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Foghat - Fool for the City

How could I pass this up? This was one of the original pressings BR 6959, but it's not like it made this any more valuable. It was still a dollar, but dang boy howdy a dollar well spent. I sure would have liked to have had the inset, but never having seen the original who knows if it actually had anything on the inside. The album cover was in decent shape, and the vinyl, especially on the first killer side cleaned up so well I was surprised. Mint, baby. The second side had a little rash, a pretty good nick on "Terraplane Blues" that lasts a few spins around but nothing to spoil things. I wasn't even in my teens when this came out, and I can't remember when I first heard songs by the band. Over the years of course "Slow Ride" would take on a life of it's own when my kids started playing it on Guitar Hero - a game that frankly brought classic rock into the mainstream, even if only for a moment. The title track was also a great song. It's too bad th...