HONEYBUS Story (Deram SML 1056) The Beatles Badfinger RARE UK 1st Pressing EX+
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HONEYBUS Story (Deram SML 1056) The Beatles Badfinger RARE UK 1st Pressing EX+
Here`s a very RARE UK first pressing of Honeybus` first (and only) album "Story" on Deram Records (January 1970).
"Honeybus' sole album was recorded in 1969 and released in early 1970, by which time "I Can't Let Maggie Go" was fading from the memory of the British public, original leader Pete Dello was long gone, and the band itself had been inactive for months. It's therefore not entirely representative of what the group was about. Honeybus did show themselves to be one of the few bands that could emulate the lighter and quieter sides of the 1968-1969 Beatles with a degree of competence, although as is usual when the Beatles were imitated, the songs and execution were much more lightweight than what the Beatles themselves recorded. At times it sounds like Badfinger without the muscle or occasional outstanding songs that made Badfinger recall the Beatles without sounding like tepid wannabes. The Beatlesque harmonies are nice and the lyrics sometimes clever, and the arrangements are tasteful, sometimes employing substantial traces of country music and subtle orchestration." - Richie Unterberger for allmusic.com
GRADING:
EX+ COVER with minor storage wear. Please see photos for details.
- Front-laminated sleeve with a few small creases to the spine.
- Superficial record imprint on front and back covers, from long-time storage.
- Mildly grazed corner (at bottom right).
- Very light record imprint on the sleeve.
- "Occasion" i.e. French for "second hand" store stamp on back cover (at top left).
- Original first-pressing Deram Records sleeve with die-cut hole in the rear sleeve (at top right).
- Also includes the custom-printed inner sleeve, correctly date-stamped "1-70" (at bottom right).
EX+ RECORD, carefully played a few times.
- Near-perfect vinyl on both sides, with impeccable audio reproduction throughout.
- The record has superficial hairlining typical of sleeve removal from plastic-lined inner sleeves.
- Other than that, no scratches, scuffs or any other visible signs of previous play.
- Very minor background crackle in the run-in/run-out grooves and between some tracks.
- Original first-pressing off-white Deram Records labels with a few superficial spindle lines.
- The matrix stamps in the run-off grooves read "ZAL 9187 P-1W" and "ZAL 9188 P-1W".
- Mothers/Stampers: "1 / D" on Side One and "1 / U" on Side Two.
- This record is fully certified to be a very first UK pressing of "Story", issued in January 1970.
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