The "WIND" Beneath Your Wings

A nice little post for you all this Sunday. Something for everyone, (or at least for everyone with the good taste to visit NILOOB), some classic NWOBHM, some rare US Metal, something a little more up to date, and one of the rarest, and best punk 7''s of all time. Interested? You should be, come & see.
For starters, here's the excellent "Direct Line" album by Leeds based rockers Dedringer. They had a pretty high profile at the time this album was released thanks to tours in support of MSG, Gillan & Triumph. However fate dealt them a cruel blow just as they were riding this wave of acclaim, when their guitar duo were seriously injured in a bad car smash. By the time they recovered from their injuries, their deal & momentum were both long gone. At this stage members started to come & go and they faded from view for a few years, eventually resurfacing on the Neat label for the "Second Arising" album, which failed to set the heather alight. Sadly, they split in 1985. This is their complete 1st album, bolstered by 3 non-album b-sides from the same era. Basically everything they recorded during their time on the DinDisc label. Sounds as good now as it did then.

DEDRINGER - Direct Line (1980) UK

http://rapidshare.com/files/25347351/DEDRINGER_-_Direct_Line__UK-1980_.rar

I don't know much about our next nugget, "Kamikaze Killers" by Takashi, except that they were from New York City & signed to the short-lived but very collectable Mongol Horde label, also home to Thor & Alien. I just got this one & at the time of posting have yet to hear it myself, i'm led to believe it's cool early '80's Metal and is held in high regard by those who care about such things, judge for yourself.

TAKASHI - Kamikaze Killers Mini LP (1983) USA

http://rapidshare.com/files/25852676/Takashi_-_Kamikaze_Killers_mini_LP__1983_-_USA_.rar

Here's something a little more "here & now" for y'all, this is the "Southern Fried" EP from Atlanta Georgia's Artimus Pyledriver from 2002, which they released on their own Mine's Bigger Than Yours label. It's long out of print & i thought the discerning visitors to this here blog might get a kick out of their Skynyrd meets Sabbath meets Dwarves styled racket. Their debut album was released last year via DRT & they're currently on tour with Fu Manchu & Valient Thorr through the USA. Five "Dixie Fight Songs" for the price of none!

ARTIMUS PYLEDRIVER - Southern Fried EP (2002) USA

http://rapidshare.com/files/23873610/ARTIMUS_PYLEDRIVER_-_Southern_Fried_EP__2002_-USA_.rar

A couple of nice rare NWOBHM releases up next, one English, one Scottish. The first is "Out With A Vengeance" by Nightime Flyer from waaaaay back in 1979. This one was ripped from the ltd Phoenix Records rerelease from 2003, but the music is still defiantly 1979. Sweet baby Jesus, the B-Side is called "Heavy Metal Rules"! Need i add anything further?

NIGHTIME FLYER - Out With A Vengeance 7'' (1979) UK

http://rapidshare.com/files/25848812/Nightime_Flyer_-_Out_With_A_Vengeance_7____1979_.rar

This next record is one of the rarest of the NWOBHM era. This is "Snake In The Grass" by my fellow countrymen Hazzard. This failed to receive any distribution at all at the time & was only available to buy at their gigs, so there are very few surviving copies left which is reflected in the asking price should you actually find one for sale. Have this one for nothing on us, it's a minor classic which passed almost everyone by back in the day, great Hard Rock with melody from a talented Scottish quartet.

HAZZARD - Snake In The Grass 7'' (1981) UK

http://rapidshare.com/files/25846693/Hazzard_-_Snake_In_the_Grass_7____1981_.rar

From one of the rarest Metal records to one of the rarest Punk discs in one fell swoop. This is the ridiculously rare 1st release from Bad Brains, "Pay To Cum". Really, anyone who thinks they know something about music should know Bad Brains, they were one of the finest bands of any genre to walk the earth ever. Their influence is vast and ongoing. No one else however gets close to playing the way they do. This is where the legend began. Educate yourself here and now if you've never had the pleasure of making their acquaintance, you'll be forever changed.

BAD BRAINS - Pay To Cum 7'' (1980) USA

http://rapidshare.com/files/25300003/BAD_BRAINS_-_Pay_To_Cum_7____1980_.rar

That's all for tonight, but i'll be back midweek with a couple of special records that will set your pulses racing.
Also keep them peeled for a forthcoming all-Canadian megapost. More on that soon.