Black Sheep - Black Sheep 1975 (full album) 

Thank you for posting this album. I had the pleasure of working with the band as a booking agent. They were very special.

What a voice. Next to Paul Rodgers and Steve Marriott, Lou Gramm is in the top 3 rock vocalists for me.

A fantastic album!!! Lou Gramm had a great potential from the beginning of his career, the guitar player played some really fine blues/rock solos, the other instruments are also played very well, this album reminds me of Free from Paul Rodgers era, Black Sheep was a short lived rock band but they managed to open for the mighty KISS!!! thanks for sharing the album.

Just told my teenager that Lou used to go by his full name, had a band called the Black Sheep used to play at my high school dances in Rochester. She can’t believe it. I love how kids now have such a love for 70’s rock because it was the best!

its no wonder, that in a couple of short years, the whole world will sing along with you. It must have been hard to walk away from the rest of this band, they all have great talent.

Lou sounds great.

Seen these guys back in the day. I was in a couple bands with drummer Ron Rocco & know guitarist Donny Mancuso. If I'm not mistaken Grand Funk Railroad wanted to buy one of their songs. Great band.

Gran banda creatividad ingenio humildad y grandísimas composiciones y una voz muy difícil de volver a crear una grandísima banda un 10 sin concesiones uuuuf ke buenos♥️♥️♥️♥️🗽

Let me Stay, is so hauntingly deep. Just love it.

Great album great lineup and with all of his problems Lou Gramm still one of best soulful singers ever even tho retiring I would not waste my money to see Foreigner now and this album has the quality and the bluezy sound as his solo work in the 80s

Lou is the best. The song I'll come running I get a little choked up thinking about. My wife has horrible health. And she's in the hospital a lot.i'll come running is that song that really inspires me to do for her all I can. Peace of Christ

A true diamond.

Lou Gramm - are you kidding me - never knew he did anything before Foreigner - ignorance is not Bliss 🤪✌️thanks

Great Band.Tight.

All of them very talented musicians and a born singer for lead vocals...great band for sure.. another amazing band from the great 70s...thanks for posting this

Great stuff. Lou is a legend.

This was one of my favorite albums. I would listen to it over and over again.

As everyone can hear on this album, Lou didn't need Mick as much as Mick needed Lou and then, once Mick made it big, he trashed Lou and threw him away like a used tissue. Mick is not loyal nor does he have any integrity. He's never to be trusted.

Growing up in Western NY, these guys used to play the local bars before getting into the concert circuit...so before being able to get into bars, being under age we used to try hanging around outside the Caboose in Fredonia Ny to listen until the bouncers kicked us out for loitering....of course in those days we listened. Black sheep was the openning act for the first two concerts I ever attended Black Sabbath and Todd Rungrens Utopia (version 1) Great blues rock band!

Owned this when it came out when Lou Gramm was Louis Grammatico (probably spelled that wrong), bought it because I liked the cover. Great album.

I just started reading LOU's book. Great stories about early days and this band. I just had to check it out. They even opened for KISS! LOU had high hopes for them, and even turned MICK JONES down on the telephone for his first audition, he was THAT dedicated to BLACK SHEEP. The members talked him into going for the audition,,,which we now know is history that made FOREIGNER. Good rockin , bluesy LP with those LOU vocals. I dig it in 2019!

This is my first time listening to this and I've been a fan of Lou and Foreigner since 1977. Thanks for posting Lou's pre-Foreigner work. What a wonderful voice!

What a find. Thanks for this.

...immensely enjoying this full 1975 black sheep album...what a pleasant discovery...tyvm Thebestdream i had😘

Wow had no idea until now. How good this is. Thank u for posting

The guitarist plays like Free's Paul Kossoff - Beautiful

Слушая этот альбом в 2022 году просто поражаюсь, сколько Лу Грэмм сделал в музыке за все это время! Он просто СОВЕРШЕНСТВО!!!!!!!!!

Thanky for uploading this. Almost forgot about it. That was good music. ❤

Oh my god! I wish I had listened to this album sooner? What !!! Lou your voice is amazing with Black Sheep as with Foreigner ..WOW is all I can say. What talent ..Feeling nostalgic these days. What music we had back then through maybe mid ‘90s.. How times have changed ☹️

My mother is from Buffalo New York She told me she used to hang around Lou all the time and I tell you man if there wasn't a man that looked more like him it's me I swear hes my father His Band Black sheep played here in Buffalo almost weekly I was born in 1978

0:00 Payin' Yer Dues 😓 4:14 Broken Promises 💥💔 10:04 Woman Back Home 🏡 13:27 Piano Prelude 🎹✨ 14:31 Let Me Stay 😇 21:47 Power To Heal ❤️‍🩹 25:11 Far Side Of The Sun 🌞 32:19 Little Or A Lot 😏 35:57 Freight Train 🚂 39:04 Woman 👠

rock on lou first time finally getting to hear your great voice in this band

It's interesting how fate stepped in. Black Sheep was opening for Kiss and they lost all their gear in an ice storm. Black Sheep came to an abrupt halt. Lou gets a call from Mick Jones putting a new band together. Lou was a loyal dude and was reluctant to leave his band and audition with Mick Jones. Lou gets the gig and Foreigner is born!

