Bloody Mary - Bloody Mary mp3 album

Note: all pressings, even still sealed ones, have a constant noise due to a pressing fault. It's not very disturbing during the songs but very prominent between the songs.

Well played hard rock in the style of many other non-mainstream early 70's guitar & keyboard driven hard rock bands such as; Bull Angus, Indian Summer, Jackal, and yes...even Sir Lord Baltimore at times. Though to me this album comes off sounding more like 1970 than 1974. Musically it's great, and for some the only thing holding it back may be the vocals (desired taste)...depending on how particular you are.I acquired this LP by chance while in Oregon attending an annual vinyl collectors convention during the late 70's. I used to go down there quite frequently and visit a buddy who owned a record store and hang out, party a bit, and bring a few obscurities his way on each visit. He'd return the favour, as I'd always wind up lugging a big box of vinyl back up to Canada on my return...this is how I discovered Bloody Mary.At the time, there was no talk of former Sir Lord Baltimore members being a part of this bands lineup. That all came in more recent times as internet fuelled speculation, which eventually morphed into misinformation perceived to be true via music related blog & website chatter. To this day I've never seen any sound evidence of this, as even Sir Lord Baltimore drummer John Garner (rumoured to be a Bloody Mary member) denies any involvement, and claims he'd never heard of Bloody Mary until he was asked about them. I consider myself to have a discerning ear, and after listening to Sir Lord Baltimore and Bloody Mary countless times over the years or, I do see some very slight similarities in the vocals, but not enough to convince me that it's John Garner. I actually like John's singing, be it with Sir Lord Baltimore, or the early 00's band The Lizards. But I don't care all that much for Bloody Mary's vocalist...whoever he is, but I accept it as a part of this bands sound. Quite honestly, if it wasn't for the musicianship itself, I doubt very much I would have played this album as often as I have over the years. That said, it's really the music found herein that warrants a 4/5 rating from this fan.On my original vinyl LP there really isn't any information as to who was in this bands line-up within the credits. The back of the jacket is taken up mostly by the song lyrics, with a small space at the top listing the song titles. At the bottom we have info like; Recorded at Ultrasonic Studios Hempstead NY - Engineer: John Bradly. Mastering: Sol and Domenick at Media Sound. Producer: Vinny Testa. Below all that, the band give thanks to several people by first name only. Even on the "Family Productions, Inc" labels themselves there's nothing other than track listings/run-times etc. Not even a last name credit adjacent to the song title.I bought this LP sealed, and there was no inner sleeve packed, so this band's true lineup has always been a mystery to me.Recommended to fans of early 70's hard rock.I've added my YouTube video featuring my personal copy of this LP. The video can be found on Bloody Mary's release page here at Discogs.