Original Album Series in Bloomington, MN

Original Album Series
offers five
Blackfoot
albums -- 1979's
Strikes
through 1984's
Vertical Smiles
-- for a low price. The packaging is budget to save costs, with each album in a paper sleeve that replicates the artwork. The last two albums in the series can be overlooked. Released in 1983,
Siogo
finds the band flirting with the synthesizer age, and 1984's
is a bit of a misstep. However, the first three albums, which each feature an animal head on the cover (
,
Tomcattin'
, and
Marauder
), capture the band at its peak and are totally worth owning.