CAIN-A POUND OF FLESH-

As a rooster in the henhouse, this album from 1975 stir things up when it comes to US Hard/blues/prog rock. Originated from Minnesota this band earned it´s colours with Heavy touring in Iowa, Milwaukee and of course their native state and it took a while for them to progress the excellent sound from their debut album as Cain.

The production is Contemporary with all great records from ´75 but with that personal seal of homegrown kickass material. The vocals by  the extraordinary flight alert siren Jiggs Lee impresses even me and you can hear the resemblence to an Young Ian Gillan. Fantastic!! The guitars by Lloyd Forsberg are smooth yet aggressive and not to exagerated together with a steady rollin bass playing by Dave Elmeer. But then again they been working for some years to perfect the material for this slap in the face album. Fresh meat is the best….. 🙂

Whatabout the drummer, Kevin Deremer? A funky style player with a great ear for timing and Dynamics evolves upon this album. The striking is perfect with fresh noticeable hitting ratio. The technical skills are over avarage but not in the front room. This is an enjoyable player with nice drive and integrity. Very Nice!!

You can have whatever opinion about the album cover but; the Picture tells you that this is not a lover´s saturday night shagmusic favorite. The great textframe with “8 Prime Cuts” just falls in my box of irony highlights. Splendid!!

This is one of the “Holy Grails” of obscure albums and as you could guess, hard to find and great copy´s are expensive. I see this as an investment, not only in an great album but also to spread the Word; Stop, Look and listen what you´ve missed!! Play it loud and just Enjoy!!

VINYLRATING/GRADE

-8-EXCELLENT-HEAD ON RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES COLLISION WITH A FREIGHT TRAIN!