Flamin Groovies - Supersnazz 1969 Original EPIC BN26487 Vinyl plays mstly Mint-

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Flamin Groovies
Supersnazz

• 1969 Original, 1st pressing.
• Epic Records - BN 26487
  
• VINYL GRADE : EX++ (9/12)
  
• Vinyl looks EX++ : light, superficial, faint marks and 3 small imperfections on side 2.
  
• Vinyl plays EX++ to Mint-, mostly Mint- : light background crackle faint and low in some quiet passages; a few, faint and light, audible sounds from 3 micro "bump" imperfections on B-3/B-4.
• Matrix lead-out : 1C/1C
  
• Labels are EX+ to EX++, mostly EX++
  
• Cover is EX to EX+ : cut-corner, intact seams; various imperfections; shrink has some tears - please see pictures.
  
• The original inner-sleeve has small tear on the bottom-edge.
• This vinyl has sine visible, light marks and minor imperfections that do not affect the play-grade of mostly Mint-
• Out of print original ~

..."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."

-allmusic

There is an overall grading as well as a visual and play-grading.

Half points & grades : (example: EX++ to M-, mostly M- is a 10.5/12)

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12 Point Grading Scale :

12 - MINT / NEW SEALED   

11 - MINT-         

10 - EX++ to MINT-                  

9  -  EX++                                          

8  -  EX+ to EX++                              

7  -  EX+                                             

6  -  EX to EX+                                   

5  -  EX                                                

4  -  EX- to EX                                    

3  -  EX-                                              

2  -  Poor to EX-                                  

1  -  Poor/Worst/Ruined/Unplayable   

Note : possible camera-glare on the cover and other surfaces.

Includes a HQ inner-sleeve (pictured) which the vinyl is stored in after being professionally machine-cleaned and graded.

Packaged protectively for safe and secure shipping with USPS tracking.

Thank you & all the best to your vinyl endeavors ~