Murder floor (2) - Kill floor Label: Father - SES 97019 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: ONS Released: 1970 Genre: Rock Style: Blues Rock, Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock sleeve-(vg+) (vinyl nm) label ( nm ) photos are part of the description . This is the 1st US pressing of Killing Floor's debut album. ℗& © 1969 issued by SPARK Records in the United Kingdom SIRE RECORDS Distributed by London Records, Inc. 539 West 25th St. New York, N.Y. This label has some variations - Side 2 is above SES 97019 with SWEB 2138 P below the record number. OLD FLOOR The lead members of South London-based band Killing Floor originally met while playing in a blues band called the Loop. During the British blues boom of 1968-1969, lead guitarist Mick Clarke and singer/mouth organ player Bill Thorndycraft decided to form a "straight blues" group and recruit potential members from the classified pages of Melody Maker. They were joined by pianist Lou Martin, bassist Stuart MacDonald and drummer Bazz Smith. Taking their name from Howlin' Wolf's "Killing Floor" (Wolf's cover was itself a version of Robert Johnson's "The Lemon Song"), the band played only one gig previously ex-Radio Caroline DJ and avid blues fan John Edward offered to manage them. Edward's connection with Southern Music publishing led to them signing with Southern's Spark Records imprint. The band was booked at Pye Recording Studios and with Edward on board as 'producer' they recorded their self-titled debut in 12 days "KILLING FLOOR" Produced by John Edward 1970 LP SIRE RECORDS SES 97019 STEREO PRESSED IN U.S.A. ORIGINAL PRESSING [issued with 2 different label designs (slight variations on lyrics)] This version: the label has some variations - Side 1 and 2 above SES 97019 with SWEB 2137 P and 2138 P below the record number. There are no numbers at the bottom of the labels THICK CARDBOARD SLEEVE (AMERICAN STYLE) WITH COMPANY INNER SLEEVE Barcode and other identifiers LABEL: STAR - WHITE LABEL with LIGHT BLUE STRIKE - BLACK TEXT Catalogue on cover: SES 97019 Catalogue on labels: SES 97019 (SWEB 2137 P / SWEB 2138 P) Matrix / swag (side A, stamped): SWEB 2137-1 Bell Sound Matrix / swag (side B, stamped): SWEB 2138-1 Bell Sound On labels: Stereo Sire Distributed by London On back cover: Notes by Mike Raven