Of Blackfoot’s three classic “animal cover” albums, 1980’s Tomcattin’ is my favourite. A rushed follow-up to the band’s 1979 breakthrough Strikes, it’s the band’s hardest and heaviest album. In southern rock terms, remarkably so. The band’s mix of suvvern hallmarks (Rickey Medlocke’s hollerin’ vocals and the rootsy dual geetars) and British blues rock (shades of Free and Humble Pie) is still evident throughout but there’s a downright crazy as hell attitude all the way through this album. The band sound like grizzled, aggressive road warriors: loving and leaving; fucking and fighting. So even a relatively Skynyrd-esque boogie like Gimme, Gimme, Gimme charges at pace and often erupts into aggressive metal riffs. And on superb tunes like Warped, On The Run and Every Man Should Know (Queenie) the band fire up like Nuge-style wildmen. I know this is the “cat” album but Tomcattin’ is the dog’s bollocks.
HEAVY METAL OVERLOAD 
Nice CD edition. Rock Candy?
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Never mind, it says Rock Candy reissue in the headline. However I’m proud to identify it by picture alone.
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Yep. I donated my vinyl copy to Mr 1537
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That’s sweet! Very kind of you! Does this version have any bonus material?
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No, but good liner notes and it sounds great.
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Plus, don’t they look so sweet all lined up?
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Yeah definitely. Also, I like having stuff on vinyl but CDs are my default.
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Mine too. I want vinyl for certain classic albums. However, CD wins for price, convenience, shipping, extra tracks, so I buy that first. I buy vinyl second. For example I’m trying to get a complete collection of Kiss from 1974-1987. Original or reissue, whatever it takes to fill the gap. But the CD is what I will be playing most.
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I like having the vinyl option for certain reissues, nice editions or albums that are just plain easier to get on vinyl. I did the classic albums thing for a while but eventually decided I couldn’t be arsed.
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Great album .
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Some sucker once gave me a copy of this LP. What a wee daftie!
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