Though the album art suggests black metal, Bodkin was a Scottish prog-rock quintet whose 1972 eponymous debut has since become a holy grail amongst vinyl-hunting obscurists. The true transfer from platter to digital retains all the pops, crackles and hiss of the analog original as heard on the opening “Three Days After Death (Part 1),” where Doug Rome’s Hammond B-3 plays like an evil organ-grinder at a dark carnival over a hard pounding rhythm section and the ghostly wails of frontman Zeik Hume (check Mick Riddle’s fuzzed-out acid-rock guitar leads at the song’s crescendo). The following “Three Days After Death (Part 2)” boast more intricately played keyboards that approximate the kind of proggy adventure-rock heard on Bo Hansson’s early recordings. Symphonic arrangements abound on the epic “Aunt Mary’s Trashcan” where Rome’s Hammond squeals over harder driving blues-rock riffs as Hume croons like a demure Sabbath-era Ozzy. “Aftur Pour Lumber” casts a moody shadow over meandering jam-rock before “Plastic Man” ends with heavy proto-metal riffs.