FREAKBEAT PSYCH 1970 "FIVE DAY RAIN" UNRELEASED Test Press = GONE 1st U.K. ISSUE
  $   40

 


$ 40 Sold For
Jul 14, 2024 Sold Date
Jul 7, 2024 Start Date
12   Number Of Bids
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  • Fabulous 1970 UK Freakbeat, Psych & Prog ..|/\|...............................................|/\|..
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  • "made in England" - BACK GROUND - HBC 123

Pretty sure this "Back Ground" one-off limited British pressing located was the earliest (30+ years ago and long gone) retail market vinyl sighted, before a couple other overseas reissue companies jumped on the talent within.   
Recorded in 1970 at IBC Studios (The Factory, The Who, etc) and originally pressed only as a handful of now ultra-rare test pressings. An astonishing fact is no label in England wanted to sign FIVE DAY RAIN who offered tremendous potential including infectious melodic vocals, killer Hammond + distorted guitar plus fabulous self-penned songs.
Five Day Rain were formed when Rick Sharpe (guitar), Clive Shepherd (bass) & Dick Hawkes (drums), from power trio Iron Prophet, met organ player Graham Maitland (Scots of St. James, Hopscotch, Fleur De Lys…). 
The original intended name for this new band, “The Entire Building Is About To Collapse”, was soon discarded in favor of Five Day Rain.

Thanks to a mutual friend, they were recruited by the producer / engineer team of Brian Carroll & Damon Lyon-Shaw, famous for their work at IBC Studios with some of the top bands from the Sixties. Drummer Dick was replaced by Kim Haworth and sessions for the FDR album began at IBC in late 1969. Guitar player John Holbrook (Baba Scholae) was invited to play some leads and the great Sharon Tandy did some backing vocals.

The result was a perfectly recorded and executed finished album comprised of 10 songs. Showcasing the stellar work of Rick and Graham on guitar/organ on tracks like “Marie’s A Woman” and the long 11+ mins PSYCH talents of  “Rough Cut Marmalade”, the FDR sound is a great example of the transition from post-mod psychedelic freakbeat to early progressive rock.

Once the album was finished with only a few test pressings in blank sleeves pressed, the whole project was abandoned due to some disagreements with the producer, so the album was never actually released, until unearthed some 20 years later to the excited ears of finders. Forward, the few test pressings sold for crazy money on the collector circuit and a limited retail market issue (here) appeared ... here's one, minty clean, ready for a worth while spot in someones private music library
A Marie's A Woman    2:46
Leave It At That    4:30
Don't Be Misled    2:18
Rough Cut Marmalade    11:04
B Goodyear    4:01
Sea Song    4:12
Lay Me Down    1:16
Reason Why    4:42
Fall Out    4:12

    Mastered At – Porky's Mastering
    Designed At – Waldo's Design & Dream Emporium
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  4. The cover: rated: M- Top Copy very fragile British glossy front & back cover, sharp corners, no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing  ...

  1. The vinyl: Rated: M- handled carefully & both U.K. Back Ground labels are clean
A cool addition to anyone's music library! 
SEE: SELLERS OTHER ITEMS (((similar grooves for "head" people...)))

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  GRADING SCALE: M, M-, EX, VG++,VG+, VG, VG- M    Completely clean, no marks, plays clean
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