CHORDS FIVE 'I AM ONLY DREAMING'/'UNIVERSAL VAGRANT'EX

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May 1, 2011 Sold Date

Apr 24, 2011 Start Date

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CHORDS FIVE ‘I Am Only Dreaming’ (SMOKE)

Chords Five – ‘I AM ONLY DREAMING’ c/w ‘UNIVERSAL VAGRANT’.

Original UK 45 Issued in 1967 by Island Records (WI-3044).

Brilliant UK Mod/Psych !!!

CHORDS FIVE "I AM ONLY DREAMING" B/W "UNIVERSAL VAGRANT". VERY RARE UK ISLAND LABEL ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING VINYL SINGLE. FROM 1967. WI-3044. TERRIFIC COPY!!, VERY CLEAN!!, GORGEOUS CONDITION, ALMOST MINT CONDITION. YOU WON'T GET ANOTHER CHANCE TO BUY THIS RECORD IN THIS CONDITION AGAIN!!.

A quote from the CHORDS FIVE website: "First and foremost let us put the record straight. The Smoke were not the Chords Five, The Smoke did however write our first record release in 1967 "I Am Only Dreaming". They were hanging out in the studio with us when we recorded it, along with our record producer the late great Jimmy Miller. (…) Line-up is as follows: Lee Morrison (Bass Guitar). Phil Holmes (Keyboard). Peter Ross (Guitar/Keyboard). Roger Stoten (Drums). Terry Holmes (Lead Vocals/Guitar).

Another quote: "The story of the Chords Five began in 1964 in Stratford, London E15. The original line-up was Roger Stoten, Terry Bristow, Terry Holmes, Peter Ross, and our Manager was my father Carl Holmes (Carl was a great artist / painter). We were called the "Pioneers". The first gig we played was at the Poplar Civic in Bow, London, 24th June, 1965. We continued to play in local clubs and built up a huge following in the East end of London. We were in the local papers almost every week. It was in December of 1966 we were playing at The Pastures Youth Centre in Leytonstone. My father had done the impossible and arranged for Jimmy Miller ( Record Producer ) for Island Records to come there and listen to us. He turned up, and after hearing us he signed us on the spot.

We were advertised as the youngest group in the world, four of us were 15 and Phil was only 13. We were also the youngest group to have a recording contract at that time. We were so close to becoming major recording artists, but our age blocked us in many ways. We were booked all over the world only to find out we were too young to work abroad. I still have one of the letters from one of our agency's at the time refusing us a visa to play in Paris, France because we were too young. Our first release "I Am Only Dreaming" was played at least 20 times a day on the local radio stations including Radio Caroline and Radio London ( pirate stations at the time )."

CHORDS FIVE ‘I Am Only Dreaming’ (The Smoke)

b/w Universal Vagrant (Feldman, Goldstein, Gottehrer, Farrell)

Island WI-3044, 1967 (Produced by: Jimmy Miller)

Condition:

THERE IS AN EXCHANGE &MART FAIR STAMP ON THE 'A' SIDE OF THE RECORD AND A PRICE OF 3/- WHICH IN 1966 WAS ABOUT THE RIGHT PRICE!.

VERY SLIGHT EDGE 'WEAR' NEAR ISLAND LOGO ON 'B' SIDE

THE STAMP HOWEVER IS QUITE INOFFENSIVE AND NEITHER ADDS OR DETRACTS.

Platte/record: Excellent/Nr.Mint

Cover/sleeve: Plain White

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