Foreigner has seen twice. Lou Gramm has an incredible charisma. Like here THX

bought this album when it came out. people would come to my house to listen to it. thought it would be bigger than it was, but there was so much great music coming out then, guess it got lost in the shuffle

l have this album on vinyl🤘😎😏🥰😁

...Восхитительный sound...зашел как к себе домой...PS. И Lou Gramm великолепен, как всегда...

Damn, what a voice.

Wish they had more access to this album ,Disc etc. ITS AWESOME 🎉🎉🎉

I HAVE AN IMPORT OF THIS LP BOUGHT MANY EONS AGO AND IS A RARITY FOR SURE...AWESOME STUFF

You had to see them Live at McVans back in the early 70's!

Fantastic band. Another rarity. You are a rockstar for this channel!

Awesome

Congratulations. Great album. I never heard it, and I liked. Thanks.

I knew the band, but had never heard the album... I liked it, some songs reminded me of Free.

The best

Unfortunately, this music is unfamiliar to me as I was into pop music at the time. The Voice of Lou Gramm is unmistakable though, a precursor to Foreigner. Will always love his voice!!

Amazing tone, love his voice!

I didn't know the band ... SUPER AWESOME. Wagner from Brazil

Sounds like Lou Gram wow ! I bet that tape he gave out was the best thing he ever did !

Such an awesome singer Lou Graham......

Wow, this is damn good !

headphones everyone

Never heard this album.... I was watching Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols interviewing Lou Gramm of Foreigner & he was talking about his first band he was in called Black Sheep so I decided to check out their album & of course the album is on this channel so here I am checking it out....

Taking side one to 21:44 is really pushing the limits of the analog vinyl modulated spiral groove, that moves from the outside of a flat disk & finishes near the center. The piece of equipment that picks up the sound is a diamond needle, the hardest thing in nature, riding in a petroleum product. As the arm & needle moves thru the groove, it twists the needle from its starting position. This makes it more difficult to record more bass in the inner groove, without the needle jumping up. This is why most albums were limited to 18:00 by record companies.

Que lindo Rock and Roll locooooo!!!!!

Really great energy

very good..........................................

this was one of the bands that came close to sounding like Free

Exelente banda , enorme lou

Never heard of this band before. Good stuff, indeed. In fact, I only found it because I was trying to find another band of the same name, a local one from where I'm from in North Yorkshire.

So damn fine!

a lot of paul kosoff and paul influence here.great album

Awesome great find

I didn't know that was Lou's real name. Interesting!

maravilloso

Goosebumps !😌❤️

Some of this stuff is like proto Foreigner

Love the back vocals, guessing it's Lou double tracking, classic

gracias canal!

black sheep is soooo cooool l love this

big whoa here...thanks...lou sounds great...no wonder mick knew in 5 seconds this was his guy! this is a lead singer in a B band...

Ótimo álbum.... seguindo a mesma linha do Free..🤙🤙

Lindooooo

This Band is Better than Foreigner, Lou's voice is the big part of their sound

Cool

llou sounds lot like paul rodgers here...he was a free fan

Lou Gramm was Foreigner.

And it sounds like BAD COMPANY

☺💙

Suena como Grand funk railroad

WRONG PIC FOR ALBUM COVER... NO GUITAR WIZARDRY HERE.. I WOULD HAVE PUT A PIC OF A MICROPHONE STAND ON STAGE WITH A SPOT SPOT LIGHT ON IT... LOU'S VOCALS IS WHAT REALLY STAND OUT... THATS WHAT I WOULD HAVE PUT ON THIS ALBUM COVER AND I THINK THAT PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH THIS ALBUM WOULD AGREE !!!!!!

Couldn’t find this on Spotify

Did anyone else hear Paul Rodgers sing?

Me parece un disco extraordinario...a la altura de Bad Company y Paul Rodgers. Cómo no triunfaron ? En esa época habia mucha competencia ...

So do any of you "Black Sheep" fans remember the single they released Before the first LP? Stickin Around...it was kinda like Alright Now by Free. Never on an LP, just released as a single. Great song though!

Wow. It's an ex-band of Lou Gramm

this is avant garde i think

Please help me to get this lp or tape or anything I can listen too. I have always liked these guys especially w/Lou gramm. I will send my P.O. Box if I could get a cut or anything.

not bad

btw lou's last name was grammatico. according to the liner notes of their second album.,"encouraging words". and btw, does anyone know where I can buy this album? or cd?

Sound like Bad Company

Отличный альбом.можно сказать pre Foreigner

Very Bad Company with a dash of Nazareth and Deep Purple. A good producer, who knew about musical theory, could have fixed a few of the problems with this album. There are some great hooks that are snuffed out by a bad structure. Pentatonic scale solos. Too narrow to be really interesting. There is not enough tension and dynamic resolution.

Italians do it better 😜

!!!BS!!!

Boring

bad songwriting..even great guitar player and singer,,but its bad not bad company

Awesome