1970 ROCK ISLAND S/T TEST PRESSNG LP PHILA PSYCH BUBBLE PUPPY CREAM BLOODY MARY
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1970 - ROCK ISLAND - SELF TITLED - 12" VINYL RECORD ORIGINAL TEST PRESSING LP - INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL GENERIC WHITE CARDBOARD JACKET - PROJECT 3 WHITE LABELS - SPJL 9 34069 - MATRIX NUMBERS PR-4005-SD-A1/B1-SON 1 SMX 37517/8 - CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS
Matrix Numbers - PR-4005-SD-A1/B2 SON 1 SMX 37517/8
Side 1
1. Blue, Blue Lady
2. Runnin' Through My Mind
3. When I Was A Boy
4. I Keep On Tryin'
5. Hard And Never Easy
Side 2
1. She Has Left Me
2. Won't You Stay Another Day
3. I Remember
4. Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You
5. Blues
6. Blues Reprise #1
7. Blues Reprise #2
Self-titled debut album from 1970. This Philly-based rock group provides a lot of hard driving Rock, Psychedelic, Acid and R&B.
Feature guitarist Mike Kennedy, who went on to play in Horsepower, a seminal 1980's metal band that appeared on the 1980 release Metal for Muthas , as well as with Nicky Hopkins, George Harrison and others.
The band originally came from Philadelphia, it had distinctive West Coast sound with elaborated vocal harmonies, but moved to its own crafty blend of psychedelia and prog, plus some elements of free jazz. The beginning of "Runnin' Through My Mind" reminds "When My Guitar Gently Weeps" by George Harrison (with more depth), before evolving into a prog/psychedelic masterpiece. "When I Was A Boy" is another excellent song, while "Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You" should have been a hit (it has nothing in common with Led Zeppelin).
The main line-up of the band was: B.J.Taylor (lead vocals), Cobb Bussinger (keyboards and vocals), Mike Kennedy (guitar, vocals), Frank Schallis (drums),Tony Curcio (bass). In 1970 they recorded their debut LP in a New York studio for a small label (Project 3 Records), preceded by a single, which was modestly successful. The band was an opening act for Rod Stewart and Small Faces, and played several times in Electric Circus.
Another album - "Rain", also released by Project 3 - is often ascribed to "Rock Island", but this is a studio project of Cobb Bussinger and Frank Schallis with Mike Kennedy participating as "hired hand".
I PLAYED BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORD ON MY DENON DP-1200 TURNTABLE WITH A DENON MOVING COIL CARTRIDGE HOOKED UP TO A HEAD AMP AND IT SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD. A LITTLE BACKGROUND NOISE IN PLACES LIKE BETWEEN SONGS, BUT NO REAL AUDIO PROBLEMS. ABSOLUTELY NO CLICKS. NO POPS. NO SKIPS. VISUALLY MOVING BOTH SIDES AROUND UNDER A 100 WATT LIGHT BULB SOME LIGHT SCUFF TYPE OF SURFACE MARKS. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING DEEP GROOVE. I DON'T USE GRADES LIKE VG+ OR M-, BECAUSE VG+ ON EBAY USUALLY MEANS REALLY CRAPPY. BUT IF SOMEBODY WAS TO TELL ME IT'S VG+ I WOULDN'T ARGUE ABOUT IT. THE ORIGINAL GENERIC JACKET THAT IT CAME WITH IS THIN AND YELLOWING HEY, IT'S 45 YEARS OLD NOW. SO I'M INCLUDING A BRAND NEW CARDBOARD JACKET. THE INFORMATION SHEET IS JUST THE SAME INFORMATION THAT I PRINTED OUT THAT'S IN THIS LISTING. THE RECORD COMES IN A PLASTIC LINED INNER SLEEVE AND A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE.
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