THE UGLY DUCKLINGS SOMEWHERE OUTSIDE RARE CANADA PSYCH
$
170
$ 170
Sold For
Apr 30, 2005
Sold Date
Apr 23, 2005
Start Date
$ 150
Start price
3
Number Of Bids
Canada
Country Of Seller
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Description
SOMEWHERE OUTSIDE
UGLY DUCKLINGS
1966/Cdn/Yorktown YT50.001.........Formed in the spring of 1965 as The Strolling Bones, a blatant Rolling Stones-inspired outfit featuring Brian Jones look-a-like, British-born Glyn Bell. After making its live debut at Cedarbrae High School in Toronto's Scarborough district (the entire band minus Boers studied there), the group changed name to The Ugly Ducklings and won a residency at Charlie Brown's Place. In late 1965, the band attracted the attention of Yorktown Records, who recorded the group's debut single, the Bingham-Mayne collaboration, Nothin' for a mere $300 on a 2-track machine at Hallmark Studios. The record was picked by local radio and became a local smash in March of the following year. On the back of the single's success, the 'Ducks landed their dream gig - opening for the Stones at Maple Leaf Gardens in June 1966. The group's debut album Somewhere Outside, recorded in New York and Toronto was issued around this time and contained all of the group's early singles. The opening cut, Nothin', was also their finest moment, with its snotty punk vocals and guitar assault. She Ain't No Use To Me was a punk shouter with some snappy guitar work, whilst That's Just A Thought I Had In My Mind is more restrained, veering more towards pop. Also of note on the album were Do What You Want, a mid-paced beat number; Just In Case You Wonder, which featured some good fuzz guitar; Hey Mama (Keep Your Big Mouth Shut), notable for some fine psychedelic guitar work; a snotty version of Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Any More, the only non-original and the closing cut, Windy City (Noise At The North End), an atmospheric instrumental complete with sound effects and more fuzz guitar. RE: DREAMS, FANTASIES & NIGHTMARES............I have an original white label pressing of this top notch garage/punk lp, the cover has very minor corner wear except bottom right 1/4 inch split the graphics and rest are beautiful the vinyl is nicer than you usually see, this one's excellent, there are a few light minor scratches that are inaudible for the most part, the record plays punchy and loud and with little noise, the labels are very clean as well, a nice copy here and I wouldn't offer it if I hadn't upgraded my own copy, this is my favourite Canadian lp and we used to see these guys play a lot locally!!, I have set a very reasonable price for this jewel for more psych rock and Canadian records please check my listings or email me i have 150,000 more records to sort and list, good luck and thanks for looking!
Price
$150.00Category
PSYCH PUNKMedia
LPRecords in set
1Label
YORKTOWNRelease Number
YT 50.001Manufactured
CA CANADACondition of Media
EX "Excellent"Condition of Cover
EX
