UK 1971 ( TEST PRESS ) THREE MAN ARMY Legend HARD HEAVY PSYCH LP

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•  MEGA RARE 1971 TEST PRESS 
• HARD & HEAVY UK PSYCH
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• THREE  MAN  ARMY 
• "A  Third  Of  A  Lifetime"
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• "made in England" ~ PEGASUS - PEG 3 ( TEST PRESSING )
• ~0O0~

• TOP COPY 
• Here is not only an original '71 UK first print but one of the earliest to be manufactured being a test pressing to the release. The Original 1971 superior (over USA) BRITISH release has become far less seen in recent years...being 53 years of age like others from the era, will increasingly difficult as times march on ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
• THREE MAN ARMY
  
  A THIRD OF A LIFETIME
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  Beautiful FINAL Collection Copy
  
  MINTY CLEAN ALL OVER !!!
  
  RARE ORIGINAL 1971 first printing in butter color super fragile gatefold - SO prone to wear, most likely no better copy exists!!
  THREE MAN ARMY as a very popular blasting guitar trio with cool melodic song structures, lasting through three highly respected early 70's albums , none better than this, their fist "A Third Of A Lifetime"
  
• Three Man Army consists of the nucleus Gurvitz Brothers (Adrian and Paul, both guitarists) who were formerly the main guys in the band GUN and wouldn’t really become known until they joined forces with Ginger Baker to form Baker-Gurvitz Army around 1974. Also playing with the band on this LP is drummer Buddy Miles, who along with a slew of solo Lps, played on Jimi Hendrix’s Band of Gypsies LP in 1970, In addition, in Three Man Army there's ex-Spooky Tooth percussionist Mike Kellie and guitarist Brian Parrish the final pieces to the puzzle.
  While many say THREE MAN ARMY have grown more roots in hard rock, they mingle more or less within the barriers of hard and, moderate hard rock, for lack of a better term. However, the first track on the Lp, “Butter Queen”, is a great hard rock track, unconstrained with a pretty raucous main riff, lots of cool solos, rife drum work, and an almost untamed chorus == the best track featured. “Daze” only cools the pace a little with short, lightly strummed/sung intervals that make the heavy breakouts all the more sonic. The medium-paced “Another Way” keeps the pace going more or less, a catchy lengthy number that should’ve at least seen some airplay -- a real breather is the endearing, acoustically laid out instrumental that is the title track, swooning melodies. “Nice One”, another wordless ditty, is much different that it’s precursor. It begins with a basic bass/guitar rhythm with solos mixed in that kind of thumps forward, but slowly generates momentum to a faster version of the same riff for a decent track. “Three Man Army” is another fairly mellow tune with more solos you can shake a stick at and a clever riff that sneaks in at times until it’s finally in full view at the end. “See What I Took” would come off with pounding interludes and ripping solos that hinge the verses together. Over to slow blues melodrama goes in “Midnight”, though the not-so-customary organ backdrop gives it a slightly different verve. The finale is the oddball “Together”, a multi-faceted fracture of “Stairway to Heaven”-ish acoustics, an anthemic chorus, and some short bursts of progressing rock and gives the final embrace easily nonetheless.
  Third of a Lifetime is a stirring affair filled with memorable tracks that are accented nicely in the controlled hardness (excluding “Butter Queen” of course which rips like MAY BLITZ ).
  
  Butter Queen ...5:20
  
  Daze ... 4:10
  
  Another Day .... 7:04
  
  One Third of a Lifetime ... 4:30
  
  Nice One ... 4:21
  
  What's My Name ... 4:37
  
  Three Man Army ... 5:26
  
  See What I Took ... 3:43
  
  Midnight ... 5:43
  
  Together ... 6:58          

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2. The cover: rated: Wonderful M- top copy British gatefold, so easily wear prone, the light pastel color so easy to soil is a beauty without wear, as well the cover design blows away the USA cheap rendition. There are NO split seams, no bends, no writing, no problems anywhere ...plus it's a very special TEST PRESSING, impossibly rare from 1971 England !
   
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1. The vinyl: Rated: M- the thick HQ TEST PRESSING is awesome, TOP COPY ...audio is incredible, TURN IT UP !!