Patto Hold Your Fire V Rare Orig Uk 1971 Vertigo Spiral Swirl Lp Prog Psych

Salemspider Ebay Page Patto Hold Your Fire Very Rare original UK LP released on Vertigo Records in 1971.
1st UK pressing on the Vertigo Spiral label and comes in the special gimmix gatefold sleeve.
Matrix No s Side One - 6360032 1Y//1 420 Side Two - 6360032 2Y//1 420 Ignore the fact that the opening title track sounds almost exactly like the intro to Neil Young s Ohio and Patto s second album kicks into gear from the moment needle strikes vinyl.
A driving fiesta of good-time bluesy-rock, Hold Your Fire retains just enough of its predecessor s jazz fusion sensibilities to ensure that you re never sure what will happen next, but similarly imbibes sufficient oxygen from elsewhere on the early- 70s British rock underground to line up alongside any other primal gem of the age.
Certainly producer Muff Winwood seems considerably more at ease than he did his last time around, hauling Ollie Halsall s tuneful soloing high up in the mix and framing the album s best tracks -- the melancholy You, You Point Your Finger among them -- within some breathtakingly lovely arrangements.
Another highlight, the funky Faces-like See You at the Dance Tonight, almost single-handedly blueprints the best of the still-unborn pub rock boom, while Halsall s playful Air Raid Shelter would not have been out of place on Hold Your Fire, which further proves that not all of Patto s early instincts have been suppressed.
Neither do the surprises stop with the music.
Hold Your Fire was released in positively the most un-Roger Dean-like sleeve design to which Dean ever put his name.
There again, vast spacescapes filled with floating islands and flying elephants were never really Patto s forte -- not when the alternative offers barefoot cops, scantily clad damsels, and hippies bearing colorful mushrooms.
Tracks Are :- Side One 1 Hold Your Fire 2 You, You Point Your Finger 3 How s Your Father 4 See You At The Dance Tonight Side Two 1 Give It All Away 2 Air Raid Shelter 3 Tell Me Where You ve Been 4 Magic Door Released on Vertigo Records in 1971 Catalogue Number 6360 032 Record is in Ex condition under a strong light there are a couple of fine hairlines from the inner sleeve Sleeve is in Ex condition sticker in the top right corner and a little wear All Items must be paid for within 7 days