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Placebo - Ball Of Eyes [MOVLP 1091 NLD RSD2014 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC]

Expect to pay a small fortune for original pressings of Belgian funk-jazz-fusion troupe Placebo's debut long player. This RSD2014 reissue was pressed at the very same plant as the CBS Records original in The Netherlands. It is not clear what source was used for this repress, Music On Vinyl rarely reveal such details, however they don't suggest it is direct from the original master & charge you three times the price.

Recorded over four hot nights in Brussels during August 1971, Ball of Eyes kicks off with a plucky & funky cover of Marvin Gaye's Inner City Blues - just wait till that bass hits your speakers. You Got Me Hummin' is a rare vocal rock-fusion track which could easily have originated from the USA in the early seventies. Planes, Humpty Dumpty and  Showbiz Suite are experimental jazz-fusion. Aria is smoothly sublime groove. The title track is no more than a Marc Moulin piano solo, showing off the Belgian pianists talents ....answers on a postcard please explaining the unusual but entertaining Oh La La.

There is a delightful rawness to these recordings which does well to detract from the known complexities of this particular genre of music.

Needle Time is about to shut down its ripping station for a good few weeks, if time permits you may encounter the occasional post. See you on the other side.....

A1 Inner City Blues

A2 Planes

A3 You Got Me Hummin'

A4 Humpty Dumpty

B1 Aria

B2 Showbiz Suite

B3 Ball Of Eyes

B4 Oh La La