1965 ORIG MONO THE GANTS ROADRUNNER REVERB GARAGE

$

35

PLEASE READ BEFORE BIDDING: Please read the entire auction listing, including shipping costs, before writing to ask a question.   OUR GOAL IS CUSTOMER SATISFACTION. In order to meet that goal, we will ALWAYS work with our customers on any concerns that may arise. In the unlikely instance that you feel the need to open a resolution dispute before working with us, you will immediately be blocked from any further chance to acquire the rare music we present each and every week.   Payment is required within seven days. We mail all paid items ONE WEEK after auctions end. Please keep in mind our listings are time consuming in detail and we are often traveling to find these gems, which at times delays the delivery schedule by a day or two. We ALWAYS process and ship every paid order. We have no control over parcels once they are mailed from our local Post Office.Overseas mail to some countries (Italy, Russia, France, in particular) has become very slow. Opening a dispute for slow mail is unacceptable and will result in blocking the bidder. We work hard to provide excellent service as is represented by our 8000 plus positive feedback.   We use a VPI machine and thoroughly clean all records. Each order is carefully packaged by removing the LP from the jacket to avoid seam splits, use of 3 ml plastic cover sleeves over each LP and jacket, cardboard pad inserts, and placed in sturdy record mailers for safe delivery.   We take Customer Service seriously, and want you to be satisfied. Please give us 5 stars in each category through the feedback system, and we will be able to effectively continue to fulfill your passion for rare and collectible music! We have served thousands of satisfied customers - far more than our feedback records indicate - and our aim is to continue to do so. Thank you for your interest and support. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SHIPPING: USA ~ 1 LP $4.00 Media; 2-4 discs $5.00; .50 each additional disc Priority rates vary by area; please inquire.   CANADA ~ 1 LP 8.50; 2 discs $10.00; 3 discs $11.50; over 4 please contact us for shipping costs.   AUSTRALIA, THAILAND, JAPAN ~ 1 LP $18.00; 2 discs $23.00; 3 discs $27.00; 4 discs $32.00. Priority over 4 lbs $50.00; each additional disc $4.00.   EUROPE ~ 1 LP $17.00; 2 discs $20.00; 3 discs $25.00; 4 discs $31.00; 5 discs $37; 6 discs $44.00. Each additional disc $3.00.
 

        TOP FLIGHT 1965 GARAGE FROM MISSISSIPPI

              GREGG ALLMAN GUESTS ON ORGAN             

                                    THE GANTS

           == ROADRUNNER ==                    

                  ...USA - Liberty Records - LRP 3432 - STEREO

Original 1965 first pressing of the very first (and best) of three albums these garage rockin' cats issued in the sixties...all three albums are good to get and collectible ...

This copy comes with the original Liberty inner sleeve...

One of the few outfits of its kind to emerge from the Deep South, the GANTS were originally known as The Kingsmen (but not to be confused with likewise-named Kingsmen who had the hit "Louie, Louie") ...Then in 1965 bombs fell on Vietnam, and garage bands sprouted all over America. In Greenwood, Mississippi the GANTS were born. While the black majority population of the Mississippi Delta town was marching on the courthouse for voting rights, a good portion of the white youth were hunched over guitars puzzling out the Delta blues-derived licks on records by The Yardbirds, The Animals and The Rolling Stones.

Then, in the autumn of 1965, something truly incredible happened. One of the hometown bands broke through. The Gants' recording of Bo Diddley's song "Roadrunner" started creeping up the charts. It was two minutes and twenty seconds of garage-land glory. It opens with thrashing electric guitars modulating up a scale, building the tension rung by rung, and then ignites with primitive fuzztone power chords over a classic boogie bass line. And it had a gimmicky hook on the chorus when lead singer Sid Herring imitated the cartoon Roadrunner's classic getaway line, "Beep-beep, schwoooo." "Roadrunner," the single, and The Gants' first album with the same name, were recorded at Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama and licensed for national release by Liberty Records. That Gants' first album, titled Roadrunner, supposedly features Duane Allman playing organ on "House of the Rising Sun" (it is most likely they meant his brother, Greg Allman, however).

The album, Roadrunner, is a solid slice of 1965 garage glory, featuring a slew of cool tunes from the punked-out fuzz/reverbed GLORIA to the moody atmosphere in House Of The Rising Sun, The high school band from Mississippi were as good as any of the teen-scene hopefuls in the mid sixties....

Road Runner

Stormy Weather

Gloria

Six Days in May

You've Got to Hide Your Love Away

The House of the Rising Sun

B:

Bad Boy

My Baby Don't Care

Never Go Right

Out of Sight

Don't Think Twice, It's Alright

I Don't Want to See Her Again

CONDITION: The cover: Hard to find THIS clean...after 46 years, the front cover is virtually near "EX (excellent), and most any copy found has shelf wear with the dark cover... the back cover is clean with only a little wear at very top of back =only. A true teen-scene relic from the sixties ...no split seams, no bends, no writing.

The vinyl: all glossy 0ver both sides, VG+ some random light hairlines only =  the deep groove pressing plays mostly excellent with no distortion or with alarming audio problems ...

keeper!

A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION !

SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...

EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING

All imperfections are noted both cover & record