GROUNDHOGS Solid 1974 UK WWA 1st PRESS w/LYRIC INSERT MINT
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GROUNDHOGS Solid 1974 UK WWA 1st PRESS w/LYRIC INSERT MINT
GROUNDHOGSSolid
UK WWA (WWA 004 DE LUX) FIRST PRESSING (June 1974)
SUPERB ORIGINAL COPY WHICH LOOKS BARELY, IF EVER PLAYED AND SOUNDS LIKE NEW
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST BLACK/SILVER WWA LABELS
MATRIX: WWA 004 1Y//1 ∇ 420 05 11 3 / WWA 004 2Y// 3 420 05 12 4 BILBO
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FULLY TEXTURED SLEEVE
COMPLETE WITH THE LYRIC INSERT
AND THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE
On the surface, Groundhogs could easily have become one of the dozens of British blues 'n' boogie bands that cropped up in the late '60s and early '70s but Tony (T.S.) McPhee's ideas and ambitions were just eccentric enough to push the band into directions too challenging for most mainstream listeners, and as with much of their catalogue it's McPhee's sense of invention that makes 1974's Solid memorable.
Recorded in McPhee's home studio with Clive Brooks on drums and Peter Cruickshank on bass, most of Solid's nine numbers are anchored by the sonic overdrive of McPhee's guitar playing, which twists blues figures through psych and progressive frameworks, while the gloomy poetics of his lyrics don't so much establish the mood of the songs as reinforce the tone of the music.
While Brooks and Cruickshank are a fine rhythm section, giving these songs the muscle and backbone to make the most of their hard rock leanings, this is obviously McPhee's show, and an impressive show it is. Not too many guys would think to lay a Mellotron or a fuzzy synthesizer over a heavy blues jam, or run his recordings through such a remarkable maze of phase shifting and ping-pong panning, but in his own small way McPhee's music is in the grand tradition of the great eccentrics of British rock, and that windmill-tilting spirit is what Solid is all about
Side 1:
Light My Light (6:23)
Free From All Alarm (5:13)
Sins Of The Father (5:25)
Sad Go Round (3:05)
Side 2:
Corn Cob (5:27)
Plea Sing, Plea Song (2:55)
Snowstorm (3:23)
Joker‘s Grave (8:36)
LABELS: MINT / NEAR MINT
An immaculate set of labels with possibly one spindle trace on one side, none on the other
VINYL Visual: MINT / NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like new.
Side 1 is unmarked, Side 2 has a couple of harmless fine hairlines
VINYL Audio: MINT
Plays perfectly throughout with nothing to fault.
No clicks, ticks or pops and beautifully clean on the quieter sections.
And if you are a fan of phasing there is plenty of that here used to great effect
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
The textured cover is as crisp, clean, sharp and fresh as the day it was made with all text on the pinched spine clear and bold.
Just the smallest amount of rub on the opening corners and bottom edge but nothing really
INSERT: NEAR MINT
The lyric insert has one crease to the bottom corner otherwise like new
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Tracked)
*IMPORTANT NOTE FOR EU BUYERS: If EU members are buying multiple records please add them to your basket THEN request total from me so I can create ONE order (and apply post discount) and not multiple orders which will have to be posted separately with no postal discount INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £25.00 (International Tracked)
DUE TO THE CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES I WILL ONLY BE POSTING ONCE A WEEK ON FRIDAY
Combined Post: Additional records £1 (UK) £2 (Europe) £3 (International)
Guarantee: All records are unconditionally guaranteed (including sealed and/or unplayed) and I will offer a complete, no quibble refund upon return of the item should you not be pleased with it in any 1292 (GS 8.3.6 (1292))
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