Budgie - Budgie (1971) A Welsh power trio, they brought together the early psych and late British Blues to create a pretty unique sound. It also helps that Shelly Burke has a very distinct, rather high-pitched voice ala Geddy Lee and Tony Bourge has a super-bassy guitar sound, thanks to his use of four Marshall 4 1x18" cabs. They make the guitar sound slightly out-of-phase and very deeply resonant. The song writing on this, their debut record is fairly simple and direct right from the get go with 'Guts' - a bassy blues riff driving the song. Standouts include 'Nude Disintigrating Parachutist Woman,' a great mix of proggy riffs with a pulsing beat, excellent proto-rock. It also started Budgie's penchant of weird song titles like 'Crash Course in Brain Surgery' and 'Hot As A Docker's Armpit'. 'Homicidal Suicidal' is a great closer to the record and rather upbeat feeling, despite the song title. The copy on the back of the record is pretty unusual and made me laugh pretty good ! when I read it the first time. Very strange that a record company would down play the talent of the band and choose to mention they are not very gifted musicians! I had a burned copy of this record for years, but could never come across an original LP until recently when Reckless Records came across one and I stopped by and snagged it up. Thank God for Reckless!
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