BOXER Bloodletting (Very rare 1979 UK withdrawn 9-track LP in perfect condition, picture sleeve. Their third album in order of release, it had in fact been recorded in 1976 after their debut Below the Belt. It was also a posthumous release for band leader Mike Patto, who had died of lymphatic leukemia in March 1979, and for bass player Keith Ellis, who had died December 1978. Patto was credited as the writer of all the album's original songs. Also featured are cover versions of "Hey Bulldog" by Lennon and McCartney, Leonard Cohen's "Teachers", "Dinah Low" by Terry Stamp and Jim Avery. The sleeve shows very faint ringwear but otherwise has only minor wear. The labels have light spindle marks and the vinyl is wonderfully clean with very little evidence of wear and play V2073)