EDGAR BROUGHTON BAND Wasa Wasa 1969 UK HARVEST 1st PRESS "SOLD IN UK"
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255
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338
£ 255
Sold For
May 23, 2016
Sold Date
May 13, 2016
Start Date
£ 24
Start price
16
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Great Britain
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EDGAR BROUGHTON BAND Wasa Wasa 1969 UK HARVEST 1st PRESS "SOLD IN UK"
THE EDGAR BROUGHTON BANDWasa Wasa
UK HARVEST (SHVL 757) FIRST PRESSING (August 1969)
SEEN LITTLE USE - SOUNDS GREAT
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE HARVEST LABELS WITH “SOLD IN UK…” STATEMENT (ONLY PRESENT OF THE FIRST FEW HUNDRED COPIES), NO EMI BOX AND “THE GRAMOPHONE COMPANY” RIM TEXT
MATRIX: SHVL 757 A -1 / SHVL 757 B - 1
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/G and 1/G
HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL OUTER LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE “Printed and made by Ernest J. Day & Co. Ltd., London”
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE “PATENTS APPLIED FOR” INNER SLEEVE (this release pre dates the introduction of the Harvest Company advertising inners - on which this record features)
Establishing themselves as an unholy collision between the still-nascent Pink Fairies and the legendary Fugs, the debut album by British free-festival favourites the Edgar Broughton Band almost literally re-created the spirit of their natural territory -- a muddy field full of sunbaked hippies -- with eight more or less epic tracks that, though their inspiration has long become the stuff of ancient history, remain essential listening to all but the most jaded ears.
All maniacal cackle and frenzied riffing, the band's first single, "Evil," and the brutal bellowing of "Love in the Rain" are the most conventional numbers in that they were certainly written as crowd-pleasing stompers in the days before "Out Demons Out" established itself as the Edgar Broughton Band's all-consuming anthem. More impressive, however, are the numbers which see the band stretching both their capabilities and their audience's expectations -- the lengthy opus "Dawn Crept Away," the evocatively titled "Death of an Electric Citizen," and, best of all, "American Boy Soldier."
Ranking alongside Black Sabbath's "War Pigs" as British rock's finest contribution to the Vietnam War, it is a Mothers of Invention style piece that blends sneering spoken word with a delightfully doo wop invocation of all that war really has to offer and all that its servants leave behind. "Shot down from my plane/Never be the same again/I was just 16 years old."
As jaggedly metallic as it is theatrically ambitious, Wasa Wasa (an Eskimo phrase meaning "from far, far away") stands alongside early albums by The Fairies and The Deviants as a dramatic snapshot of a very special moment in time, as the whimsical hopefulness of the late '60s gave way to the chilled cynicism of the early '70s. And, while the band would certainly produce better songs over the next three years, they never again unleashed such a potent mood
Side 1:
Death Of An Electric Citizen
American Boy Soldier
Why Can't Somebody Love Me
Neptune
Evil
Side 2:
Crying
Love In The Rain
Dawn Crept Away
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels with less than a handful of light spindle traces
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT/EXCELLENT
Side One is unmarked, Side Two has a hairline and smudge mark on “Dawn Crept Away” but neither of these have any impact on the sound
VINYL Audio: EXCELLENT+ / NEAR MINT
Plays beautifully throughout with practically nothing to fault - slight low-level surface/one or two ticks on some of the very quietest moments - nothing at all really - sounds superb
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
Clean and unmarked - light rub to the laminated surfaces which still retain a deep gloss, the edges are sharp and all spine text is clear and bold
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: FREE (2nd class standard)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £14.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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