AFTER TEA s/t 1968 DUTCH RUBBLE FREAKBEAT PSYCH LP Idle Race Move Beatles LISTEN

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AFTER TEA "AFTER TEA" LP

ORIGINAL 1968 LP ON THE UK ACE OF CLUBS label, STEREO SCL-R 1251

COVER IN EXCELLENT shape

VINYL still very bright & shiny, clean, plays EXCELLENT!

In my description for another After Tea album I once sold ("National Disaster"), I mentioned that this particular Dutch pop band seemed to really have an affinity toward the British popsike scene.  And I compared them to the (later) Spencer Davis Group.  Now, with the arrival of this album, it all makes sense.  Turns out England was glad to adopt them after all, or at least give them a proper British pressing, as this album came out in the UK in 1968 on the Ace of Clubs label.  It's basically the entire "National Disaster" album with the addition of 2 bonus tracks.  But what tracks they are!  First of all, their statement of purpose, "After Tea", which is a cover of the late Spencer Davis Group song (see?  I was right!), and secondly, a tremendous slice of Rubble popsike whimsy called "Lemon Coloured Honey Tree", which sounds just like you'd hope it would - shades of Idle Race, early Move, etc.  I also dig the phased-out toytown popsike of "The Time is Nigh", with its chorus of singing children, the pounding freakbeat dancefloor shaker "It's Too Late", and the Yellow Submarine Beatlish singalong "In the Land of the Bubble Gum Tree", with its distorted megaphone vocals and classic popsike title.  The liner notes are also quick to point out that After Tea hails from the Hague, "what is sometimes called Holland's Liverpool."  So if you get the feeling that After Tea might've been groomed to be the Dutch Fab Four, you're right. 

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I try to grade as best as I can, and I list as many blemishes/imperfections I can find (writing, ringwear, scuff marks, etc.) – Also, please note that I DO listen to these albums – I may not listen to every track, but my grades are based on LISTENING, not just looking at it, since chances are you’ll be listening to the record you buy, not just looking at it.  Most of the albums I sell are the ones I’ve enjoyed for years – and I treat my records with kid gloves.  But sounds speak louder than words, so check out the sound clips below – they’re from the actual record you’re bidding on. 

SHIPPING AND PACKAGING

Listen, I buy a bunch of records too (when I’m not getting outbid at the last second, which is more often than not) – and I know what it’s like to get a rare, one-of-a-kind album packaged dangerously in a flimsy bubblewrap package.  I hate that too.  So rest assured, I ALWAYS package albums with stiff cardboard reinforcements, same for 45s.  And yes, the records are removed from the sleeves (for albums).  I ship out once a week, every Friday, because I have a regular day job.  But I’d be willing to give that up if you’d all be so kind as to bid my items up to stupidly high amounts. 

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