GAMBLER "Tommy" very rare Psych/prog Private Press LP from 1972)

Title: "TOMMY" Artist: Gambler Year of Issue: 1972 Label: Spaceward Records Cat no: SRS 24 Stamper codes: SRS24 A-1/B-1  2451 Country of Issue: UK Gradings
Record: EX+ Sleeve:
EX+ Label: EX+

Further Information/Comments

Super rare psych prog album, virtually impossible to find copies of this... although 'released' on the highly collectable SPACEWARD label, this is believed to be a small all-most in-house project type private pressing, with only a handful of copies being made (probably less than 100 copies due to tax).

A quick look on the internet currently turns up just one other copy, at over £300.??The plain white sleeve is printed just one side (as seen in the photograph), the reverse is totally blank.?The vinyl is a good quality pressing and this has no visible marks... very close to being unplayed.

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LEAD VOCALS : Barbara Johnson, Steve Harriss, John Moffett, Tim Brown?BACKING VOCALS : Neil Thomas, Mark Underhill?

ALL TRACKS ARRANGED BY : GAMBLER?

LEAD & ACOUSTIC GUITARS : Dave Prince?

RHYTHM GUITAR : Nick Samson?

KEYBOARDS : Martin Hair?

DRUMS : Mark Elswood?

Recording Engineer : Gary Lucas?

Executive Producer : Graham Platt?

Cover Design : Andy Redwood

This is a very strange Private Pressing.

It’s a cover album of Tommy, the rock opera (it sounds like a school project). But above all, it’s done in an amateur way (out of tune singing, poor musicianship, low-budget recording…). That could have been awful (why the hell did they choose the Who?!!). But it’s not that bad.

Gambler is always very enthusiastic (it’s not like anything you’ve heard before) and that works in its favour. What they made is really appealing and certainly much more fun than the original version by the Who.

Don’t get me wrong. It’s clearly not for everyone but some of you will cherish it. To add to the weirdness, the Gambler LP was recorded at the Spaceward Studios in 1972 but released in 1969!!?? (but I think that relates to release date for The Who original).

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