Description:	Live bootleg double LP on Rooster, limited to 500 copies
	Format:	Double LP (vinyl)
	Genre(s):	Psychedelia / Space Rock
	Label:	Rooster
	Price:	£14.89
	Availability:	In stock. Dispatched in 1 working day.

5
...according to our Brett on 12 September 2009.

I've had a soft spot for The Heads since my teenage years, when a good friend of mine alerted me to the fact that people at their shows regularly stood watching them with their hands covering their ears throughout the whole show. I shouldn't really endorse that since my ears are pretty ruined but still, that's like totally fucking cool. Having said that, this affection has never inspired me to buy a full album since the ones I've heard have always been fairly patchy affairs so this live bootleg double LP (recorded in Tilburg) would appear to be just the ticket. It begins with a slow-building jam but after five or so minutes you can kiss your face goodbye as they barrage it with crushing riff upon stoner riff, stripping the skin off with wah-wah widdles upon psychey twiddles and finishing you off with drum avalanches to pummel the bloody stump. One for those into Acid Mothers, Hawkwind and the glorious like - we give big thumbs up. 

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Sound clips for Tilburg by The Heads: on vinyl at Norman Records UK. Double LP (vinyl), Rooster, ROOSTER013LP , £14.89.

What their label says...

Limited edition double vinyl bootleg of the LIVE IN TILBOURG mail order only CD issued by the band via their website, and rightly given album of the month status on Cope's Head Heritage site..500 being made, there will be 400 for sale via FORTE. Simple art, simple sleeve, but good quality vinyl.In 2008 The Heads were convinced to undertake their first tour of more than 3 dates in over 7 years, by going on a 7 date jaunt in the UK and Europe with fellow travellers the Wooden Shjips, theres was a tour single, an appearance at the Supersonic festival, and then a batch of sold out uk and EU shows..As ever the Heads taped most of the performances, and in Tilburg, they got an audience tape, desk tape, and stage tape...so, with the aid of the mighty Latch they put together this 'ere "Bootleg". A perfect snapshot of the Heads in full flight, as heavy and as dense as they can get, yet soaring far off into the vapours with their inimitable psych noise blastings. Much ignored in the UK for the past decade or so, the Heads might well be getting a wave of recognition right now, and this is a very good way to immerse oneself into the world of the Heads....

The Heads once got 0/10 in VOX magazine, they never did find out who the person who reviewed it was... However thats kind of irrelevant, they recently released a well received split 12" on Rocket with White Hills, and are due to reissue their debut album with a whole pile of bonus material."..the Heads are a National Treasure"..said the Sunday Times. The LTD CDR release of this got Julian Cope all sweaty and so he gave it Album of the Month on his Head Heritage site.