HOT WHEELS s/t 1969 LP MIKE CURB MICHAEL LLOYD BUBBLEGUM PSYCH POP SHRINK LISTEN

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HOT WHEELS "The Original Hot Wheels Soundtrack" LP

Original 1969 LP on the FORWARD label, STEREO ST-F-1023

COVER in NEAR MINT shape - still in shrink but opened, cutout hole, stickers

VINYL plays VG+ to VG++, some light crackle

Should there still be anyone out there who questions which toy cars were cooler in the Sixties and Seventies, here’s a soundtrack album for a very short-lived TV series in 1969 called Hot Wheels.  Featuring an anonymous Davie Allen and the Arrows playing and singing, and production duties handled by Mike Curb and Michael Lloyd!  The TV show was short-lived because, well, heck it was basically a 30-minute ad for Hot Wheels toys that didn’t have to pay ad rates.  But the album snuck out before the show got axed, so now you can groove to the far-out sounds of Davie Allen’s Arrows singing freakishly catchy bubblepop songs about the “Jack Rabbit Special” (a sort of white dune buggy with a motor in the trunk) and the “Sky Hawks.”  It’s all bouncy and breezy beyond all sense of reason and sanity, and it zips by in less time than it takes to watch an episode of Welcome Back Kotter.  The closer, “Words And Music,” departs slightly from formula, and goes for a groovy Burt Bacharach swinging lounge vibe, and as such might be the coolest thing on here.  But then again, when it came to what really mattered - the battle of the toy car titans, it’s pretty clear who won.  Hot Wheels got an album full of bubblegum power pop by a surf guitar band and produced by one of the guys in the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band.  The other guys got Matchbox 20.

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PLEASE NOTE I NO LONGER SHIP TO ITALY DUE TO A CORRUPT POSTAL SYSTEM (THERE, NOT HERE).  BUYERS FROM ITALY AGREE TO PAY FOR GLOBAL PRIORITY MAIL INSURED ONLY!

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Media mail shipping with delivery confirmation starts at $4.00 in the US, with each additional record only $1 additional shipping.  Overseas shipping has, unfortunately, gone way up in the fast few months, which translates to $15 for the first LP to Canada ($3 each one thereafter) and $24 for the first LP everywhere else in the world, with each add'l LP an extra $5 (so it pays to buy more, nudge nudge wink wink).   I accept payments through Paypal. 

I try to grade as best as I can, and I list as many blemishes/imperfections I can find (writing, ringwear, scuff marks, etc.) – Also, please note that I DO listen to these albums – I may not listen to every track, but my grades are based on LISTENING, not just looking at it, since chances are you’ll be listening to the record you buy, not just looking at it.  Most of the albums I sell are the ones I’ve enjoyed for years – and I treat my records with kid gloves.  But sounds speak louder than words, so check out the sound clips below – they’re from the actual record you’re bidding on. 

SHIPPING AND PACKAGING

Listen, I buy a bunch of records too (when I’m not getting outbid at the last second, which is more often than not) – and I know what it’s like to get a rare, one-of-a-kind album packaged dangerously in a flimsy bubblewrap package.  I hate that too.  So rest assured, I ALWAYS package albums with stiff cardboard reinforcements, same for 45s.  And yes, the records are removed from the sleeves (for albums).  I ship out once a week, every Friday, because I have a regular day job.  But I’d be willing to give that up if you’d all be so kind as to bid my items up to stupidly high amounts. 

 For more security and international tracking, you may request GLOBAL PRIORITY MAIL - but bear in mind the cost of this service is upwards of $30.  For expensive items, however, it may be well worth it.  Unfortunately, there isn’t a cost-effective way of tracking parcels to foreign countries yet, and shipping times vary depending on your country’s postal system.   Italy in particular seems to be really bad at delivering packages quickly, or delivering packages at all, now that you mention it.  I will always email you when your package ships, but once it’s on its way, please don’t ask me when it will arrive because I don’t know.  If the world’s postal systems can ever agree on a universal tracking system that’s affordable, I’ll be the first to use it.

NOW IT’S YOUR TURN…

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