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Pussy - Invasion LP

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Pussy - Invasion LP. British band Jerusalem is well known among 70s hard rock enthusiasts for their classic 1972 debut album on the Deram label and its recent vinyl and cd reissues. Pussy, also managed and produced by Ian Gillan (Deep Purple), was formed immediately after the breakup of Jerusalem in 1972. Pussy recorded and released one single for the Deram label with the original line-up of Paul Dean, Ray Sparrow, and Bob Cooke and went on to record their debut album between 1972 and 1973 with Brian Goff taking over for Bob Cooke on guitar. This album has remained previously unreleased on vinyl until now!

Pussy was formed after the breakup of Jerusalem by its founding members Paul Dean & Ray Sparrow along with Bob Cooke, who was eventually replaced by Brian Goff. They made the decision not to continue with the name Jerusalem out of respect for what Jerusalem was all about at that time in musical history, after all, Jerusalem was a one-off moment in time creation and could never be recreated. Although the musical direction of Pussy was very different to Jerusalem, which is surprising as Paul was the main writer for both bands (although his liking for riffs is still prominent in places), they continued to keep that raw, no-rules edge that set them apart from many of the bands of the period

Gillan was far more proactive with Pussy and was actually responsible for many backing vocals on the songs (also played piano on Feline Woman version 2, some percussion, and came up with the idea for 'Place in the Sky'). Pussy was a good-time band with no pretensions of being super musicians or technical geniuses. If it seemed like fun it was worth a try, which explains a lot about their sound and direction. On stage anything could happen, no rules of course! They gigged all over the UK and Germany as a main and support act, very much in the same way as Jerusalem had done.

After the disbanding of Jerusalem - (the rumors over the years said there was a second unreleased Jerusalem album - this is not true - it was actually the Pussy album) - Decca (Deram Label) decided to continue the Jerusalem contract for Pussy. The first and only Pussy release on Deram, thanks to a personnel shake-up at the label, was a single entitled 'Feline Woman'. The recordings found here represent what was to be the Pussy debut album with Brian Goff on guitar plus bonus tracks from the original single and a studio track recorded in 1972 with Jerusalem guitarist Bob Cooke. (m/m, new)

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Track List:

  1. The Knife
  2. Feline Woman
  3. Pig Mansion
  4. Man of this World
  5. Take Me Home
  6. Riding Down the Red Flag
  7. I Keep Remembering You
  8. Lady Ella
  9. I.F.O.
  10. Moonshine
  11. Ska-Child (from ’72 single)
  12. Feline Woman (from ’72 single)
  13. A Place in the Sky (’72 session)

* tracks 1-10 are from previously unreleased 1973 album sessions with guitarist Brian Goff

Total Running Time: [42:34]

Features

Genre:
Hard Rock
Vinyl Color:
Black
Format:
LP
Discs:
1
Manufacturer:
Rockadrome
Orig Year:
1973
Issue Date:
2018
Pressing:
Original
Country of Origin:
UK
Made In:
USA

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Pussy-Invasion (1973) Deram Records

This is my best pick up in 2024 so far! This freaking album and I connected immediately over a few cocktails and Gron Pearl Gummies! This album spent 30 years shelved without an official release! Thank God for Rockadrome on making this readily available to weirdo heads like us!
Long rumored to be an unreleased 2nd LP by the Hard n Heavy 70’s band Jerusalem. While it does have former Jerusalem players Ray Sparrow & Paul Dean onboard, Jerusalem this is not! Also produced by Deep Purple’s Ian Gillan as was the lone Jerusalem album. The music is hard to describe but I’ll give it a shot! Hard rocking, full of groovy hooks and some serious guitar riffage! Post Psych heaviness with some really cool studio augmentation! Sort of Glammy as well! This album is about 5-6 years ahead of the RnR curve in that it has almost a late 70’s power pop infused punkness to go with the slammin’ hard driving guitar sound! The vocals have almost a glammed out alt rock vibe! I told ya this was hard to describe!
This is one of those albums that grabs me at first listen and I love it when a record does that! I dig a lot of cool albums but it’s not often that one reaches out and snatches me by the soul and makes that cosmic connection! Pussy Invasion has done just that! Def worth checking out! Available on Rockadrome!
Rockadrome unearths another lost early 70's gem! Formed out of the ashes of Jerusalem (they made one record, I think it's way overrated), this one has a completely different sound. Glammy vocal (it's from 72, the peak of the glam era), but musically it's straight forward hard rock. Tight, locked in drumming, Gibson guitars and some really catchy riffs make this an A list lost classic.
The music reminds me a bit of the First Daze era Pentagram stuff minus the doom elements. Some cool leads and even a slide guitar solo thrown in. The first track sounds a lot like Three Man Army but after that these guys really have their own sound.
Produced by Ian Gillan, he does a much better job than he did on the Jerusalem record. That one sounded like it was recorded in a garage. This one sounds good turned up, in no small part due to the great remastering job. Really cool packaging too.
I would say if you like early Pentagram, Hard Stuff's first album, Budgie, or early Sweet, you can't go wrong picking up a copy. I hope Dennis digs up more of this kind of stuff!
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