SHAPE OF THE RAIN - RILEY RILEY WOOD & WAGGET RARE 1ST UK NEON BEATLES PSYCH LP
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WOW! Much sought after rare 1st pressing on the Neon label UK. EX/VG++ Please ask questions freely. Happy Bidding!
ARTIST & TITLE: SHAPE OF THE RAIN / Riley, Riley, Wood And Wagget
LABEL : NEON / RCA
COUNTRY: UK
Release Year : 1971
NOTES: Rare UK 1st Stereo Issue with colorful Neon Label on side 1 & Black Label Side 2 / Non-laminated Gatefold Cover / Original Black Inner Sleeve 'Made in Great Britain'
MATRIX NUMBERS: Side 1: AGBS 0545-3E & Side 2: AGBS 0546-3E
CONDITION GRADINGS & DESCRIPTIONS:
RECORD (Visual Grade/ Aural Grade) :
VISUAL: Excellent + / Visually Excellent / a few light scuffs - has been kept in plastic lined sleeve.
AURAL: VG+ ( Plays clear & great! grading conservatively VG+ for some occasional very light surface noise and a couple pops on side 1 but clean and clear otherwise)
LABEL : Ex
COVER : Excellent (super light shelving wear) Spine is EX.
INNER SLEEVE : VG+ In really great shape small tear in top of sleeve other wise good.
Killer UK Psych that is relevant and timeless in the vain of Beatles, Big Star, Badfinger, Lazy Smoke, Kinks, Thunderclp Newman, July, with occasional americana tinged pedal steel in the 70's psych production. So cool.
Listen Here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MheQI2I-yMU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQhokKGEYPY
BIOGRAPHY
Shape of the Rain was a band from Sheffield , founded around 63/64 by Keith Riley, his brother Len, Brian Wood and Ian Waggett. They started out called The Gear and then The Reaction. ‘If we couldn’t get gigs because they didn’t like us, we’d just change the name, If they liked us we’d stick with the same name,’ says Keith Riley. The band’s first professional recordings were in Nottingham in 1966. They released an album called “Riley Riley Wood and Waggett” in 1971, which was produced by Tony Hall. They were influenced by American West Coast music and the British psych/progressive scene as well as many other styles and came up with a sound that was all their own.Twelve string and slide guitars were used to create a different sound to what was then the norm. They played The Marquee, London, The Cavern, Liverpool and Manchesters Hard Rock and Magic Village. They supported bands such as Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Free, Fleetwood Mac, Love and Joe Cocker, as well as many others during their time as Sheffield University ‘House Band’!
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