Released 1979 Length 35:39 Release date 1979 Label Virgin Records | Recorded 1976 Artist Boxer Producer Mike Patto Genre Rock music | |
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Bloodletting was an album by the rock band Boxer, released on the Virgin record label in 1979. Their third album in order of release, it had in fact been recorded in 1976 after their debut Below the Belt. It was also a posthumous release for band leader Mike Patto, who had died of lymphatic leukemia in March 1979, and for bass player Keith Ellis, who had died December 1978. Patto was credited as writer of all the album's original songs. Also featured were cover versions of "Hey Bulldog" by Lennon and McCartney, Leonard Cohen's "Teachers", "Dinah Low" by Terry Stamp and Jim Avery (who also wrote "Town Drunk" on Boxer's debut album, Below The Belt) and "The Loner" by Neil Young. The cover artwork was by Tony Wright.
Contents
Bloodletting was released on CD in 2000 by EMI.
Bloodletting
Track listing
- "Hey Bulldog" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
- "The Blizzard" (Mike Patto)
- "Rich Man's Daughter" (Patto)
- "Big City Fever" (Patto)
- "The Loner" (Neil Young)
- "Why Pick on Me" (Patto)
- "Love Has Got Me" (Patto)
- "Dinah-Low" (Terry Stamp, Jim Avery)
- "Teachers" (Leonard Cohen)
Personnel
Single
Songs
1Hey Bulldog
2The Blizzard
3Rich Mans Daughter