Buck Dharma-Flat Out (1982)


 

Artist: Buck Dharma

Title: Flat Out

Label: Portrait

Format: LP

Cat: ARR 38124

Year of Release: 1982

Country and Year of Edition: US 1982 gold stamp promo

Sell Price: $4,82

Sell Date: 2/15/24

Condition: VG+/VG

Discogs Last Sold  2/11/24 $25.00 NM/VG+ includes original  inner sleeve

Low: $2.81 VG+/VG 11/24/22

Median: $6.97

Average: $8.54

High: $24.99 

Current low price: $5.00 VG/G+

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 9

Have/Want: 520/70

Where Sold: Centerville, IN

Time It Took To Sell:  9 years

Where and When Bought:  used early 80's Al Bums $3.99

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+

Sad To See It Go: No

"Buck's Boogie" be damned, I think back in 1982 Blue Öyster Cult were anonymous to me.  So much so that when I heard "Born To Rock" on the radio I didn't realize it was the BÖC co-leader striking out on his own.  Of course as time grew, I saw them on The Revolution By Night tour in a half-empty arena in Worcester March of 1984.

At the time I thought "Born To Rock" was a great track on a forgettable album.  The other single that made it to video was the side 1 closer, "Your Loving Heart."  Cool that the video shows what the lyrics were about, since I haven't bothered to review this record or these songs since I bought the album as a used promo in 1982 or 1983.  The track is albums avant-garde and over six minutes.  I don't remember it ever being on AOR radio the way the even longer "Shooting Shark" was.   MTV chopped that one down to under 5, but this one followed in the tradition of Bloodrock's hit "D.O.A." with a mix of Pink Floyd The Wall.

Buck Dharma and his songs deserved more attention than that and I was looking forward to finally paying attention to these tracks with a few listens.  Bloom and Bouchard and Lanier and crew deemed this material too poppy to take the bands over.  Maybe only "All Tied Up" with it's synth drum is, but you could make an argument that it also sounds like a Mirrors outtake. So does "That Summer Night" maybe one upping with a lick in the realm of  Tom Verlaine.  After "Born To Rock" it may be the best of the record and it top loads the record.

You can't say Buck was under the influence of a crappy producer or a joy producing one like Sandy Pearlman on Tom Werman.  Donald produced the damn thing.  Weird stuff closes the record, first an instrumental called "Anwar's Theme" then what the BÖC songbook calls "Gnop Gnip" with it's backwards intro before doo-woping it's way to your heart with "Come Softly To Me."   Side 2 got weird early on with the second track, the almost acapella "Wind Weather and Storm"  Hot water or soap?  You choose.

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