OUTSIDE THE LAW (Billingsgate BG 1009 in 1974)


A
1. Reflexion
2. Woman
3. Big City
4. In Your Eyes
B
1. Outside The Law
2. Tequila Shuffle
3. Fresh Air

Recording Data

Record at Omega Studio Chicago November in 1974
Produced by EPITAPH
Guest Musicians : Fred Kaz (Piano) and Billy Shaw (Organ)
All written by Cliff Jackson except B-2 by Bernd Kolbe



Menber (Great illusted! :-))

Cliff Jackson (Vocal, Guitar) Klaus Walz (Guitar) Bernd Kolbe (Bass) Achim Wielert (Drums)


Also the great,great masterpiece that has the beautiful twin lead guitar tone. Of course Cliff and Klaus's guitar-play show us unbelievable high tension.

As you can see upper picture, the black cover jacket of specification was released after that. The handwriting recording data, member's portrait and reversal live-shot on left side of into this gatehold jacket, and the very strange picture something a door illustration was drawn on right side.

Re-issue of this work was carried out from the German minor label "Babylon"(Babylon Z80001) using the single jacket in 1978. Moreover, CD was released as bootleg in 1994 (GERMANOFON 941008), and official CD (RR4885) was released from Repertoire label in June, 2000.
After that,in 2010,more CD (MIG00292CD) was released including 7 bonus tracks.


Do you want to know all press of "Outside The Law" !?

OK,Here we go ! ;-)



1.


 LP


 Billingsgate BG1009


 1974


 US


 1st press white cover,1,000 Copy Only.
And this hold a ticket for concet in German.
Single Jacket
2. LP Billingsgate BG1009 1974 US Gatehold
3. LP Membran 221311 1974 Germany Gatehold
4. LP Membran 221311 1974 Germany Single Jacket
5. LP Babylon Z80001 1978 Germany Re-issue Single Jacket
6. CD Germanofon 941008 1994 Germany Bootleg
7. CD Repertoire RR4885 2000 Germany
8 CD M.I.G. MIG00292CD 2010 Germany 7 Bonus Tracks (Inc.3 Unreleased Before)




1. LP Billingsgate BG1009 1974 US 1st Press 1,000 Copy
Cover Label front side Label reverse side
Sheet infomation is following :
"EPITAPH OUTSIDE THE LAW DIESES ALBUM IST IST EINES VON NUR 1000 ORIGINALAUFNAHMEN
AUS AMERIKA DER REST IST DEUTSCHE PRESSUNG. FUR DEN KAUFER DIESER WEISSEN ALBEN
STELLT EPITAPH ALS KOMPENSATION FUR DIE NUR WEISSE HOLLE. EINE FREIKARTE zu
EPITAPHKONZERT ODER ZU EINE DER EINEM GERMAN ROCU CIRCUS DATEN IM MAI 1974."

This item was made only 1,000 press as a promotion in Germany.White cover with text sheet (or text stump),diffarent label design with after that released press.
This masterpiece of Rock was born as these style at first.Nowaday,become a rare item.



2. LP Billingsgate BG1009 1974 US Gatehold
Front Reverse Label
Inside of Jacket

Since "Billingsgate" was a record label company in the United States, this US press was an original issue of this work.
A label mark (illustration with which the left man is going to kick at a right man's hips. what a strange !:-) ) is under the center of a jacket, and there is a live shot which carried out monochrome reversal in a back jacket. It cannot said that the quality of paper of a jacket is good also in a compliment.



3. LP Membran 221311 1974 Germany Gatehold
Front Reverse Label
Inside of Jacket

This album was also released from Membran label in their homecountry,German. It was the same as that of original US press that this jacket is a spreadable. The upper part of front cover has the notation of "SUN ROCK (I think that it is the name of their production)."
It is the difference from an original jacket art that on upper right label mark of Membran was written. Moreover, jacket has full lamination coating.


4. LP Membran 221311 1974 Germany Single Jacket
Front Reverse Label

This work also had the album release in the single jacket without a gatehold from Membran label. The differences from a gatehold-press were that there was no notation of "domino" in the label logo of a front jacket, that there was no live shot currently used for back Jacket here, that the address notation was different a little, and strange picture did not exist here.


5. LP Babylon Z80001 1978 Germany Re-issue Single Jacket
Front Reverse Label

This is a re-issue from German Babylon label. This seems to be the copy of the single jacket of Membran fundamentally. Although the logo illustration of US Billingsgate remained, the logo of Membran which was in the upper right was erased.
There was a logo mark of Babylon in the back jacket upper part. A label design was the same as the label of "Handicap" I & II records which was released after that.


6. CD Germanofon 941008 1994 Germany Bootleg
Reverse / Front Label
Inside of Jacket Reverse

This bootleg reproduction was carried out in Germany.  Although the front jacket was using of a German Membran label's one, the name of Membran label, and the illusted man on the left of the label mark of Billingsgate, and the name of Billingsgate were smeared away. Although using of Membran label, what a stupid, a right side picture was printed upside down !


7. CD Repertoire RR4885 2000 Germany
Reverse / Front Label
Inside of Jacket Reverse

Official CD format of this album was released by Repertoire label. Since this was the release from the label which made reproduction of 1st and 2nd album release realize, although it was expected that there is any bonus tracks, there was no bonus tracks here.
Although the jacket waas using the Membran label issue, the label mark of Billingsgate was erased. The title notation of this CD reverse side jacket was original. The liner notes wrriten by Germany and English were appended to inside. The disk label treats the band name illustration of a jacket. It is pretty good.



8. CD MIG00292CD 2010 Germany With 7 Bonus Tracks
Front Reverse Label

This issue is a digi-pack and Original recording remastered and 7 bonus tracks,"Train To The City","Wasted So Much Time","Kind Of A Man"(theseo are never released before 1976 tracks) "Woman","Outside The Law","Jims Thing-Drum Solo"and "Big City"(These are from 2000 re-union live).
Also,Great item.