BUDGIE "IN FOR THE KILL" UK A1/B1 FIRST PRESS + HAND SIGNED INNER ATTACHMENT
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SIGNED BY BURKE SHELLEY, TONY BOURGE & STEVE WILLIAMS BUDGIE "IN FOR THE KILL!" UK A1/B1 FIRST PRESS + HAND SIGNED INNER ATTACHMENT! "IN FOR THE KILL!" MCF 2546
In for the Kill! is the fourth studio album by Welsh hard rock band Budgie. It was released through MCA Records in May 1974. The album ncludes a re-recording of the song "Crash Course in Brain Surgery", originally released in 1971 as a single. The song was covered by Metallica for their 1987 EP Garage Days Re-Revisited, while the album's title track was covered by Van Halen during the group's club days.
(THE ABOVE IS COURTESY OF WIKIPEDIA)
HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE FULLY LAMINATED SLEEVE.
THE INNER SLEEVE OF THIS RECORD HAS A PIECE OF PAPER SELLOTAPED TO IT, WHICH BEARS THE SIGNATURES OF THREE OF THE BAND MEMBERS OF THE TIME (1974), AND APPEARS TO BE PART OF A MANAGEMENT LETTER OR SOME-SUCH, AS TYPED ACROSS THE BOTTOM IS THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE BANDS THEN MANAGER G. (GRAHAM) MOLONEY.
THIS WAS AS FOUND WITH THE RECORD.
ACCORDING TO THE INTERNET, THE ALBUM ITSELF WAS RECORDED WITH PETE BOOT ON DRUMS, BUT STEVE WILLIAMS REPLACED HIM FOR THE LIVE TOUR PROMOTION OF THE ALBUM. (SEE WIKIPEDIA)
THE SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, SOME SLIGHT EDGE AND CORNER WEAR, BUT NICE AND CLEAN WITH MINIMAL EDGE CREASES, A VERY NICE EXAMPLE.
THE INNER BAG IS THE ORIGINAL "MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN" PATENTS Nos. 1.125.555 WHITE SLEEVE.
THE ATTACHED PIECE OF AUTOGRAPHED PAPER, AS STATED ABOVE, APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CUT FROM THE BOTTOM OF A MANAGEMENT LETTER OR CONTRACT.
ITS ON BLUE PAPER, ATTACHED BY OLD, YELLOWED SELLOTAPE. APART FROM THE THREE SIGNATURES, THE TYPE SAYS "BUDGIE", AND ALONG THE BOTTOM IT SAYS:
Management: G. Moloney 2 Headcorn Rd Bromley Kent BR1 4SJ TEL-01 486 4787/01 698 9300
DIFFICULT TO SAY HOW THIS ALL TIES TOGETHER, AS IT APPEARS TO BE ON MANAGEMENT PAPER, SO WHO GOT IT, AND WHEN AND WHERE IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY. INTERESTING THOUGH THAT THE THREE SIGNATURES (SHELLEY, BOURGE & WILLIAMS) WAS THE LINE-UP THAT HAD ONLY JUST COME TOGETHER TO TOUR THIS PARTICULAR RECORD IN 1974.
EASY TO SEE THAT THE SIGNATURES ARE AUTHENTIC, ALL IN A DIFFERENT HAND, DIFFERENT PENS FOR EACH, AND FREE FLOWING. I SUPPOSE ITS TOO MUCH TO HOPE THAT ITS THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE CONTRACT THAT WAS SIGNED WHEN STEVE WILLIAMS REPLACED PETE BOOT AS DRUMMER. WE'LL NEVER KNOW.
THE PLAYBACK IS EXCELLENT, THE VINYL IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, WITH ONLY ONE OR TWO VERY VERY FAINT MARKS ON EITHER SIDE. MATRICES ARE FIRST PRESS A-1 B-1.
THATS IT REALLY, APART FROM BEING AN EXCELLENT RECORD IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, WE HAVE THE BONUS OF THE SIGNATURES OF THREE OF THE ORIGINAL BAND MEMBERS!
RECORD WILL BE SENT BY RECORDED POST IN A PROPER LP MAILER.
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