HARD MEAT Rain 7" RARE 1969 UK PROG WHITE LABEL ISLAND WIP 6066 demo psych
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Feb 25, 2017 Sold Date
Sep 1, 2015 Start Date
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HARD MEAT

RAIN / BURNING UP YEARS

VERY RARE ISLAND PROG 1968 WHITE LABEL DEMO UK ISLAND 7" WIP 1066

MACHINE STAMPED MATRIX NUMBER A-SIDE ONLY WIPX 1033

Hard Meat were a Cornish Progressive Rock band originally from Birmingham. This first single, with Island, was a cover/re-arrangement of the Beatles 'Rain'. Their album featured Mighty baby's Ian Whiteman on flute. The band's Steve Dolan was later involved with Pete Sinfield's Under The Sky.
The white labels have titles & 'A' hand-written, and a date that I presume is the release date: 'Aug 1st'. Two of these white labels have surfaced before, and both had similar (though not exactly the same) hand-writing on the labels.


VINYL

REALLY RARE ISLAND WHITE LABEL IN NICE VG+ CONDITION. PLAYS BACK WELL WITH NO SKIPS OR REGULAR POPS, AND JUST SOME GENERAL LOW-LEVEL BACKGROUND (LITTLE MORE ON THE B-SIDE) THAT DOESN'T DETRACT FROM A NICE LOUD & DYNAMIC SOUND. THE VINYL IS NICE AND CLEAN, BUT HAS QUITE A FEW FEINT SLEEVE REMOVALS AND OTHER HANDLING MARKS, NOT SO MUCH ON THE A-SIDE, BUT MORE NOTICEABLE ON THE B-SIDE. IT'S A NICE COPY THOUGH AND PLAYS BACK WELL, WITH A LITTLE B/G AS DESCRIBED.

PLAY GRADED ON A LINN SONDEK LP12 WITH ITTOK LV II ARM AND LINN KLYDE CARTRIDGE. ALL GRADING AS PER RRPG GUIDELINES. PLEASE SEE OUR 'GRADINGS EXPLAINED' SHOP PAGE FOR MORE INFO.

SLEEVE

PLAIN PINK ISLAND SLEEVE NICE SOLID VG+ WITH NO WRITING.


LABELS

VG WITH TITLES, SIDE NUMBERING AND INFO HAND-WRITTEN.


PAYMENT & PACKING
POSTAGE FOR MULTIPLE PURCHASES WILL BE DISCOUNTED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

PAYMENT:
PAYPAL ONLY PLEASE. THE RECORD WILL BE POSTED OUT THE DAY FOLLOWING PAYMENT.


PACKING:
7"s: ALL OUR SINGLES AND EP'S COME SECURELY PACKED IN STURDY MAILERS AND CARDBOARD STIFFENERS. THE VINYL IS PUT INTO A NEW WHITE PAPER SLEEVE, AND THEN INTO A POLY OUTER SLEEVE ALONG WITH THE ORIGINAL SLEEVE.
LP'S: THE VINYL IS PUT INTO A NEW POLY INNER SLEEVE AND PACKED OUTSIDE THE ORIGINAL COVER TO AVOID RINGWEAR AND SEAM SPLITS. BOTH VINYL AND COVER ARE THEN HOUSED IN A NEW POLY OUTER SLEEVE FOR EXTRA PROTECTION BEFORE PACKING WITH MAILER AND STIFFENERS.


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