MINT 1969 STONE THE CROWS Hard BLUES TROWER
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TOP COPY
MINTY CLEAN
1969 DYNAMIC UK BLUESROCK BELTER
STONE THE CROWS
\ USA - POLYDOR - 24 - 4019
Vinyl hounds, take note...this 41 year old relic is MINT ...one of the *best* copies we ever had...
Original 1969 first pressing vinyl in thick gatefold cover...this IS a TOP COPY
A fine, bluesy group featuring the vocal power of Maggie Bell. STONE THE CROWS made four albums before splitting up. This, their first, is also arguably their best and beside featuring the dynamic Maggie Bell on vocals, The CROWS feature a second vocalist, the powerful Jim Dewar who left the band to join up with Robin Trower, as Trowers main vocalist and co-writing many of the Trower classics including In City Dreams, Caledonia and Long Misty Days.
Guitarist Les Harvey, brother of Alex Harvey, was electrocuted onstage in 1972.
The blues came screaming down from the misty highlands in 1969 under the savage execution of Maggie Bell’s Stone the Crows. Finally Janis Joplin had a rival that could whisper, convulse, and climax as she raped the soul guitar of ex Silhouette’s Les Harvey. The high energy of their earthy blues first took root in 1967 when Maggie teamed up with the Kenning Park Ramblers headed by an old friend of hers, Leslie Harvey. Leslie’s older brother, Alex Harvey was doing the ‘Star Club’ circuit in Hamburg and little brother decided to invade the US bases that he knew had a soft spot for the blues. Les Harvey’s Gibson execution on the lead guitar did not go unnoticed and he was invited to tour America supporting Led Zeppelin. One of Led Zeppelin's managing partners, Mark London invited Zeppelin’s main manager Peter Grant to come and check out this fabulous new voice of Maggie Bell, and after a powerful performance, Grant’s comment “cor blimey, stone the crows ”, and the name stuck. The eponymous 1970 debut under ‘Polydor’ comprised ex- Lulu & the Luvvers bassist Jimmy Dewar & ex- Power keyboardist John Mcginnis. A fabulous blues drummer, ex Jet Set Colin Allen reinforced the group with the insatiable Les Harvey on lead guitar. Dewar would often share vocals with Maggie, but the strength of the group lay with the staccato wail of Maggie as she grated through “Blind Man”.
The eponymous album un-earthed an 18-min blues fusion called “I Saw America”. Harvey’s aching guitar weeps like the messiah’s dripping blood. Maggie wails at the Wall of America, carrying the torch of Coltrane’s surrealism, with leaning toward Bach and Robert Johnson. Take time to absorb the liquid riffs of Les Harvey’s Gibson as he laces his axe with fire and mounts the steeds of Hell. Their soul-laced version of the Beatles’ “Fool on the Hill” was probably the finest to surface. All in all a recording of the Crows in full flight, squawking and slashing till all land is in sight.- The Touch Of Your Loving Hand (Les Harvey, Jim Dewar) 06:01
- Raining In Your Heart (Les Harvey, Jim Dewar) 05:10
- Blind Man (Maggie Bell, Les Harvey) 05:09
- The Fool On The Hill (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) 04:13
- SIDE II
- I Saw America (Les Harvey, Colin Allen, Mark London) 17:28
CONDITION: The Cover: Stiff and solid all the way around...M- TOP copy clean with bright colors and no problems...the gatefold sqeeks when opened - that clean/new ... no split seams, no bends, and no writing ...with 4 sharp corners....
The Vinyl: CLEAN everywhere, top M- and plays CLEAN...having clean labels as well to top off a fine collectible
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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