Killing Floor - Killing Floor (LP)

A powerful selection of performances by a top class British band that toured the club scene during the late 1960s. As a support act for such bands as Yes, The Nice and Ten Years After, Killing Floor was a seasoned outt with lots of experience, as can be heard on this their debut album rst released in 1970. Among a dozen driving tracks is a version of Willie Dixon’s ‘Woman You Need Love’ and such Chicago style blues numbers as ‘Nobody By My Side’ and ‘Come Home Baby’. The line-up features founder members Mick Clarke (lead guitar) and Bill Thorndycraft (vocals, harmonica) with Lou Martin (piano), Stuart McDonald (bass) and Bazz Smith (drums). Recorded in just 12 days, here is a killing album brimful of blues re.

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