Product Description
Scarce Actual 1977 Japanese First Pressing ~ Complete With Highly Collectable Obi Strip! Heavy Grade Cover Includes Inner Sleeve & 4-Page Insert With Lyrics, Labels Are Clean. The Hard Hitting Fifth Aerosmith LP Features “Kings And Queens”, “Critical Mass” & “Draw The Line”.
Condition – Vinyl: NEAR MINT!
Condition – Cover: VERY GOOD PLUS! Some discolouring around edges, due to being a white cover that is nearly 50 years old.
Japanese vinyl pressings are highly sought after by audiophiles and collectors, due to their premium sound quality and beautifully presented packaging. The sonic quality of Japanese records is regarded as the best in the world. The covers are printed on better quality heavy stock paper. Near Mint original Japanese pressings are becoming rarer ~ and therefore more collectable and valuable every year.
Side 1:
Draw The Line
I Wanna Know Why
Critical Mass
Get It Up
Bright Light Fright
Side 2:
Kings And Queens
The Hand That Feeds
Sight For Sore Eyes
Milk Cow Blues
AMG –
Another down-and-dirty Aerosmith release of simple, straight-ahead hard rock. The follow-up to the hellacious Rocks, 1977's Draw the Line still managed to be another down-and-dirty Aerosmith release. Unlike their most recent album successes, the band shies away from studio experimenting and dabbling in different styles; instead they return to simple, straight-ahead hard rock. The album-opening title track features a gloriously abrasive Joe Perry slide guitar riff and has been featured in concert ever since, while the punk-esque "Bright Light Fright" featured Perry's first ever lead vocal spot on an Aerosmith record. Other highlights include a reworking of the blues obscurity "Milk Cow Blues," which Perry's pre-Aerosmith group, the Jam Band, played live, as well as "I Wanna Know Why," "Critical Mass," "Get It Up," "Kings and Queens," and "Sight for Sore Eyes." Draw the Line would turn out to be the last true studio album from Aerosmith's original lineup for nearly a decade. 3 ½ Stars
Geoff –
A great "kick ass" rock 'n' roll LP that demands to be played LOUD! So, Aerosmith were all drugged up, going crazy and being total rock stars in 1977 -- and on this LP, it really shows! Maybe it doesn't hold together as well as 'Toys In The Attic', but it is still great "kick ass" rock 'n' roll and I love it! Worth getting for the pounding title track, Zeppelin-esque "Critical Mass", Joe Perry's freight train "Bright Light Fright", the sleaze rock of "Sight For Sore Eyes" and cool single "Kings and Queens". This one demands to be played LOUD!