HUMAN INSTINCT "Burning Up Years" NEAR MINT LP RARE NZ HEAVY PROG BLUES ROCK

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HUMAN INSTINCT “Burning Up Years” NEAR MINT LP RARE NZ HEAVY PROG BLUES ROCK

Human Instinct – “Burning Up Years” LP (orig. New Zealand Marble Arch STEREO ZMALS 103, gatefold cover)

Release date: June 1970.  Recording dates: 1969 (side 2) / 1970 (side 1).

On offer here is an ULTRA RARE original NEW ZEALAND issue of the debut album by HUMAN INSTINCT.  “Burning Up Years” was recorded in 1969 and 1970 with MAURICE GREER (drums & lead vocals), lead guitarist BILLY TK (a musician often touted as the M?ori JIMI HENDRIX) and two different bass guitarists, PETER BARTON and LARRY WAIDE.

Most of the album tracks are cover versions including ASHTON, GARDNER and DYKE’s “Maiden Voyage”, THE KINKS’ “You Really Got Me”, NEIL YOUNG’s “Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere” (listed as “I Think I’ll Go Back Home”) and HARD MEAT’s “Burning Up Years”.  I’ve included YouTube links to the opening two LP cuts below.  Enjoy!

weblinks:

(1) Audio Culture: The noisy library of New Zealand music (The Human Instinct) - http://audiocultu.re/1jjYMM5

(2) Sound clip “Blues News” - www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS2YcGhZh7k

(3) Sound clip “Maiden Voyage” - www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAHVyCyP0mU

SIDE 1

1.          Blues News                           Writ: Jesse Harper

2.         Maiden Voyage                      Writ: Maurice Greer (actually by Tony Ashton)

3.         Fall Down                              Writ: Jesse Harper

4.         I Think I’ll Go Back Home     Writ: Jesse Harper (actually by Neil Young)

5.         Ashes and Matches               Writ: Jesse Harper

SIDE 2

6.         You Really Got Me                 Writ: Ray Davies

7.         Burning Up Years                  Writ: Mike Dolan - Mick Carless - Steve Dolan

PERSONNEL

     Maurice Greer          lead vocals, drums

     Billy TK                     lead guitar (aka Billy Te Kahika)

     Larry Waide              bass guitar (side 1)

     Peter Barton             bass guitar (side 2)

Recorded at Peach Wemyss Astor Studios in Auckland—New Zealand.

Produced by Guy Morris.  Arranged by Maurice Greer.  Engineered by Wahanui ‘Wyn’ Wynyard (side 1) & Gary Potts (side 2).

GRADING (also refer photo)

Cover:

front: EX+ beautiful laminated appearance: insignificant ring-wear (outer rim – extremely hard to see on dark background), tiny crease (along spine, just below centre), insignificant scuffing (spine – top 20mm / bottom 30mm + insignificant lamination peel on either side of bottom scuff), minimal surface rubbing.

inside gatefold: M- matt finish—flipback on right: hard to fault, 2 x insignificant creases (left of inner spine – top 40mm / bottom 25mm), insignificant scuff (inner spine – top 15mm).  Looks impressive!

back: EX+ beautiful laminated appearance: insignificant ring-wear (inner & outer rim – extremely hard to see on dark background), minimal surface rubbing.

Record:

visual: EX++ beautiful glossy sheen—some completely insignificant hairlines on an otherwise exceptional disc (seen under strong light).

audible: M- SOUNDS SUPERB – A HIGHLY ENJOYABLE LISTENING EXPERIENCE!

labels: HARDLY ANY SPINDLE WEAR.

POSSIBLY THE BEST COPY OF THE DISC THAT YOU WILL EVER SEE!!

GRADING DESCRIPTION

COVER

M:      Absolutely NEW—perhaps still in shrink-wrap.

M-:    Slightly less than MINT.

EX:     Very light wear and/or creasing—defects will be noted.

VG++: Slightly less than EXCELLENT.

VG+:   Slightly better than VERY GOOD.

VG:     Some ring-wear and other signs of aging are apparent—defects will be noted.

VG-:   Slightly less than VERY GOOD.

G:       More obvious ring-wear, seam-splits, stains etc—defects will be noted.

M=MINT, EX=EXCELLENT, VG=VERY GOOD, G=GOOD

NB: Brackets indicate the cover is between one grade and another—eg. VG+(+).

RECORD

M:      Absolutely NEW—perhaps still in shrink-wrap.

M-:    Slightly less than MINT.

EX:     Very light scuffs.  Record played infrequently, with little or no reduction in sound quality.

VG++: Slightly less than EXCELLENT.

VG+:   Slightly better than VERY GOOD.

VG:     Lightly scuffed/marked record, with acceptable sound quality—defects will be noted.

VG-:   Slightly less than VERY GOOD.

G:       More obvious scratches, with some deterioration in sound quality—defects will be noted.

M=MINT, EX=EXCELLENT, VG=VERY GOOD, G=GOOD

NB: Brackets indicate the record is between one grade and another—eg. VG+(+).

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