Hard Hitter 1996 COLOUR: Black With Green Swirl

COLOUR: Black With Green Swirl   EXTRAS: RSD '22

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Hard Hitter 1996 COLOUR: Black With Green SwirlThere may not be a more suitable name than Hard Hitter to grace an album cover ever again. The drums hit, and they hit hard. From cinematic funk ("Speed Trap", "Hard Hitter", "Decisive Action", and "Big Dipper"), to strutting grooves ("Fun Seeker"), along with jazzy ("Three's A Crowd") and erratic ("Super Drive") recordings, this record sounds like a 1970's action movie. Released in 1975, Hard Hitter features compositions by Keith Papworth, who, in