BLUE MAX-LIMITED EDITION-

As teenager´s back in the middle of the 70´s, Robert Graves and Brothers George and Andrew Douglas put together Blue Max and they landed the achievment to put out an album Before they even finished high school. Originated from Amherst Nova Scotia the only option for this task was to travel to Halifax during  a christmas holiday and record this truly obscure Hard/psych/blues rock album with great pop influences. They self released it in 1976. The pressing was limited to only 1000 copies so the titled served them right. Heavy touring during summer brakes and weekends really tought these guys to be Brothers in arms… It all ended in 1978 when they decided to go their seperate ways.

The production is a Little hollowed but overall a clear and crisp sound with great bass sound and pounding drive on the drums. This is a great what´s to come in Canadian rock Music later on. I do feel the Anvil vibe with great strong songs but a bit of hesitation in the delivery department. Not bad but this could be driven much further. A solid ground!!

Whatabout the drummer, Andrew Douglas?? Well, a standing ovation for the balls to play your first gig at the age of 12!! But, the juvenile overall impression is that there is no direct style to refer to. Solid striking abilities is mixed with anxious passages and some hesitation. All is forgiven due to the low age of Mr. Douglas, the kid nearly had hit puberty when this album was released..To bad there was no follow up. 🙂

For all you lover´s of early 70´s hard/psych/blues rock with an almost AOR direction this is a true milestone and filled with youth and freshness. Good luck of finding an original copy but there are some reissue CD´s out there for about 10 euros so that is a solid tip. You won´t get disappointed for that price!!  🙂

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6-GOOD!-WORTH BUYING-