1979 I had an album for a while

It was about 1979 and a friend of mine went travelling and I looked after his record collection, we have since lost touch, but there was one record that I have been trying to recall, I have just looked through the entire A-Z listing on here but nothing jumped out at me.

Maybe someone knows what it was, this is what I can remember about it.....

- the cover was a glossy close-up of a stylus on a record (I think it could have been a painting)
- the first track started with a dog/wolf growling which then went into a fast paced prog (jazz?) rock, I think mainly instrumental
- this bit maybe wrong but I thought there was a date on the cover, something like 2040, maybe part of the band or album name, I don't think they were British, maybe Scandanavian?

Does this ring any bells with anyone?

Any help would be much appreciated as this has been bugging me for years.



BTW here's an incentive for you - I work with the guys at Classic Rock magazine and they don't know what it is!!


Edited by ginjabunny - September 05 2009 at 15:01

Ring any bells?



That's 'Off the Record'. 'Level Headed's cover is just a rather generic picture of the band

paulwalker71 wrote: Ring any bells? That's 'Off the Record'. 'Level Headed's cover is just a rather generic picture of the band

Edited by Snow Dog - September 05 2009 at 20:43

sorry guys but not Sweet or SNAFU, the album I am looking for was I think maybe a one off, not someone I have ever heard of before or since, not sure why but I keep thinking Scandanavian? It definitely had a number in the title, like a date in the future.

I am trying to think what the music was like, I used to listen to it quite a lot when I had it and regretted not taping it after I gave it back.
As I said I think it was more fast jazzy guitar prog rock and mainly instrumental, more akin to Jeff Beck like Blow by Blow maybe??



Edited by ginjabunny - September 06 2009 at 09:02