TOPS 1970 ILLINOIS SPEED PRESS 1st LP HARD Rock & Psych FM UNDERGROUND FAVE

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                        1969 HARD ROCK CLASSIC

                     360 SOUND COLUMBIA RECORDS

        ILLINOIS SPEED PRESS

                               USA - 360 Sound Columbia ~CS 9792

TOP COPY!  

...harder to find this clean than you might expect...the cover wears so easily, here a TOP cover too!

Nice...real clean 1969 original in thick gatefold cover of the very first ILLINOIS SPEED PRESS album on the highly collected 360 Sound Columbia label of the sixties...This first (of two) Illinois Speed Press album was a play list favorite on underground radio stations in the early 70's... "Pay The Price" & "PSN When You Come Around" were popular with the classic hard (fuzz) rocker sound and FM stations loved to play them...

Contains thee original Columbia Records printed inner sleeve to the pressing

Hot shot manager/producer James Guercio discovered the Rovin' Kind at the Chicago Whiskey-A-Go-Go, where they were the house band. He offered them management and production and brought them back to Los Angeles where they were signed to CBS/Columbia Records under their new name, Illinois Speed Press. The change happened in February 1968. They opened for other major recording acts such as Led Zepplin, Chicago & Steppenwolf. Initial members of Illinois Speed Press were the same as the Rovin’ Kind...to best appreciate the Illinois Speed Press play this recording at the highest possible volume. All the sounds on this recording were made by; one 1962 (red) gibson les paul custom double pickup guitar, one 1960 (white) gibson les paul custom triple pickup guitar, one 1961, (white) fender precision bass, all fed through brown fender concert amplifiers, (4-10” speakers) and one standard ludwig drum “dance” kit, 2 crash cymbols, one ride cynbol augmented with 3 timbals...

The songs on their albums ranged from hard rock to more acessible underground radio rock with rural influences and from blues towards folk-rock, but on the electrified hard side...very often with psychedelic references and some really excellent dual fuzz guitars.

Overture
Get in the Wind
Hard Luck Story
Here Today
Pay the Price
P.N.S. (When you come around)
Be a Woman
Sky Song
Beauty
Free Ride

CONDITION: The cover: The gatefold cover is TOP clean, M- the soft pale color is hard to find this clean and usually has dirt and soil after 40 years onward = here a clean survivor, with no split seams, no bends and no writing ... this cover is a nice collectible = again, the light grey color is NOT showing the usual wear -- a REAL WELL preserved copy!

The vinyl: is very clean and clear M- and plays beautiful....just had it jamming and the clarity has striking clear sound... while both 360 sound Columbia labels are clean

keeper!

A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION !

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EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING

All imperfections are noted both cover & record