Bandolier is Budgie

Budgie (band)

Budgie is a Welsh Hard Rock/Heavy Metal band from Cardiff. They are widely considered as one of the first heavy metal bands and a seminal influence to many acts of that scene, with fast, heavy rock being played as early as 1971. The band has been noted as "among the heaviest metal of its day"...

's fifth album, released in September 1975 through MCA Records

MCA Records

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. It reached #36 in the UK and was certified gold in 1976. The album was released in the US on A&M Records (now owned by MCA successor Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...

, while the MCA label itself has been absorbed into Geffen Records

Geffen Records

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, which like A&M is currently a subsidiary of Interscope Records

Interscope Records

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) in late 1975.

The song "I Can't See My Feelings" was covered by Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in east London, formed in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Since their inception, the band's discography has grown to include a total of thirty-six albums: fifteen studio albums; eleven live albums; four EPs; and six...

 on the b-side to their 1992 single, "From Here to Eternity".

Track listing

Credits

• Burke Shelley
  Burke Shelley
  Burke Shelley is the bass guitarist and vocalist of the Welsh rock group Budgie.In 1982 Shelley was reported to be a born again Christian....
  
   - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
  
• Tony Bourge
  Tony Bourge
  Tony Bourge was the original guitarist for the Welsh rock band Budgie. He left the band in 1978. In 1982 he rejoined original Budgie drummer Ray Phillips and formed Tredegar with future members of Cloven Hoof singer Russ North and guitarist Andy Wood.Tony has since retired from the music business...
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , vocals
• Steve Williams
  Steve Williams (rock drummer)
  Steve Williams , is drummer for Welsh rock band Budgie. He joined Budgie for recording album Bandolier late 1974. Steve Williams plays Pearl drums and Paiste cymbals...
  
   - drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  

Production

• Budgie - producer
  Record producer
  A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
  
  
• Richard Manwaring - engineer
• Pat Marran - engineer
• Ray Martinez - engineer
• John Pasche - art direction
• Pete Vernon - photography
  Photography
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• Patrick Woodroffe - cover illustration