If I Were Brittania I'd Waive the Rules

Completes my collection of these often forgotten band. Excellent cd.

Budgie is a band that was pioneering in the early days of Heavy Metal. This album does mix it up with its sound. Heavy in parts, ballad like in others, they even manage to get some funk in there too. Overall it hits the mark. Catchy bass lines and good musicianship make this a great listen. This imported 180g LP is pressed by Noteworthy Records not by A&M. So if your replacing an older copy, that is one difference. The new label does have a simple classic black look.However, the copy I received did have some damage on the outer sleeve with a folded corner, but it’s not the end of the world. The record plays great, but for thirty bucks it would have been nice to have a creas-less record jacket.

GREAT ALBUM BUT SINCE THEN I QUIT BUYING THROUGH AMAZON DUE TO THE HORRIFIC CUSTOMER SUPPORT AGAINST CRAPPY SELLERS!

Bugdie is aband that never got the acclaim they deserved when they were active, and are now all but forgotten.They were a hard rocking Welch band that were a cross between Sabbath/Zeppelin with a singer that sounds quite a bit like Geddy Lee.This is one of my favorite albums of theirs, and while it doesn't rate as highly among Budgie fans as Squawk, Never Turn Your Back on a Friend or In for the Kill!, it's an excellent example of the Budgie sound.Highly Recommended for fans of 70's style Hard Rock and early Metal.

Saw them in 1978 just out of high school winning some tickets to A & M Recording Studios in the old Charlie Chaplin studio there off the radio station KNAC when they had "Import Hour"on(miss that so much). A rare band that deserved so much more back then with their talents that were ahead of their time on the music and lyrics. Only since to later 80's with bands like Metallica doing some covers of them did the puplic really get to appreciate these rare progressive rock offerings.Wish could find some picture of that concert... Any way every song is a fantastic one on this album with a peak of "heaven knows our name" Work of art there....Hopefully the cycle of true progressive rock and all the work it takes to pull off will come back some day.....

This is'nt as good as "Bandolier", but it's pretty darn close. It is a continuation of great music from one of the most critically neglected bands in rock and roll history. With songs like the title track, "Sky High Percentage" and my favorite, "Black Velvet Stallion", they prove again their worthiness to stand alongside the best hard rock bands in history. If one has never heard or even heard of Budgie, one would do well to take a chance on this great band. I doubt one would be disappointed.

Black Velvet Stallion is a great song

Building the old collection on discs. Real Classic Rock !!!