Flamin Groovies Supersnazz 1968 Original KBYU Promo Issue BN26487 mostly Mint-
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Flamin Groovies
Supersnazz
1968 original, 1st pressing.
Vinyl is EX++ to Mint- (or better)
Vinyl looks EX++ to Mint- (or better) : light, faint marks.
Vinyl plays EX++ to Mint-, mostly Mint- : light background-crackle faintly in a few, quiet passages.
Lead-out matrix : 1C / 1C
Labels are EX+ : marker and a few, minor imperfections.
Cover is EX- to EX, mostly EX : 1" seam-tear bottom-right; bends, wear, indentations and marker on back.
The original inner-sleeve has a small seam-tear.
Includes a HQ inner-sleeve (pictured) which the vinyl is stored in after being thoroughly machine-cleaned and professionally graded.
Out of print original
A unique copy that was issued to KBYU radio-station at Brigham Young University in the 1970's (probably was not played much).
..."Supersnazz has achieved an exalted reputation among not just Groovies fans, but lovers of rock & roll in general, having held up extraordinarily well across the decades and still able to make its own case for greatness as an astonishing document of straight-ahead rock & roll circa 1969 -- fully contemporary to its time (and, by extension, almost timeless), with none of the artificial period nostalgia (and parodying) that was already creeping into the "oldies" scene. But it's also a lot of fun; in fact, based on the evidence, Supersnazz may well have been the most fun record of 1969. Roy Loney, Cyril Jordan, Tim Lynch, George Alexander, and Danny Mihm run through a quirky mix of Loney and Loney/Jordan originals and standards, encompassing styles from proto-'70s punk (want to bet the Ramones wore out copies of this album?) to '50s New Orleans R&B, country music, and even ragtime, and while a small bit of it is compromised by the presence of some too-prominent clarinet and saxophone, the whole record is a rollicking good time, made even better by the sequencing, which offers a full range of surprises, even on the fourth or fifth listen -- one can never settle in with this record before something weirdly wonderful comes along to draw the listener in yet another direction. From the fiery, Brian Jones-era Stones-style, fuzztone-driven opener "Love Have Mercy," the band shows what it can do in everything from straight-ahead boogie to slow ballads ("A Part from That") and '50s rockers ("The Girl Can't Help It," "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu"), country ("Brushfire"), and R&B, all done with a unique array of stylistic flourishes that made this one of the most original long-players of 1969. By the ninth track, the pounding, punk-driven "Somethin' Else/Pistol Packin' Mama," the whole album achieves a kind of otherworldly continuum, like something out of a strange and wonderful corner of the universe that -- though none knew it at the time -- pointed the way to a coming decade of achievement by the likes of the Ramones, Jonathan Richman, et al, not to mention the Groovies themselves."
Note : there is some possible camera-glare on the cover and other surfaces.
Packaged protectively for safe and secure shipping with USPS tracking.
Thank you ~ All the Best
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