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 UNPLAYED AND SOUNDS LIKE NEW
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST BLACK/SILVER WWA LABELS
MATRIX: WWA 004 1Y//1 ∇ 420 05 11 4 / WWA 004 2Y// 3 420 05 11 3 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
An immaculate set of labels.
No spindle traces or any sign the record has ever been played
VINYL Visual: MINT
Both surfaces are clean and unmarked and even under bright light there is barely a mark to be seen
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 it here used to great effect.
Great record and one very highly recommended indeed
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
The textured sleeve has general light rub to the corners but is otherwise good and solid, clean and unmarked
INSERT: MINT
The lyric insert looks untouched
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINERS, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
UK: £11.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £18.00 (International Signed For delivery)
Combined Post: Additional records £1 (UK) £2 (Europe including Russia) £3 (International)
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