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Back Door: Vienna Breakdown: The Recordings 1971-1976

by Geno Thackara
August 6, 2025

It was a whole different world back then, me lad. A person could not simply plug in a couple gizmos and record an album in their bedroom--well, not a very good-sounding one at any rate. It was fairly rare for an early-'70s combo to wing it on their own without company or label support (albeit with a friendly venue owner's help, to give proper credit). Those who know the name Back Door, though, know that their whole career was practically ...