CROCHETED DOUGHNUT RING Two Little Ladies - 1967 UK First Press - LISTEN
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CROCHETED DOUGHNUT RING
Two Little Ladies (Azalea & Rhododendron) / Nice
Polydor Records UK First Press 1967
Solid centre in company sleeve
Psych Pop Gem
The Crochet Doughnut Ring came out from the ashes of Force Five and The Fingers - two groups managed by the great British producer Peter Eden - who assembled a new group and christened them 'Crochet Doughnut Ring' after a Peter Blake pop-art collage and pseudonymously wrote their debut single 'Two little ladies'.
They came together in the summer of '67, and initially contained former Fingers frontman Richard Mills (guitar, vocals), George Bird (bass), John Chapel (keyboards) and two ex-Force Five stalwarts Bert Pulham (lead guitar) and Dave Skates (drums).
'Two little ladies' was licensed to Polydor who, in their determination to rush-release the track, neglected to sign the group to any contract. Lacking a B-side, Peter took the backing track, experimented with voguish production techniques like phasing and crossfading, and came up with 'Nice', which he then presented to Polydor as the record's B-side. The label duly released the single in October 1967, only for the pirates to flip the record and play 'Nice' instead (apparently John Peel also wanted to play it but was told it was "too far out" to play on the newly-formed Radio One)
Modern lo-fi indie bands that get off on occasional experimental sound wish they could make this shit and just when you think this band couldn't get any sweeter, here comes "Two Little Ladies" Packed with catchy melodies, tinkering harpsichord, swirling psychedelic effects, and frequent shifts in tempo, "Two Little Ladies (Azalea & Rhododendron)" epitomizes 60s psych-pop and should be more well known imho!
VINYL: Record has retained great sheen and luster, the surface shows some marks but plays through with no skips or jumps (Listen to the actual record HERE!!)
LABEL: There is evidence of very slight spindle wear on the 'A' side but the labels are clean and there is no writing or rips/tears.
SLEEVE: Original company sleeve is in great shape
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