COURIERS "Take Away" RARE UK EMBER 7" PICTURE SLEEVE, R&B soul freakbeat

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	$		46

COURIERS “Take Away” RARE UK EMBER 7” PICTURE SLEEVE, R&B soul freakbeat

The Couriers – Take Away 7” (orig. UK Ember MONO EMB S218, with picture sleeve)

UK Release date: May 1965.

On offer here is an EXTREMELY RARE original UK PICTURE SLEEVE issue of “Take Away” 7” single by THE COURIERS.  This group came from fashionable Chelsea in London, but also spent some time in South Africa during 1963-64.  The A-side had originally been recorded by Atlanta (USA) soul group THE TAMS.

weblinks:

(1) South Africa rock – www.rock.co.za/files/couriers_index.htm

(2) Sound clip “Take Away” – www.youtube.com/watch?v=oErOpcb3RtM

(3) Sound clip “Done Me Wrong” – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOCBBQ8DrjA

SIDE 1

1.          Take Away                Writ: C. H. Middlebrooks

SIDE 2

2.         Done Me Wrong        Writ: Richard Laws

PERSONNEL

     Barry Ashby              lead vocals

     Bill Kimber                 rhythm guitar, vocals

     Richard Laws             lead guitar

     Peter Fairweather     bass guitar

     Alan Turner               drums

Session musician:

     Roy Budd                   piano

Recorded in England (UK).

Produced by John Barry.

GRADING (also refer photos)

Sleeve:

VG+(+) matt finish: ultra-fragile wrap-around sleeve has minor handling wear incl. creasing & spot staining.  Remarkably though there are NO SEAM SPLITS!  PLEASE VIEW THE HIGH RESOLUTION SCANNED IMAGES CLOSELY!!

Record:

visual: M- beautiful glossy sheen—hard to fault, few completely insignificant hairlines only (seen under strong light).

audible: EX+ sounds superb despite some insignificant underlying static.  A HIGHLY ENJOYABLE LISTENING EXPERIENCE!

labels: HARDLY ANY SPINDLE WEAR.

THIS 45 HAS HARDLY SEEN THE LIGHT OF DAY SINCE IT WAS RELEASED 48 YEARS AGO.  IMPRESSIVE COPY – BID WITH CONFIDENCE!

GRADING DESCRIPTION

COVER

M:      Absolutely NEW—perhaps still in shrink-wrap.

M-:    Slightly less than MINT.

EX:     Very light wear and/or creasing—defects will be noted.

VG++: Slightly less than EXCELLENT.

VG+:   Slightly better than VERY GOOD.

VG:     Some ring-wear and other signs of aging are apparent—defects will be noted.

VG-:   Slightly less than VERY GOOD.

G:       More obvious ring-wear, seam-splits, stains etc—defects will be noted.

M=MINT, EX=EXCELLENT, VG=VERY GOOD, G=GOOD

NB: Brackets indicate the cover is between one grade and another—eg. VG+(+).

RECORD

M:      Absolutely NEW—perhaps still in shrink-wrap.

M-:    Slightly less than MINT.

EX:     Very light scuffs.  Record played infrequently, with little or no reduction in sound quality.

VG++: Slightly less than EXCELLENT.

VG+:   Slightly better than VERY GOOD.

VG:     Lightly scuffed/marked record, with acceptable sound quality—defects will be noted.

VG-:   Slightly less than VERY GOOD.

G:       More obvious scratches, with some deterioration in sound quality—defects will be noted.

M=MINT, EX=EXCELLENT, VG=VERY GOOD, G=GOOD

NB: Brackets indicate the record is between one grade and another—eg. VG+(+).

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