THE ECLECTIC SECTION SELECTION Psych - Prog - Folk - Private Pressings & Beyond
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ACE WEEMS & THE FAT MEAT BOYS - It's All Gone Now (Carryon) USA 1981
Very obscure Virginian folk/bluegrass with distinct Holy Modal Rounders influences on some tracks & a suitably off-beat cover design.
Record: VG+
Cover: VG; very light spine/cornerwear; very light ring/shelfwear; some faint age-yellowing/soiling; minimal wear ofc at
opening; one really small cornerbump; near-invisible stain ofc from removed price tag.
Price: SOLD
AFRICAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS (Asch) USA 1970
"North Africa-Islamic Influence; South of the Sahara", with Bilal Abdurahuram & accompaniment by Rahkiah Abdurahman & Ayyub Abdullah. Great & rare LP.
Record: nice G; light surflines & scuffing only.
Cover: VG+; light overall wear only. Booklet.
Price: SEK 200 / $19
THE ALBION BAND - The Prospect Before Us (Harvest) UK 1977
Record: strong VG; light surflines & scuffing only.
Cover: VG; 1" split bottom seam at opening - apart from this very light overall wear only. Original inner.
Price: SOLD
ALICE COOPER - Pretties For You (Warner) USA 1973
Early 70s re of pretty cool bent 1969 debut.
Record: very strong VG+ with just some super-light lines/scuffs - appears to have seen very little play.
Cover: VG+; fo; slightly faded spine & a really tiny piece of stkr residue obc, rest's just some very light overall wear.
Price: SEK 300 / $29
ALICE COOPER - Easy Action (Straight) USA 1970
Orig of the their 2nd & more of the same.
Record: solid G; some minor marks, but nothing very serious - plays fine; minimal warp nap; small wol s1.
Cover: nice G; fo; some seam/spine/corner/edgewear; ring/shelfwear; top seam's split 1" at opening + about the same & very
discreetly at center; bottom seam has a really small budding split at opening; light stkr residue top seam; light corner
bends/bumps; spine's a bit flat; very light wear obc at opening.
Price: SEK 250 / $24
AMON DÜÜL II - Wolf City (United Artists) UK 1974
1st all-through UK issue (the 1972 one was German disc in UK cover).
Record: EX
Cover: VG+; fo; would've been a solid EX but for a few small scratch marks on spine - apart from this there's just some light
overall wear.
Price: SOLD
NEW! AL ANDERSON - same (Vanguard) USA 1972
1st solo from Wildweeds (sorely underrated!) & NRBQ guitarist. I've always liked the front cover.
Record: EX
Cover: nice VG; very light seam/spine/cornerwear; very light ring/shelfwear; tiny bit of stkr residue ofc; small ding at
opening; odd drillhole-becoming-a-sawcut cut-out mark.
Price: SEK 200 / $19
NEW! HARVEY ANDREWS - Writer Of Songs (Cube) Germany 1972
His second & a fine folk/singersongwriter LP, with plenty of notable guests: Dave Mattacks, Dave Pegg, Ralph McTell, Danny Thompson, Cozy Powell, Rick Wakeman a o.
Record: G; light lines & scuffs only.
Cover: VG; very light seam/spinewear; light cornerwear; some ring/shelfwear (very little ofc, a bit more on black back); very light wear (& really small tear obc) at opening; tiny bit of lamination lif obc at spine; a few faint indentation/scrape marks obc; light creases f/b at spine.
Price: SEK 80 / $8
NEW! HARVEY ANDREWS - Friends Of Mine (Cube) Germany 1973
Slightly more polished 3rd, again with heavy backing: Terry Cox, Roy Babbington, Dave Mattacks, Francis Monkman, Dave Coxhill a o. Single-sleeve on this German orig.
Record: S1 VG, S2 G, both with very light surflines & scuffing only.
Cover: very strong VG+; faint price tag residue ofc + some super-light overall wear only. Insert.
Price: SEK 80 / $8
NEW! THE ANIMALS - same (Regal) UK 1968
This version: https://www.discogs.com/release/5684225-The-Animals-The-Animals
Record: F; looks a grade higher & frequently plays it as well (esp s2 is rather nice), but there's light background noise/crackle/ticking in parts; micro warp nap.
Cover: VG; just some very minor overall wear - corner bend & bump, some really light soiling obc etc.
Price: SEK 60 / $6
NEW! Anthology of the Blues ARKANSAS BLUES (Kent) USA 1971
Archive Series Vol 7, with Baby Face Turner, Drifting Slim, Sunny Blair, Robert Dudlow Taylor, James "Peck" Curtis, Junior Brooks. 2nd pressing (1st came in a gatefold the year before).
