1969 Orig THE EYES OF BLUE CROSSROADS LOVE "7 & 7 IS" R&B PSYCH Graham BOND
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RARE 1969 first pressing COLLECTIBLE
The EYES of BLUE
Crossroads Of Time
\ USA - MERCURY RECORDS - SR 61184
MINTY VINYL ....
Original 1969 first press UK rocker that is exceedingly hard to find and highly sought ...for good reason!
The Eyes Of Blue evolved during the mid-sixties from covers and R&B band The Mustangs. The early line-up consisted of Wyndham Rees (Vocals), Ray Williams (Guitar), Ritchie Francis (Bass), Melvyn Davies (Guitar) and David Thomas (Drums). Thomas had replaced Byron Phillips in October 1964 a month before the change of name, and before too long Melvyn Davies also decided to leave, reducing the Eyes to a four-piece. Starting out as a R&B band the Eyes quickly established a strong reputation in the South Wales music scene. They played the same circuit as many other familiar groups, The Bystanders, The Jets, and took in local UK gigs winning a few local talent competitions on the way. Early in 1966 drummer Thomas was off and away, and John Weathers was drafted in as a temporary replacement. From another Neath based band - the Smokestacks - came keyboard player Phil Ryan, and vocalist Gary Pickford-Hopkins.
By May that year the band were ready to turn professional. During the late spring and summer of '66 Eyes Of Blue entered and won the national Melody Maker 'Beat Contest', which offered the chance of a one year Decca recording contract. This turned out to be something of a poisoned chalice as none of the tracks recorded for Decca were representative.
Once the Decca contract had expired the band signed with the Mercury label, and during March to July 1968 recorded their first album across a number of sessions in Chappell Studios, London. Later that year the Eyes backed American singer-songwriter Buzzy Linhart on his album 'Buzzy' released on the Phillips label. When some critics suggested that this could be a more productive route an angry Ritchie Francis responded; "We will not be called a backing group for anyone"
The Eyes debut album 'Crossroads Of Time' was eventually released early in 1969. It included two Graham Bond R&B songs (Bond also wrote the sleevenotes) 'Love Is The Law' and 'Crossroads Of Time' which was especially written for the band. It also included an very interesting turned-on version of Love's '7 + 7 Is' while The Beatles' 'Yesterday' is given a treatment suggesting something of a jazz hymn. Ritchie Francis claimed the remaining songs of which 'Inspiration For A New Day' is noteworthy and 'Prodigal Son', which features some psychedelic guitar work from Ray 'Taff' Williams. 'Largo' is an arrangement of the Handel piece by Ritchie Francis and he claimed this was indicative of the way the group were going.
Crossroads of Time
Never Care
I'll Be Your Friend
7 + 7 Is
Prodigal Son
Largo
Love Is the Law
Yesterday
I Wonder Why
World of Emotion
Inspiration for a New Day
CONDITION: The cover: hard to find at all, rated: VG+(+) a great copy that usually has tons of wear (it's black, right?!) - thing is there had been moisture at bottom right, looks fine & all stiff, but you can sort of see where moisture had been ... overall very decent for a very wear-prone dark cover (most survivors have shelf wear) ...this copy with fresh original colors, no delete marks, no split seams and no writing ... smallest delete drill at top right is all....
The vinyl: loads of shine, rated: M- very clean/enjoyable audio ...NO distracting surface problems ... both Mercury labels are clean
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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