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Today's CoronaVinyl category is "B," and let's go with some '70s proto-metal. Bloodrock was a Texas-based hard rock band that had some minor success in the early '70s. The album I have, Bloodrock 'N' Roll, is a 1975 compilation album, put out a year after the band released its final studio album.
Even in their short existence, the band was prolific, putting out six studio albums between 1970 and 1974. The band's first four albums were more hard rock and psychedelic rock, and then with some lineup changes, they went in a softer, more prog rock direction.
Bloodrock 'N' Roll is only seven songs, with three studio songs and four live songs. All of the songs are from their first three albums, so it has a generally heavy and sometimes psychedelic vibe -- like early Deep Purple or Mountain. It's all pretty good, frankly. I had never listened to this album before today -- or any Bloodrock, for that matter. Some of the songs are definitely early metal, especially "D.O.A.," which was the group's only Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 (#36) and is told from the perspective of someone who just died and is at the morgue. All in all, good stuff.
Favorite Song on Side 1: "Cheater"
This is a plodding, guitar-heavy hard rock song that screams early '70s, and I mean that in the best way.
Favorite Song on Side 2: "Kool-Aid-Kids"
The album ends with a rollicking live song that could very well have been on one of Deep Purple's early '70s albums.
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