Record: very nice VG.
Cover: VG; very minor overall wear + small cc.
Price: SEK 60 /$6
NEW! ASHTON GARDNER & DYKE - The Last Rebel (Capitol) USA 1971
Red target label.
Record: G; very light surflines & scuffing.
Cover: very strong G; seam/spine/cornerwear; ring/shelfwear; really small tofc at opening; very light wear at opening f/b;
minimal cornerbumps.
Price: SEK 80 / $8
NEW! BABE RUTH - same (Harvest) UK 1975
Record: s1 VG, s2 G, both with very light surflines/marks only.
Cover: G; light seam/spine/cornerwear; light ring/shelfwear; some light bends/creases; very light wear at opening f/b; a few very minor specks of paint(?) ofc; shop stobc. No inner.
Price: SEK 80 / $8
BABY GRANDMOTHERS - Merkurius (Subliminal Sounds) Sweden 2018
1st full-length from legendary Swedish 60s psych pioneers, including Kenny Håkansson & Pelle Ekman, both later of Kebnekajse.
Record: M-; played a couple of times at most.
Cover: M-; in shrink; insert.
Price: SOLD
NEW! BACK DOOR - 8th Street Nites (Warner) UK 1973
Record: G; light surflines only.
Cover: very strong F; fo; seam/spine/corner/edgewear; ring/shelfwear; small ancient price tag ofc; two cornerbends; very light specks of paint(?) ofc - you'll hardly notice; light wear f/b at opening; some gentle creasing, mostly at spine.
Price: SEK 80 / $8
Musique Folklorique Du Monde BALI-JAVA (Musidisc) France 196/7?
Field recordings made by Deben Bhattacharya.
Record: tiny pressing mark s2t2 cause 3-4 muffled background pops, rest's a strong VG+.
Cover: strong G; back has a few small tears at bottom flap; small tear obc at opening; two (old & small) stobc; small & light stkr stain bottom back. Otherwise just some light overall wear & an old pricetag ofc (apart from this front's really clean).
Price: SEK 40 / $4
RAY BARRETTO - Live (Atlantic) USA 1976
2LP-set.
Records: both EX.
Cover: semi-weak VG+ but some minor overall wear only; fo.
Price: SEK 80 / $8
BEAT CLUB '68 (Polydor) Germany 1968
Comp with Who, Move, Cream, Blossom Toes, Hendrix & more.
Record: looks F, but plays better most of the time.
Cover: F; seam/spine/cornerwear; ring/shelfwear; 1" split mid-spine; light soiling/stains f/b; wear f/b at opening; bends/creases.
Price: SEK 40 / $4
BEATLES - For Sale (Parlophone) UK 1964
Mono. This version, I think...: https://www.discogs.com/release/651143-The-Beatles-Beatles-For-Sale
Record: looks F with plenty of light lines, scuffing etc, but except for s1t6,7 which have popping marks in parts (mostly of a background character though), it plays very nicely.
Cover: strong VG with light overall wear only; fo.
Price: SEK 250 / $24
NEW! BEATLES - Revolver (Parlophone) UK 1966
Mono; side 2 matrix XEX 606-2 + "Doctor Robert" lbl s2.
Record: looks G, but plays WAY better; pricetags lbl/run-out groove s1.
Cover: very strong F; light seam/spine/cornerwear; minor ring/shelfwear; two pinholes in one corner; some bends & creases; light wear f/b at opening; light soiling; main issue is that "Revolver" obc has been partly coloured-in (neatly so, but still).
Price: SOLD
NEW! BEATLES - Sgt Pepper (Parlophone) UK 1967
Record: G; lots of light surflines etc, esp s2, although nothing very serious - plays fine all the way with just some faint background surfnoise here & there, mostly so on "She's Leaving Home" & "When I'm 64" (and the very last few secs of the closing piano chord on "A Day In The Life") but even here it's definitely of a background character.
Cover: VG+; some light overall wear only. Has orig inner + insert.
Price: SEK 600 / $58
NEW! BEATLES - Magical Mystery Tour (Capitol) USA 1967
Record: looks F, but it plays amazingly well during music, close to perfect actually, and there's not a great deal of noise between tracks either.
Cover: very strong F; fo; seam/spine/corner/edgewear; rng/shelfwear; top seam split 3" at opening; very small tofc; slightly bumped corners; slight soiling/age-yellowing inside gatefold; really tiny/insignificant crease obc. Has the complete booklet, in nice shape, but only pages 1/2 & 23/24 are still attached to the gatefold, while the others - still stapled together - are loose.
