LEGEND 1970 S/T LP RED BOOT ORIG VERTIGO SWIRL FRANCE EX+ 6360 019 GF R2
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LEGEND - 1970 SELF-TITLED LP "RED BOOT" - ORIGINAL FRENCH FIRST PRESSING ON VERTIGO SWIRL 6360 019 - BOTH RECORD AND GATEFOLD LAMINATED COVER ARE INCREDIBLE WELL-PRESERVED LOOK UNPLAYED - COVER HAS UNTOUCHED ORIGINAL GLOSS AMAZING SUPERB COLLECTIBLE ITEM - IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN SUCH CONDITION - RARITY SCALE OFFICIALLY R2 ALTHOUGH THIS PARTICULAR RELEASE IS VERY, VERY SELDOM SEEN - (SEE PICTURES)
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SOME INFORMATION FROM THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS RELEASE:
Line-up: John Bobin, bsgtr, voc/ Bill Fifield, dr/ Mickey Jupp, voc, keyb, gtr/ Mo Whitham, gtr, voc.
Production: Tony Visconti for David Knights Productions.
Cover-design by Karl Stoecker.
Photography by Karl Stoecker.
Liner notes: by unknown
Cover manufactured by Howards Printers
Recorded at Advision.
Track listing A-side: Cross Country/ Cheque Book/ Lorraine Part 1/ Nothing Wrong with Me/ Somebody In Love/ Goin' To.
Track listing B-side: Anything You Do/ My Typewriter/ Five Years/ Hole In My Poicket/ Lorraine Part 2/ I Feel Like Sleeping.
All tracks by Mickey Jupp.
There are no running time indications
The Vertigo logo on front is white.
Matrix number A-side:
6360019 1Y//3 ?420 1 1 4
Matrix number B-side:
6360019 2Y//4 ?420 1 1 4
Rarity scale: R2
What a waste of time this is! A hybrid out of doo-wop (the choirs), blues (sort of), boogie and country. This could have been a heart-felt effort, but the polished production of Visconti erases anything that could have sounded like sweat and will-power. A horrible Fats Domino clone on Somebody In Love is pretty bad, but even worse is the false rock 'n' roll of Nothing's Wrong With Me, akin to Status Quo at its very laziest. There is even an attempt at humor on My typewriter. Pub-rock at its most useless. Of course, this is how they want it. The liner notes state somewhat proudly: in the spirit of the wild west... and of course the heroes of the golden fifties are - legend. Just in case you wanted to know.
The idea of the cover is nice enough, but it is poorly executed. Boots aflame, let's dance? The backcover is a mirror image of the front, always an indication of meagre content.
The lettering is a well-known font, slightly out of sync with the image..
Inside there's an excellent and sombre shot of the band against an unidentifyable and intriguing background in black and white.
A cassette release in Britain has been confirmed, the catalogue number is 7138 022.
Notes: The record is often called ''red boot'', probably to discern it from Jupp's first album on Bell which is also a ''same'' by Legend.
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