BUDGIE: Never Turn Your Back On A Friend [Gatefold LP] contains "Breadfan" (Metallica covered it). Check video!
BUDGIE: Never Turn Your Back On A Friend
Never Turn Your Back on a Friend is Budgie's third album, released in 1973. This is the band's best known album and is notable for its inclusion of "Breadfan", the band's best-known song. Metallica recorded a cover version of "Breadfan" in 1988.
The album cover was done by Roger Dean, who has done much of the album artwork for progressive rock band Yes.
All Songs Written By Burke Shelley/Tony Bourge/Ray Phillips, except where noted.
"Breadfan" – 6:10
"Baby, Please Don't Go" – 5:30 (Big Joe Williams)
"You Know I'll Always Love You" – 2:15
"You're the Biggest Thing Since Powdered Milk" – 8:51
"In the Grip of a Tyrefitter's Hand" – 6:29
"Riding My Nightmare" – 2:42
"Parents" – 10:25
Burke Shelley - Lead Vocals, bass
Tony Bourge - Guitar, backing vocals
Ray Phillips - Drums
[This hard rock group was formed in Cardiff in Wales, by John Burke Shelley (bass, acoustic guitar, lead vocals) and Ray Phillips (drums) in 1968. Joined by Tony Bourge (lead guitar, vocals), the trio established a substantial following on the south Wales college and club circuit and were subsequently signed to MCA Records. Plying their trade in a basic, heavy riffing style, the standard was set with the first single, charmingly entitled 'Crash Course To Brain Surgery'. The vagaries of early 70s British album artwork were typified by the treatment given to Budgie's releases depicted ludicrous images of budgerigars variously posed, dressed as a fighter pilot (staring nobly out into the far horizon), a Nazi Gestapo officer, or as a squadron of fighter budgies flying in formation, tearing into combat. This is the original gatefold sleeve release (1973).

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