TIN TIN -Toast & Marmalade for Tea/ex-Steve & the Board/Maurice Gibb-K6-LP

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ITEM: VINYL 12” LP 33 1/3rpm
ARTIST: TIN TIN
TITLE: Toast & Marmalade for Tea
COUNTRY PRINTED: OZ
CAT No: POLYDOR 2383 054, ORIGINAL 1970
COVER: (Grade at EXCELLENT+)
LABELS: (Grade at NEAR MINT)
VINYL: (Grade at EXCELLENT) very light marks
TRACKS:
?All tracks were written by Steve Kipner and Steve Groves, except where noted.

Side one
1."She Said Ride" - 2:42
2."Swans on the Canal" - 2:13
3."Flag / Put Your Money On My Dog" - 4:24
4."Nobody Moves Me Like You" - 1:55
5."Tuesday's Dreamer" - 1:22
6."Only Ladies Play Croquet" - 2:21

Side two
1."Family Tree" - 2:31
2."Spanish Shepherd" (S. Groves) - 2:36
3."He Wants to Be a Star" - 2:12
4."Toast and Marmalade for Tea" (S. Groves) - 2:22
5."Loves Her That Way" - 2:17
6."Manhattan Woman" - 3:08
7."Lady in Blue" - 3:30
PERSONNEL:
?Steve Groves — lead and background vocals, acoustic guitar, drums; sound effects (track 10)
?Steve Kipner — lead and backing vocals, piano, drums, harpsichord, bass, guitar, mellotron, percussion

Additional musicians
?Maurice Gibb — bass, piano, harpsichord, mellotron, drums
?Gerry Shury — orchestral arrangement (tracks 2,10,13)
ARTIST COMMENT:
Tin Tin was a pop rock band, which first formed in Australia as The Kinetics in 1966. They relocated to the United Kingdom in 1969 and were renamed as Tin Tin, which comprised Steve Kipner (vocals, keyboards, percussion), Steve Groves (vocals, guitar, percussion), John Vallins (bass, guitar, vocals) and Geoff Bridgford (drums). In 1970 they issued a single, "Toast and Marmalade for Tea", which was a No. 10 hit on the Go-Set National Singles Chart in June the following year. It reached No. 20 in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100. Their next single, "Is That the Way?" (1971), peaked at No. 59 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The group disbanded in 1973 and Kipner continued as a songwriter for various acts including Chicago, George Benson and Olivia Newton-John. Groves returned to Australia and worked as a singer-songwriter. Vallins teamed up with Kipner's father, Nat, to co-write "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" for Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams, which was a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1978.

Formation and early years
Tin Tin was formed in 1966 in Melbourne as a beat pop group, The Kinetics, with a line-up of Steve Groves on vocals, guitar and harmonica, Ken Leroy on bass guitar, Ian Manzie on drums, piano and banjo, and John Vallins on guitar, drums and clarinet.[1] In September they released their debut single, "Excuses", which reached #19 on the local charts, and followed up with two further singles which were unsuccessful.[1] At the end of 1967 the group broke up and Groves joined with Steve Kipner (ex-Steve & the Board) to form Steve and Stevie as a vocal harmony duo.[1] The duo released a single, "Remains to Be Seen" in 1968, and were then joined by Vallins to form Rombo's World.[1]

In 1969 Groves and Kipner travelled to the United Kingdom and formed a British-influenced pop group, Tin Tin,[1] which was named after the main character of the popular Belgian cartoon strip, The Adventures of Tintin.[2] Bee Gees member Maurice Gibb introduced the duo to Robert Stigwood and they signed a one-album contract with Polydor Records.[1] By that time they had been joined by Geoff Bridgford on drums, and Kipner was playing bass guitar, harpsichord, mellotron, percussion, piano, electric piano, tambourine, as well as singing.[3] Gibb produced their debut self-titled album (February 1970) and played various instruments (bass guitar, drums, harpsichord, mellotron, organ) on about half the tracks,[3] which bore a marked resemblance to the tight harmonies of the Bee Gees. The lead single, "Only Ladies Play Croquet", was issued in May 1969 but did not chart.[1]

Mainstream success
Tin Tin's debut album initially sold poorly, and in 1970 they issued a second single "Toast and Marmalade for Tea", written by Groves.[1][4] In May 1971 Vallins joined the line-up.[1] In June "Toast and Marmalade for Tea" became a #10 hit on the Go-Set National Top 40, and it remained on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart for 15 weeks.[5][6] The dreamy ballad, with lead vocals by Kipner, was belatedly released as a single in mid-1971 in the US, and reached #20 on the Billboard Hot 100.[7] The song featured just eight lines of nursery rhyme-like lyrics[8] repeated over a distinctive "vibrato" piano (achieved by manipulating the recorded tape reel) and electric guitar backing. The song gradually builds in intensity adding acoustic guitar, bass guitar, drums, a string orchestra, and finally brass instruments, and is Tin Tin's best-remembered song. The album appeared on the Billboard 200.[7] While seldom played on oldies radio today, "Toast and Marmalade for Tea" is regarded by some critics as one of the finest and most ambitious singles by a one hit wonder, and a late psychedelic classic.

Tin Tin's next single, "Come on Over Again", (1970) did not chart.[1] It was followed by "Is That the Way?" in 1971, which peaked at #59 on the Billboard Hot 100,[7] ahead of their second album, Astral Taxi (December 1971). For the album they were joined by Carl Keats (aka Carl Grossman) on rhythm guitar, a former band mate from Steve & the Board.[9] After their unexpected success, Tin Tin toured with The Bee Gees on their 1972 American tour. Non-album singles, "Talking Turkey" (1972), "I'm Afraid" and "It's a Long Way to Georgia" (both 1973) followed but did not chart.[1] Another single, "Strange One", was released under the name Quire, also on the Polydor label, but had very little success.

Separate ways
After Tin Tin disbanded in 1973, Kipner went on to write and produce songs for Chicago ("Hard Habit to Break"), Olivia Newton-John ("Physical" and "Twist of Fate"),[9] Christina Aguilera, 98 Degrees and Dream. In 1975, Groves returned to Australia and worked as a singer-songwriter, co-writing (with Brian Dawe) "On the Loose (Again)",[10] which was performed by Marty Rhone to win the Australian Popular Song Contest.[1][11] Groves formed his own group, Steve Groves Band, and released his version of "On the Loose (Again)" in November 1976.[1] Vallins teamed up with Kipner's father, Nat, to co-write "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" for Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams, which was a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1978.

VINYL GRADING SYSTEM

MINT:
RECORD: New condition with no surface marks or loss of sound quality.
COVER: New condition with no surface marks, creases or wear.
NEAR MINT:
RECORD: Barely noticeable surface mark with no loss of sound quality.
COVER: Barely noticeable surface mark/ wear.
EXCELLENT:
RECORD: Some signs of being played with extremely little if no loss of sound quality.
COVER: Slight wear or creasing.
VERY GOOD:
RECORD: Obviously been played with noticeable surface marks & the occasional light scratches but exhibits no major loss of sound quality.
COVER: Noticeable wear on cover, seam or spine.
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Slightly up or down in condition as appears in the comments above.
NOTE:
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