FARONS FLAMINGOS EARLY ACETATE.THE ODD SPOTS MerseyBeat
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107
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142
£ 107
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Feb 11, 2008
Sold Date
Feb 1, 2008
Start Date
£ 25
Start price
15
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Great Britain
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Description
Rare 1960’s HMV Acetate 10” The Odd Spots who performed alongside the Beatles at the Cavern
Here is an unusual HMV 78 record Mecolico Private record 10”
AN OUTSTANDING FIND .THE ONLY KNOWN RECORDED DISC OF THE ODD SPOTS.
THE ODD SPOTS WERE TO BECOME FARONS FLAMINGOS, CONTEMPORIES OF THE BEATLES IN LIVERPOOL AND REGULAR CAVERN PERFORMERS.
THE BAND CONSISTED OF BRIAN DAY, BILLY DUNNING AND FARON HIMSELF.
THE DISCOVERY OF THIS RECORDING HAS BEEN A SURPRISE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BAND AND IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE ONLY COPY.
THE DISC IS A DOUBLE SIDED 10 INCH ACETATE ON THE H.M.V. LABEL.
TRACKS.
Side one; number engraved on the surface of the record CD115642-B
SHE HAD TO GO AND LOSE IT AT THE ASTOR.
Side two number engraved on the surface of the record CD115643-B
DANGER AHEAD.
LA VIE EN ROSE.
YOU WONT BE SATISFIED.
Mecolico Private Record Stamp
THE DISC PLAYS AT 78R.P.M.
HMV 78 Special Recording Hand Written Label
The 78 has a metal core
THE DISC IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION AND PLAYS WELL WITH ONLY LIMITED BACKGROUND NOISE.
The Band were later to become the Faron’s Flamingos who performed at the Cavern Club and The Odd Spot Club alongside The Beatles, Tremeloes, The Hollies
THE ODD SPOTS Brian and Billy on guitars and Faron on tea chest bass & Guitar. Faron also formed a duo with his other friend Ged Harper.
Faron Ruffley’s good friends when he got into the business were varied, like Bob lang of Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, Allan Clarke of the Hollies who were managed by Kennedy Street enterprises, as were Farons Flamingos. Billy Kinsley of the Merseybeats, Wally Shepard and Lance Railton The TTs, Rory Storm, Johnny Templer, Kingsize Taylor, Wes Hunter of Sounds Inc, Bob and Wes both played the same bass guitar as Faron ( a white epiphone bass and there was only 5 in the country at the time) , and of course John Lennon
A message from Arty Davies (Farons Flamingo's drummer)
Hi K
I am just on the phone to Faron, and he is made up and gobsmacked you have found it brings memories he seems to remember your dad was called Arnie or they called him Arnie. He asked could you put the songs on a tape for him he would love to hear them again, and says but keep hold of the record it must worth a mint, a real Merseybeat rarity. There is a show on Radio Merseyside tonight about unreleased merseybeat songs, and that record would have been the treasured record on the show, its over 50 years old.
All The Best Arty Davies (Farons Flamingo's)
The Record Collector Magazine is going to run an article on this record in a future edition
Good examples such as these rarely come up on Ebay.
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