GINHOUSE - 1st UK Press B&C VERTIGO MAY BLITZ HIGH TIDE vinyl EX+ 1971

	£		152
	$		201

GINHOUSE

1st UK PRESS 1971

Stereo

B&C  

CAS 1031

Machined Matrices

earliest mother stampers ending A-1U and B-1U

Stunning example of this super rare first press which was soon retracted!! Another rarity from in my opinion the very best year in music, 1971.

Tracklist

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Abbey Road Studios
• Printed By – E.J. Day Group

Credits

• Bass Guitar, Vocals – Stewart Burlison
• Design – Field*, Latimer*
• Drums – Dave Whitaker
• Engineer – Andy Stevens, Jeff Jarratt
• Lead Guitar, Vocals – Geoff Sharkey
• Producer – Anders Henriksson
• Written-By – Geoff Sharkey (tracks: A1 to A5, B2 to B5), Lennon McCartney* (tracks: B1)

Notes

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A label): CAS.1031 A
• Matrix / Runout (Side B label): CAS.1031 B
• Matrix / Runout (Side A runout printed [except PECKO etched] Variant 1): CAS 1031 A-1U PECKO G 1
• Matrix / Runout (Side B runout printed Variant 1): CAS 1031 B-1U A 1
• Matrix / Runout (Side A runout printed [except PECKO etched] Variant 2): CAS 1031 A-1U PECKO A 1
• Matrix / Runout (Side B runout printed Variant 2): CAS 1031 B-1U M 1

"This is a terrific long player from this heavy power trio. Outstanding guitar runs by Geoff Sharkey throughout this record. Full of balls to the wall in your face testosterone rock. Play these toe tappers loud!

From the best year for music ever...1971. If you can dig that time and place, you will love this platter. Another "one and done" from this fabulous time in music history."(from: rateyourmusic.com)

ONLY A FEW HUNDRED COPIES WERE EVER MADE. THIS IS THE 'EARLIEST' & RARE 1ST PRESSING!!!! It rarely ever comes up for sale and is a beautiful example of the earliest heavy psych/prog that was only around for a short  period of about three years. Comparable bands would be e.g. High Tide and Cressida.

Vinyl: EX+.  I'm very happy to be able to present this heavy prog/psych gem by the legendary GINHOUSE  in this wonderful condition. The audio is simply sublime played on my Technics deck with Linn Sondek cartridge and through my Rotel amp and B&W speakers.  This vinyl sounds out of this world, a majestic album that showed that really went largely under the radar. Why ...? 

 Unbelievably it has no hairlines  and the audio is simply stunning.  I played this through in full and thoroughly enjoyed it, indeed my most intensive listen for this week.. I was even tempted to keep this as it will be very hard to find this again, it is indeed mega rare now in this kind of condition. Under a strong light just a few paper retraction traces visible. These are not detectable in plain daylight. One tiny wispy scuff end of track 3 side B which only causes two low level mini ticks, hardly audible. Just one very light spindle trace. Barely played,  this one and worthy as an upgrade or archive copy. Needless to say NO jumps, clicks or ticks or anything untoward. NO distortion. 

 Sleeve: VG+.  This is a matt gatefold sleeve with an envelope type hold pocket for the vinyl. The envelope is still fully intact and opens up to accomodate the LP. I have never before seen this LP with the complete undamaged envelope before. One small crease near the opening. A small numbered catalogue sticker top left. Light edge wear.  The spine is still fully legible .  A beautiful original sleeve and the winner will be very pleased indeed!! No marks, no seam splits. 

Though there are rarely ever any problems with my items, I always try my very best to describe everything exactly!  PLEASE REMEMBER to contact me FIRST,  if you have any problems at all, before you leave feedback and star ratings, so I get a chance to turn any negative experience into a positive one!  I can always happily sort anything out for you, if you let me know you have a problem!  This way no one has to leave Negative/Neutral feedback - and we both walk away happy! Similarly with the amount of stars, anything less than a full 5 * rating is effectively detrimental to a seller's rating as lower ratings will incur higher Final Value Fees  and lower priority in the bidlists eventually making it unattractive to list items on Ebay at all. I know of at least one major previous Ebay seller who has decided not to list via Ebay again. Please do NOT bid if you cannot give me at least 1 chance to sort everything out to your FULL satisfaction in the unlikely event of a problem.  Thanks again!!

This an excellent investment opportunity!!! Any questions please ask me and I will try to answer soon.

This an excellent investment opportunity!!! Any questions please ask me and I will try to answer soon.

Though there are rarely ever any problems with my items, I always try my very best to describe everything exactly!  PLEASE REMEMBER to contact me FIRST,  if you have any problems at all, before you leave feedback and star ratings, so I get a chance to turn any negative experience into a positive one!  I can always happily sort anything out for you, if you let me know you have a problem!  This way no one has to leave Negative/Neutral feedback - and we both walk away happy! Similarly with the amount of stars, anything less than a full 5 * rating is effectively detrimental to a seller's rating as lower ratings will incur higher Final Value Fees  and lower priority in the bidlists eventually making it unattractive to list items on Ebay at all. I know of at least one major previous Ebay seller who has decided not to list via Ebay again. Please do NOT bid if you cannot give me at least 1 chance to sort everything out to your FULL satisfaction in the unlikely event of a problem.  Thanks again!!

This an excellent investment opportunity!!! Any questions please ask me and I will try to answer soon.