THE FIVE DAY WEEK STRAW PEOPLE- 1-st UK 1968y. Edit. (EX./ NM.) Extr. Rare
$
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Description
The Five Day Week Straw People were a one-off, studio-only British psychedelic band that did one rare album in late 1967 (actually released in 1968) for the budget Saga label. Its ten songs were loosely centered around the concept of a typical weekend in the life of typical working British people. For a fee of 25 pounds per musician, the Five Day Week Straw People -- comprised of singer/guitarist John Du Cann (of the obscure psychedelic pop group the Attack, who did four singles for Decca), bassist Mick Hawksworth, and drummer Jack Collins -- were assembled. The album was recorded in about four hours in a London schoolroom, a remarkable achievement given that Collins had not heard any of the songs prior to the session.
While the album (simply titled The Five Day Week Straw People) has attracted some fanatical praise among collectors, it's average-period British psychedelia. It leans a little more toward heavy rock than toward mod, although there are some strong pop elements in the vocal harmonies and the British storytelling lyricism. At times, it's reminiscent of the most pop-oriented material that Cream recorded. The same could be said of some of the stuff done by Andromeda, the group that Du Cann, Hawksworth, and Collins decided to found after cutting The Five Day Week Straw People, although Andromeda was definitely in a heavier, hard rock vein.The Five Day Week Straw People ?– The Five Day Week Straw People
Label:
Saga FID ?– FID 2123, Saga (5) ?– STFID 2123
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:
UK
Released:
1968
Genre:
Rock
Style:
Psychedelic Rock
Tracklist
A1 Five Day Week Straw People A2 I'm Going Out Tonight A3 Gold Digger A4 Postman A5 Car Wash B1 Feel Like Having A Party B2 Sunday Morning B3 Does It Rain B4 If You Were Around B5 Dust In My EyesCompanies, etc.
- Record Company – Saga Records Ltd.
Credits
- Written-By – Montague*, Mascolo*
Notes
Don't confuse, the counterfeit version is The Five Day Week Straw People - The Five Day Week Straw People
First cat.nr. on backcover, second on label
( MULTIPLE PURCHASES...25%- postage cost FOR EACH ADDITIONAL LP )
I offer to buy vinyl records from his own collection, which collected 35 years. Plans to sell about 2,000 of the original, rare and interesting records. Vinyl before selling tapped. Thank you for your interest . Sincerely . Oleg
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