Price: SEK 250 / $24
NEW! BEATLES - same (Apple) UK 1968
Records: looks G with surfmarks/lines, but nothing too serious & it mostly plays rather fine, often better than grade, occasionally a tad less. Some background surfnoise, mostly heard on quiet tracks of course (worst of these likely "Good Night", "Blackbird", and parts of "Dear Prudence"). Very little in the clicks n' pops department.
Cover: G; fo; light seam/spine/cornerwear + 1,5" heavier wear mid-spine; light ring/shelfwear; some light creasing; super-light soiling; some wear at openings; name inside gatefold. Top opening. Has the black inners, poster (some wear on this) and photos in very nice shape, except for a really light crease on Lennon, and a thin line on each of Harrison & McCartney. Put 'em in a frame & you won't think about it ever again!
Price: SEK 1000 / $96
NEW! BEATLES - Yellow Submarine (Apple) UK 1969
Record: looks strong F, but plays fine - on side 1 there's some surfnoise between tracks only, while the orchestrated side 2
has a bit of background surfnoise here & there, but nothing too intrusive.
Cover: VG; light seam/spine/cornerwear; light ring/shelfwear; a couple of light cornerbends; some faint creases; light
soiling obc; light wear at opening f/b. Has the black inner, but there are two tears on it (nothing's missing though).
Price: SEK 500 / $48
THE BEATLES - Hey Jude (Apple) UK 1970
The version with "Paper back Writer" & "Revolutions".
Record: looks F with lots of light lines/marks/scuffs, but it plays rather well - loud & clear with very little disturbance during music, but there's sufnoise between tracks & a tiny bit of background noise during "Don't Let Me Down".
Cover: strong F; some seam/spine/cornerwear; minor ring/shelfwear; tiny split top seam at middle; bottom seam split 2.5"at middle; small tofc at opening; light wear f/b at opening; very light soiling; bends & creases.
Price: SEK 200 / $19
NEW! BEATLES - Hey Jude (Apple) UK 1970
Another, tiny bit better copy of the same version as the above.
Record: looks F, but plays loud & clear, with mostly just some light surfnoise between tracks.
Cover: G; light seam/spine/cornerwear; some ring/shelfwear, mostly obc; some bends & creases; light wear at opening.
Price: SEK 250 / $24
Music Atlas BENGAL (Odeon) Italy 1972
Record: very strong VG+.
Cover: strong VG; fo; light overall wear + very light age-yellowing inside gatefold & faint surfmarks obc where a stkr has been removed.
Price: SEK 40 / $4
CHUCK BERRY - Live at Fillmore Auditorium (Fontana) Holland 1968
Cookin' blues rock in a sorta laidback ballroom style - how fitting for the time (1967; Dutch issue came out a year later than the US one) & place! Backing by Steve Miller Band & production by "Voco" Kesh.
Record: G; quite a lot of surf lines & occasional light scratches cause some background noise here & there, nothing too bad though.
Cover: G; seam/spine/cornerwear; ring/shelfwear; micro beginning of split bottom seam at opening; light wear f/b at opening; seams & spine are very slightly tweaked.
Price: SEK 80 / $8
ELVIN BISHOP GROUP - same (CBS/Fillmore) Holland 1969
Record: nice VG; some light surflines only.
Cover: VG+; light spine/cornerwear; light ring/shelfwear; minimal loosening of lamination next to spine; a few light/small
creases along sides + one longer lamination crease obc - nothing very notable.
Price: SEK 80 / $8
BLIND BLAKE - No Dough Blues (Biograph) USA 1971
Volume 3 1926-1929.
Record: looks VG, but Biograph pressings tend to be a bit noisy + this isn't from master tapes, of course, so there's some
unavoidable noise from source material as well.
Cover: nice G; in shrink; top seam split 3" at opening (although you'll likely only notice the first 1"); minimal wear/budding split bottom seam at opening; wear f/b at opening (small tears, wrinkling).
Price: SEK 100 / $10
BLOND - same (Fontana) USA 1969
US issue of sole LP by this post-Tages outfit; very UK-sounding pop/freakbeat/psych.
Record: very nice VG; some light lines/marks do very little.
Cover: semi-weak G; fo; some ring/shelfwear; small wofc; stofc; light cornerbend; a few very light creases; some light soiling; light stain inside gatefold & even lighter obc; two drillholes.
