GTOs - PERMANENT DAMAGE - straight records 1969
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PRODUCED IN 1969 BY FRANK ZAPPA AND ISSUED ON HIS OWN LABEL, THIS IS STRAIGHT RECORDS STS 1059.
THIS IS AN ORIGINAL COPY (NOT THE 1989 RE-ISSUE) OF ONE OF THE MOST LEGENDARY ALBUMS EVER RECORDED. THE GTOS (GIRLS TOGETHER OUTRAGEOUSLY) (ALSO KNOWN AS THE LAUREL CANYON BALLET COMPANY) WERE A TROUPE OF GROUPIES WHO HUNG OUT WITH THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION, THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND ALICE COOPER. THEY DANCED, SANG AND WROTE, LIVED IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF TOTAL MAYHEM AND ALL OF THIS CAME TOGETHER ON THIS, THEIR ONLY ALBUM. IT IS UNMATCHED AS A COMMENTARY ON THOSE CHAOTIC TIMES AND PRE-DATES EVERY TREND WHICH FOLLOWED - PUNK, GOTH, YOU NAME IT - THEY WERE IT.
THE GTOS WERE MISS PAMELA, MISS SANDRA, MISS CINDERELLA, MISS CHRISTINE AND MISS MERCY AND THEIR LIKE HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN SINCE.
THIS COPY IS IN AMAZINGLY GOOD CONDITION. THE GATEFOLD COVER IS A LITTLE WORN ON THE SPINE BUT HAS NO "PERMANENT DAMAGE". THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE IS JUST A LITTLE CRUMPLED. THE VINYL IS EXCELLENT, ALMOST MINT, AND THE RECORD LABEL IS SUPERB. NO SIGN OF SPINDLE WEAR AT ALL. THE SOUND QUALITY (AND SOUNDS GENERALLY!) ARE AMAZING.
I RARELY PUT A RESERVE ON RECORDS FROM MY COLLECTION BUT I CANNOT RISK UNDERSELLING WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE A VERY RARE AND VERY VALUABLE PIECE OF SIXTIES PSYCHEDELIA AT ITS MOST BIZARRE.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME FOR ANY FURTHER INFO ON THIS LP. OTHERWISE, HAPPY BIDDING!!
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