DROITWICH HIGH SCHOOL BLUES BAND,'WHAT IS THERE TO SAY',RARE UK LP HT LPS 1540
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UP FOR SALE IS A COPY OF THIS RARE, PRIVATE PRESSING: DROITWICH HIGH SCHOOL BLUES BAND. "WHAT IS THERE TO SAY". ORIGINAL UK LP WITH IT'S INSERT AND PRESSED BY HOLLICK AND TAYLOR (BIRMINGHAM). RELEASE DATE-1977. THIS LP IS APPARENTLY IN HANS POKORA'S BOOK(S) ON RARE AND INTERESTING PROG/FOLK/PYSCH ARTEFACTS!. A-SIDE HAS A SELF-PENNED TRACK FIRST AND THEN SOME INTERESTING COVERS, INCLUDING ZAPPA'S 'SONE OF MR.GREEN GENES'. B-SIDE IS ONE LONG CONCEPT PIECE, WRITTEN BY THE TEACHER (SO I AM RELIABLY INFORMED, AS I GREW UP FOUR MILES AWAY FROM DROITWICH AND HAVE A LITTLE INSIDE KNOWLEDGE....THOUGH I'M SURE THAT I WILL BE CORRECTED, IF WRONG) AND LYRICS WRITTEN POSSIBLY BY ONE OF THE PUPILS. THE TEACHER MAY WELL HAVE HAD A COPY OF THE SUNFOREST LP AS THERE IS A NOD TO THAT,ALBEIT SLIGHTLY NAIVELY.THE COVER VERSIONS ARE WELL ACCOMPLISHED, A LITTLE BRASSY BUT ALSO HEAVY ON THE BASS RIFFS BUT I THINK THAT THE FIRST ( SELF-PENNED) TRACK IS ACTUALLY THE BEST, AS A IT'S A LITTLE HARDER EDGED THAN THE REST. THEY CERTAINLY ADD A LITTLE FUNK HERE AND THERE AND I WISH THAT THE LATTER HALF OF THE B-SIDE WAS EXTENDED TO A DOUBLE LP, AS THEY REALLY STARTED TO GET A GRIP OF AN ACID-FOLK SOUND. THE LAD WHO STEAMS IN WITH A BIT OF FUZZY/EDGY GUITAR WAS CLEARLY BEING KEPT AT BAY. SHOULD HAVE LET HIM OFF THE LEASH IN MY HUMBLE OPINION! THE 'ULYSSES' CONCEPT IS ACTUALLY QUITE BEGUILING AND EVEN THOUGH THERE IS THAT NAIVETY OF YOUTH, IT'S A PITY THAT JOE BOYD WASN'T AT HAND TO LEND A...UM..WELL...HAND. TRACK LISTING:A-SIDE. BLUES BAND BLUES(RILEY)/CREOLE LOVE CALL(ELLINGTON-MILEY-JACKSON)/THEME FROM SHAFT(HAYES)/THE GOOD,THE BAD AND THE UGLY(MORRICONE)/YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE(WONDER)/SONE OF MR.GREEN GENES(ZAPPA). B-SIDE: ULYSSES THEME (ACT2)/FORGET THE WORLD/SIREN'S SONG/WHAT IS THERE TO SAY/THE BITTER END/GOODBYE IS THE SADDEST OF WORDS/ULYSSES CELEBRATION. MALE AND FEMALE VOCALS (SWEET VOCAL ON THE LATTER PART OF ULYSSES). ELECRTIC GUITAR/BASS/DRUMS/FLUTE (NICE FLUTE PART THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE EXTENDED)ALTO-SAX/HORNS AND BRASS. CONDITION. SLEEVE:NO RIPS OR WRITING AND MINOR EDGE-WEAR TO OPENER. THERE IS A LITTLE DIS-COLOURATION (DAMN WHITE SLEEVES) AND A SMALL STAIN ON THE FRONT. THIS IS CLEARLY SHOWN IN THE PHOTOS. PRETTY SURE THAT A LOT OF SELLERS WOULD APPROACH 'EXCELLENT -' TERRITORY BUT I'TS VG TO VG+ TO ME. DISC: A-SIDE. 'MINT-'. NO SCRATCHES OR SCUFFS. NO CLICKS OR POPPING ETC. PERFECT CLARITY AND LUSH SHEEN. B-SIDE. 'NM'. PRETTY MUCH AS ABOVE. TINY LOW AUDIBLE THREE POPS ABOUT A MINUTE IN AND THAT'S IT CAN'T SEE A SCRATCH OF ANY DESCRIPTION THERE SO MAY WELL BE A DUST FLECK. CLEAN AND TOP CLARITY. SEE PHOTOS. LABELS. 'EX+'/ 'NM-' INSERT 'EX+''. NO WRITING ON EITHER AND NO STAINING TO THE INSERT. VERY LIGHT HANDLING CREASING (NOT SURE IF THAT IS PICKED UP ON THE PHOTOS) ? I AM FIRST AND FOREMOST A COLLECTOR, WHO HAS BEEN BUYING AND SELLING MUSIC FOR OVER THREE DECADES.MY GRADING AND DESCRIPTION IS ACCURATE. ANY Q'S ABOUT THIS CHARMING LP???? ALWAYS WILLING TO ANSWER TO RESPOND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ITEM WILL BE DESPATCHED PROMPTLY(1st Class rec.del) AND PACKAGED IN THE WAY THAT I EXPECT RECORDS TO BE PACKAGED....BULLET-PROOF!! IN A BOX AND NOT A SINGLE MAILER. MAIL ME IF YOU ARE OVERSEAS. ITEM WILL BE SENT 'SIGNED FOR' IF OVER £50. SO PLEASE BEAR THAT IN MIND.I'LL WEIGH THE PACKAGE AND UPDATE SHIPPING COST ON MONDAY. THAT WILL INCLUDE EUROPE/REST OF WORLD AND TWO PRICES. ONE FOR STANDARD POST AND ONE FOR SIGNED FOR POST. TO SUM UP: NICE ALBUM....ARE! SLEEVE IS A LITTLE DIS-COLOURED AND WITH A SMALL MARK BUT OTHERWISE FINE. DISC IS STUNNING!! AND I AM 100% SURE THAT MOST SO-CALLED DEALERS (AND INDEED DEALERS) WOULD PUT THIS DISC UP AS 'MINT'. UNLESS THERE IS AN UNPLAYED COPY OUT THERE......YOU WILL NOT FIND A BETTER DISC THAN THIS ONE. FABULOUS!! ALL THE BEST JOHNNY.
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