GRACIOUS GRACIOUS 1970 UK LP VERTIGO SWIRL SUPERB EX

	£		212
	$		281

ANOTHER SUPERB RECORD FROM MY PERSONAL COLLECTION.

1970 UK RELEASE

GRACIOUS!

GRACIOUS

VERTIGO SWIRL 

6360 002

EXCELLENT  CONDITION

GENUINE UK 1st PRESS

VINYL..EXCELLENT ( AT LEAST)

 SOME HAIRLINES & A SCUFF MARK ON SIDE A (SEE PIC 6)ARE THE ONLY MINOR BLEMISHES TO AN OTHERWISE PRISTINE CONDITION VINYL..THAT PLAYS SUPERBLY !!

MATRICES

6360002 1Y//1 420 1 1  1 / 6360002 2Y//1 420 1 2  2

BOTH LABELS ARE IMMACULATE NEAR MINT

PLEASE SEE PHOTO'S

GATEFOLD,TEXTURED SLEEVE IS EXCELLENT+

(SPINE FULLY READABLE (SEE PHOTO'S) , MERELY VERY SLIGHTLY YELLOWED WITH AGE)

POLY-LINED SWIRL INNER  EX+

AGAIN PLEASE VIEW PICS

PLEASE VIEW ALL 12 SUPERSIZED PHOTO'S TO VERIFY THE QUALITY, NOTHING AT ALL TO HIDE, THIS IS A SUPERB OVERALL PACKAGE !!

THIS LP WAS PURCHASED BY MYSELF AND CHERISHED SINCE 1970, AS WITH ALL OF MY VINYL's THIS HAS BEEN EXTREMELY WELL LOOKED AFTER AND CERTAINLY NOT OVERPLAYED.PLEASE SEE MY PAST FEEDBACKS & 100% SATISFACTIONS TO ASSURE YOURSELF OF THE QUALITY OF ALBUMS THAT I HAVE PARTED WITH PREVIOUSLY.

THIS RARE MASTERPIECE IS DESTINED TO GO TO A TOP COLLECTOR WHO WILL OWN WITH PRIDE.

 ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE ASK.

Gracious was a British progressive rock band which existed from 1967 to 1971, and released two albums, Gracious! (1970, Vertigo) and This Is... (1972, Philips).

The roots of the band lay in the long friendship between singer Paul 'Sandy' Davis and guitarist Alan Cowderoy, who met while at the same school in Esher, Surrey, between 1959 and 1965. It was a Catholic school, so when they decided to form a band together, they chose the most controversial name two twelve-year-old boys could come up with - Satan's Disciples! Inevitably, when performing at the school concerts, they had to change the name to The Disciples. Davis was the drummer and vocalist, and Cowderoy played lead; two other school friends played bass and rhythm. In 1968, Martin Kitcat and Mark Laird joined on Hohner electric piano and bass respectively. Davis was still drumming as well as singing, but Robert Lipson, who played in a rival Esher band, agreed to join, allowing Davis to take the front of stage for the first time.

The band's early sound was influenced by Cream and the British blues movement, and one of their first professional recordings was a cover of a John Mayall song. At one point the group was rehearsing in a building below Eric Clapton's London flat, and one day Clapton popped in during a rehearsal and ended up jamming with them. More pivotal, however, was interest from Pete Townshend which led to a support slot for The Who on a tour in 1968.

By that time they had moved away from their blues roots and developed a more "pop" flavoured identity, landing a deal to record an album under the direction of producer Norrie Paramor, known for a string of 60's hits with Cliff Richard and The Shadows. Actual production duties were assigned to Tim Rice (later to become Andrew Lloyd Webber's lyricist), who then worked for Paramor. Sessions at a now defunct Denmark Street studio produced ten tracks, an eclectic and eccentric mix of material ranging from Vanilla Fudge-influenced covers to Moody Blues-meets-The Beatles styled originals penned by Davis and Kitcat. Two tracks did surface on the Polydor single "Beautiful" c/w "Oh What A Lovely Rain", but nothing else from the sessions was heard until 1994 when four more songs appeared on the Buried Treasures compilation (see below).

At this point they had changed their name to Gracious, which was thought up by their first manager, David Booth (later succeeded by Peter Abbey). It had two meanings - either "gracious!" as an exclamation of surprise, or "gracious" as in good-mannered, pleasant, etc. The exclamation mark (!) was added when the first album's sleeve was prepared. Their third gig under the new name saw them sharing the bill with King Crimson, on July 11th 1969 at Beckenham's Mistrale Club - "that changed our lives", Lipson would comment later, "Martin got a Mellotron and we were off!".

In 1969, the newly christened Gracious! toured Germany for six weeks, playing venues like the legendary Star Club in Hamburg. In addition to the above line-up they took a backing vocalist called Keith Ireland, and Tim Wheatley came as the roadie and driver. As Laird was not keeping up musically with the rest of the band, Wheatley stood in at a rehearsal and got the gig. Ireland left when the rest of the band started doing backing vocals. On their return from Germany, Gracious played the gig circuit in the UK and Brian Shepherd, then head of Vertigo, came to see them and offered them a typically small record deal.

ALL OF MY RECORDS ARE DISPATCHED PROMPTLY UPON RECEIPT OF PAYMENT,IN A STRONG RECORD MAILER WITH STIFFENERS FOR ADDED PROTECTION.

PLEASE NOTE DUE TO THE SUPERB CONDITION OF THIS PACKAGE IT WILL ONLY BE DISPATCHED BY  'TO BE SIGNED FOR (RECORDED DELIVERY)' EVERYWHERE.THE COST IS INCLUDED IN THE POSTAGE PRICES SHOWN.

PLEASE NOTE THAT OTHER ALBUMS WILL BE LISTED SHORTLY MANY MORE TOP CLASS PROG LP's SUCH AS VERTIGO SWIRL ALBUMS BY MANFRED MANN CHAPTER III & GRAHAM BOND ETC.

PINK ISLAND LP's BY  IF,TULL,BLODWYN PIG  ETC.

 HAPSHASH & THE COLOURED COAT- WESTERN FLIER (signed by Tony TS McPhee)

also THE HUMAN HOST & THE HEAVY METAL KIDS (red vinyl)

GYPSY , BRENDA & THE RATTLESNAKE

AMAZING BLONDEL,RORY GALLAGHER,PFM,CURVED AIR,INCREDIBLE STRING BAND,BILLY FURY,KINKS,BABE RUTH ETC

YARDBIRDS 1966 S/T LP

**BEST EVER - LOVE - FOREVER CHANGES (ORANGE ELEKTRA) IN NEAR MINT!!**

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