PSYCH MONSTER 45 THE SMOKE RINGS "Love's The Thing/She Give Me Love" NM promo
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Description
For sale is rare garage psych 45 by The Smoke Rings "Love's The Thing/She Gives Me Love," white label promo on the Dot label, 45-16925.
Condition:
Date "22/9/66" written in ink on Love's The Things side, light ringwear. Labels otherwise clean. Vinyl rates an as-new NM with outstanding, explosive fidelity. In its birth sleeve.
I don't usually comment on the records I sell, but this one exploded off my turntable as hard as anything since I managed to get ahold of an original Bad Brains "Pay To Cum" 45. The guitar on Love's The Thing is as frenetic, tough, and insane as any garage band recorded in the 60s that I've ever heard... drawing equal inspiration from psychedelia, surf/psychobilly/rockabilly and prefiguring punk rock by nearly a decade. Not sure who that guy was, but he's immortalized himself in the few minutes that side runs. Respect.
This is one of several superior condition soul or psychedelic 45s I am selling from the estate of a man who ran a gospel/Christian radio station from his basement in the 1960s. Many non-gospel labels sent him promos, which he impeccably kept in filing cabinets until his estate sale last Fall, where I acquired this. Please see my other listings for more amazing, original / OG pressings from the same estate, mostly soul, psych, funk and Latin.
My grading system:
STILL SEALED : Jacket imperfections, if any, will be described. Vinyl guaranteed to be in unplayed condition.
M : I don't use this grade, on the assumption that no record or jacket is truly flawless.
M- : Vinyl appears unplayed, jacket bears no signs of wear. I rarely, if ever, use this grade.
NM : Like M-, with possible scintilla/whiff of an imperfection
VG++ : May have a couple very minor imperfections. (superficial marks that have little or no bearing on sound.) Jacket may have a couple very minor flaws.
VG+ : Like VG++, but with a few more light imperfections
VG : Several light imperfections, and possibly one or two more serious ones, such as small feelable scratches. Still plays well.
VG- : Will display numerous minor imperfections and/or feelable scratches that affect playback quality. Between you and me, you could do better.
GOOD : What I consider pretty poor... numerous major imperfections. I generally don't sell items in this range unless they are of major significance.
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