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Along with WIDOW, CLIENTELLE and VOLTZ, the self-titled album by CRACKED MIRROR is one of the rarest privately produced N.W.O.B.H.M. albums in history.
Only 200 copies of the album were pressed back in 1983. Most of those were sold at gigs in the East Sussex area and as a result very few N.W.O.B.H.M. aficinados were able to secure a copy.
All this has changed, as a CD re-issue has recently been released.
CRACKED MIRROR, led by guitarist/singer Jozef Rytlweski, are one of the most original outfits of the whole early 80‘s N.W.O.B.H.M. movement. Musically, the band relies on Rytlewski’s heavy riffing combined with a doomy Hammond sound reminiscent of ATOMIC ROOSTER, BLACK WIDOW and early WHITE SPIRIT – a truely awesome mixture. Outstanding tracks are “Bomb Blast” and “We shall not forget”, both (convincingly) carrying a strong anti-war theme.
Source: http://www.hmjewels.de/Jewel_of_the_Month/jewel_of_the_month.html
