Bandolier

Bandolier

Limited 180gm vinyl LP repressing of this album from the Welsh hard rock band. Bandolier is the fifth album by Budgie, released in September 1975 through MCA Records. It reached #36 in the UK and was certified Gold in 1976. The album was released in the US on A&M Records in late 1975. The cover art was created by artist Patrick Woodroffe. The song "I Can't See My Feelings" was covered by Iron Maiden on the B-side of their 1992 single "From Here to Eternity". Budgie are described by author Garry Sharpe-Young as one of the earliest heavy metal bands and a seminal influence to many acts of that scene, with fast, heavy rock. The band has been noted as "among the heaviest metal of it's day".