHRINK WRAPPER =

                                PATTO

  Roll 'Em Smoke 'Em Put Another Line Out           

             USA - (pink rimmed) Island Records - SW 9322 (PROMO)                                 ...............................................................................

Advance release PROMOTIONAL ((MINT)) IN FACTORY SHRINK WRAP!!!

RARE and highly sought, original 1972 first pressing vinyl. The four piece PATTO featured vocalist Mike Patto, bassist Clive Griffiths, guitarist Ollie Halsal and drummer John Halsey...one more of Britains great bands that never made it over the pond.

Includes the original pale blue Island Records inner sleeve

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"Roll 'em Smoke 'em" is THEE Patto album...all you guitar players out there' get this if only for "Loud Green Song; IT WILL FLOOR YOU!!!! Ollie Halsal was one of those guitar players who died young and never got the recognition he deserved...PATTO: great playing..a great band ''with a wicked sense of humor!

Listening to Roll 'em Smoke'em, one may be amazed not to have realised earlier that that Mike's Flat-footed Woman in the opening track was, of course, a policewoman. [Flat-foot being a 19th century slang expression based on the perceived result of patrolling the streets].

One may also quickly notice the sheer magnificence of Singing the Blues on Reds [which would probably have been a better album title than the actual one, with its improbable number of commas and apostrophes].

This sheer cosmic fusion must rank amongst Ollie, Mike, John & Griff's finest achievements. Interestingly, the original US release flipped the first two tracks, presumably to promote the more commercial opener.

If Hold Your Fire was Patto's Revolver, then Roll 'em Smoke 'em is clearly the group's Sgt. Pepper. [Let a debate, similar to that regarding the Fabs albums, ensue concerning superiority.]

Whilst Roll 'em is not so heavy on the old wizzo guitar as Hold Your Fire, it does include the quite extraordinary Loud Green Song - widely considered the most insane piece of guitar playing ever comitted to vinyl and even cited as, possibly, the genesis of the wild-ass Punk scene. Elsewhere, I Got Rhythm and Peter Abraham, are beautifully understated fretboard gems.

It is probably fair to say that Mummy and, to a lesser extent, the Pythonesque [or, more accurately, Goon-esque] Sea Biscuits, are strong enough though pale to the above. Perhaps at least one of them might have been better substituted with Holy Toledo [a song from roughly the same period, preserved only as part of a BBC Radio 1 session].

What remains quite wonderful, however, is that: a) these items should have been conceived in the first place, and: b) they were actually included on the record - Contrast this with the climate just one year later, when Island Records wouldn't release the far more conventional follow-up Monkey's Bum at all.

1. Singing the Blues on Reds

2. Flat Footed Woman

3. Mummy

4. Loud Green Song

5. Turn Turtle

6. I Got Rhythm

7. Peter Abraham

8. Cap'n 'P' and the Atto's (Sea Biscuits, Pt. S 1 and 2)

CONDITION: The cover: Solid completely, MINT, still in factory shrink wrap, has the standard Island Records promo circle at top right, nice, clean, sharp corners, looks great ... has no split seams, no bends, no writing... 

The vinyl: both sides are clean, M- looks and plays outstanding...clean Island labels too 

keeper!

A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION !

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All imperfections are noted both cover & record