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Deep Purple-Machine Head
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Blue Öyster Cult is NOT a metal band, their 1st NOT a metal album. The debut is a PSYCHEDELIC HEAVY ROCK album, the BEST both in musically & thematically ever recorded in that genre and sounds fantastic and very heavy in fact, on decent stereo system of course. The best debut from 1972 & "Then Came the Last Days of May" is the best ballad played by a rock group without unnecessary string arrangements. It was heavy stuff back in the day, when Buck Dharma ruled the World.

Black Sabbath is very different music really, it´s HEAVY METAL BOOGIE. There is 1 thing they both are similar: the dark mustached lead guitarists play the mighty Gibson SG. The gentleman in white suit Buck Dharma plays white SG, the sinister riff master in black leather Tony Iommi plays the black SG. 
GENESIS "BBC Crymes" on vinyl. GENESIS LIVE in studio in 1972 !? They were in top of their game, they were 22, they were bold and beautiful. Young Gabriel & other lads. Go figure.
Yes, it´s the best GENESIS LIVE quality ever captured on record.

Bootlegs sound bad ? Not all. Many bootlegs CDs are also great from their pinnacle. The Pound tour 1973-74 in particular. The power of GENESIS LIVE magic is right there. And I´m talking about CDs here. Think of the original analog recordings... there must be many gems hidden in the vaults I strongly believe...  
Is the original US edition (Reprise?) of Hendrix´s  Axis any good ? The UK reissue (Polydor) from 1983 is too trebly /peaky to me.
As the original UK editions of "Electric Ladyland" go for astronomical prices, what later editions (UK or others) would you recommend ? Thanks in advance.