Price: SEK 80 / $8
NEW! BLUES NEWS (Chess/Polydor) Germany 1969
Comp on white vinyl with Muddy Waters, Hendrix, Howlin' Wolf, Buddy Guy, Cream, Taste - and Savage Rose!
Record: always a bitch trying to grade white vinyl, so say VG+ to be safe - but it looks pretty much unplayed.
Cover: strong VG with light overall wear only + an old pricetag ofc & some stkr residue/small tofc; fo. No poster.
Price: SEK 80 / $8
NEW! BOXER - Below The Belt (Virgin) UK 1975
Censored back cover version. I kinda think the band shot would've been more reasonable to censor - here they look just about as sleazy as any band ever could.
Record: G; plenty of lines & scuffs, but light ones only - plays fine.
Cover: VG; fo; light seam/spine/corner/edgewear; very light ring/shelfwear; small stkr stain ofc; two cornerbends + some creasing, mostly at spine.
Price: SEK 200 / $19
NEW! BRAZDA BROTHERS - same (Void) USA 2001
Long oop re of highly rated 1973 Canadian softrock/folkrock/folkpsych; has a couple of real winners with cool keys/guitar interplay. I'll include a like-new copy of the CD re of their '77 single as a bonus.
Record: EX; has a couple of pressing marks, but looks just about unplayed. Void pressings tend to be a bit so-so though.
Cover: EX; just about new-looking, but for a really tiny ding ofc at opening & a couple of minimally bumped corners. Insert.
Price: SEK 400 / $38
NEW! (GEORGE BRIGMAN) SPLIT - Blowin' Smoke / Drifting (Solid) USA 1977
Post-Jungle Rot 45 with a wild a-side & a more subdued, floating (or drifting, then) b-side, moving into sub-Dead zones.
Record: EX; superlight lines very beginning s2 don't do anything.
Cover: generic
Price: SEK 400 / $38
NEW! CLARENCE GATEMOUTH BROWN - San Antonio Ballbuster (Red Lightnin') UK 1974
Appears to be two versions released the same year(?), with different labels & covers - one textured, one laminated. This here is the textured "US-style" one (but as it happens I also have a copy of the other one - ask if interested). Mono.
Record: looks VG, but source material is not hi-fi.
Cover: VG; light seam/spine/cornerwear; some ring/shelfwear; shop stobc; small split top seam; a few gentle bends & creases.
Price: SEK 100 / $10
NEW! LENNY BRUCE - What I Was Arrested For (Casablanca) USA 1975
Re in different cover of the 1970 Douglas LP "To Is A Preposition...".
Record: VG+; has a tiny bit of paper scuffing and a super-light surfmark or two, but still appears to be more or less unplayed.
Cover: EX; minimal overall wear only.
Price: SEK 60 / $6
NEW! ERIC BURDON & WAR - Declares "WAR" (Polydor) Norway 1970
Record: VG; downgraded because of it looking a tad hazy from having been stored in an old plastic inner, but as far as proper wear goes, there's very little of that & the haziness does not affect play.
Cover: VG; light spinewear; light ring/shelfwear; some gentle creases, mostly at spine.
Price: SEK 150 / $14
NEW! ERIC BURDON & WAR - Black Man's Burdon (MGM) USA 1970
Records: nice VG, except for light surfnoise very beginning s1t1 & a few brief pops beginning of s4t2.
Cover: VG; fo; some seam/spine/cornerwear; ring/shelfwear, mostly ofc; very small tofc; spine's a slightly faded; one very light cornerbend; front has some really light scratch/indentation marks. No insert.
Price: SEK 200 / $19
RANDY BURNS and the Sky Dog Band - same (Mercury) USA 1971
1st non-ESP release from a Canadian lost on the streets of NYC; new label comes with a new sound as well - this has a very urban street vibe despite a track named "Livin' In The Country". David Bromberg guests on dobro & bottleneck.
Record: very strong VG+.
Cover: strong F; seam/spine/cornerwear; ring/shelfwear; ss; some soiling & stkr stains f/b; minimal wobc; a couple of small pieces of clear tape ofc; minimal cornerbend; drillhole.
Price: SEK 50 / $5
NEW! BYRDS - Mr. Tambourine Man (Columbia) USA 197?
Early 70s pressing.
Record: EX; faint inaudible scuff s1.
Cover: very strong G; some seam/cornerwear; very light spinewear; some ring/shelfwear; a couple of light cornerbends; a couple of tiny dings at top; small tear/mark ofc at opening; a couple of very small & hard-to-see stains ofc.
Price: SEK 150 / 14