LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

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.

Track Listing

SIDE 1

• 01 Woman You Need Love 4.46
• 02 Nobody By My Side 4.50
• 03 Come Home Baby 4.02
• 04 Bedtime Blues 7.26
• 05 Sunday Morning 0.59
• 06 Try To Understand 2.33

SIDE 2

• 01 My Mind Can Ride Easy 2.26
• 02 Wet 0.38
• 03 Keep On Walking 4.55
• 04 Forget It! 5.29
• 05 Lou’s Blues 2.36
• 06 People Change Your Mind 8.18