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LUCIFER'S FRIEND / LUCIFER'S FRIEND

1973  BILLINGSGATE   US PRESS

•••••  ESSENTIAL and always HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER...one of the HEAVIEST PROTO-METAL EARLY HARD PSYCH MONSTER ALBUMS. The band lineage speaks for itself from Asterix to Uriah Heep and beyond, the mnusicianship is top notch and the wailing howling vocals of John Lawton are unparalleled. "Ride the Sky" hails the coming of the storm with absolutely thrashing heavy metal guitars and throbbing organ. The reputation of the album in the underground & collector's circles is well-deserved, as it hold up today as a truly heavy rock experience as well as remaining influential on current underground metal & doom / psych bands. BRILLIANT.

• 1973 quadraphonic issue USA pressing
• RED / WHITE LABEL edition
• the dead wax is etched "BG-1-1002 / BG-2-1002"
• cover is thick heavy cardboard with pasted on slick
• printed inner sleeve is thick paper stock with plastic liner

CONDITION:
VINYL =    STRONG VG   Sleeve scuff / hairlines / light play marks or small unfeelable scratches visible under bright halogens. The labels are EX with light spindle marks.

PLAY GRADE =     STRONG VG TO VG+   Expect hiss/static/crackle between tracks & audible in backgrounds to varying degree, some random pops or ticks but NO SKIPS, MUSIC EASILY OVERPOWERS WITH MASSIVE LOUD BOLD DEEP BOOMING FIDELITY.

COVER =    VG+   Light storage rub / wear, some streaking/rubbing/impressions and some chipping, minor creasing near edge or corner, BRIGHT BOLD & VIVID.  The edge seams have rub through color & chipping, small split starting at lower opening edge corner.  Corners have rub/rounding wear, creasing, chipping, splitting etc. The inner sleeve has light creasing wear, age discolor etc.

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Lucifer's Friend ?– Lucifer's Friend

Label: Billingsgate Records ?– BG-1002 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Quadraphonic 
Country: US Released: May 1973 Genre: Rock Style: Hard Rock

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1 Ride The Sky Written-By – Lawton*, Hesslein* 2:54 A2 Everybody's Clown Written-By – Docker*, Hecht*, Hesslein* 6:07 A3 Keep Goin' Written-By – Horns*, Docker*, Hecht*, Hesslein* 5:22 A4 Toxic Shadows Written-By – Docker*, Hesslein* 6:57 B1 Free Baby Written-By – Horns*, Lawton*, Hecht*, Hesslein* 5:26 B2 Baby You're A Liar Written-By – Horns*, Docker*, Hecht*, Hesslein* 3:51 B3 In The Time Of Job When Mammon Was A Yippie Written-By – Horns*, Docker*, Hecht*, Hesslein* 4:01 B4 Lucifer's Friend Written-By – Hildebrandt-Winhauer*, Rietenbach*, Hecht*, Hesslein* 6:08

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Studio Maschen
• Recorded At – Windrose-Dumont-Time Studios
• Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Jacksonville

Credits

• Bass, Vocals – Dieter Horns
• Co-producer – Lucifer's Friend
• Cover, Design, Photography By – Juligan Studio
• Drums, Percussion – Joachim Rietenbach
• Engineer – Gunther Zipelius*, Henning Ruete*, Horst Andritschke
• Guitar, Vocals – Peter Hesslein
• Lead Vocals – John Lawton
• Mixed By [Remix] – Henning Ruete*, Horst Andritschke
• Organ – Peter Hecht
• Producer – H. Hildebrandt-Winhauer* 

Notes

This release is issued as a red label on Side A with the notes "Billingsgate. Practiced fluency and variety of profane and obscene abuse, i.e. Asskickin'." Side B appears as a white label noting all song titles, durations, and writer credits. 

Recorded November 1970 at Tonstudio Maschen & Windrose-Dumont Time Studio

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A etched runout (Variant 1)): BG 1 1002 F1 #1
• Matrix / Runout (Side A etched runout (Vairaint 2)): BG 1 1002 F1 #2
• Matrix / Runout (Side B etched runout): BG 2 1002 F1 #1
• Barcode (Side A & B stamped runout): 0

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