Influence-1968 Original Sealed Mint ABC Records Psych Rock LP
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This is an original sealed mint pressing of the one and only self titled album by the group Influence, released by ABC Records in 1968. Influence was a 1960s Canadian band best known for their mini rock-opera, Mad Birds of Prey.
The band was the brainchild of guitarist Louis Campbell McKelvey Through a chance meeting with The Haunted's guitarist Jurgen Peter, McKelvey met former Haunted drummer Dave Wynne (born May 17, 1947 in Stockport, England) and recruited him for the new project he was planning. Around the same time, he also befriended bass player Jack Geisinger (born Jakob August Geisinger, March 1945 in Czechoslovakia) who had recently been playing with The Buddy Miles Quartet but was currently unemployed after Wilson Pickett recruited the group for a US tour.
The last member to join this original lineup was English singer Andrew Keiller (born August 16, 1941 in Bodmin, Cornwall, England), who had previously worked with McKelvey in The Upsetters in late 1965 and before that, recorded a solo album in Johannesburg, which was belatedly released in 1966. Keiller, who had moved to Montreal in April 1966, had seen McKelvey playing with Our Generation on a local TV station and contacted him
Influence debuted on 1 June 1967 at the Barrel, a small Montreal club. Later that month the band added Geisinger's former colleagues from The Buddy Miles Quartet, singer/songwriter and pianist Bob Parkins (aka Bobo Island) and lead guitarist Walter Rossi. The three musicians had previously played together in the early ‘60s with Bob & The Messengers and The Soul Mates.
In late August, the group relocated to Toronto, playing Boris’ Red Gas Room in the city's Yorkville Village on September 2, 1967. They then performed regularly at the venue over the next two months before travelling to New York during November to record an album for ABC Records at Bell Studios with producer Dennis Minogue (aka Terry Cashman). Released in January 1968, the album included the mini-opera 'Mad Birds of Prey', which was "more echoes of Weil's Threepenny Opera than of anything around in rock.
The album is completely sealed and still displays store price sticker, although there is circular area about size of silver dollar of missing shrink at the middle bottom of the cover. In that area there is also beginnings of seam split of about 1 inch. There is slight corner wear or dings on all corners. There is also a cut out hole in the cover near the top left corner of the front cover that goes through to the rear. The record does make an impression on both front and back shrink wrap but there does not appear to be ring wear on the cover itself. The top seam and spine are solid with no detectable splits. The cover still is in very nice condition
The LP is being sold with no reserve and payment is expected within 3 days of close of auction.
Shipment by media mail at a cost $4 per item will be made within 24 hours of payment to only paypal confirmed addresses in the United States. If buyer wins more than one item combined shipping cost will be lower and buyer needs to wait for issuance of new invoice reflecting combined shipping cost
Return of LP will only be accepted if LP is still sealed.
Please save me as seller as over the coming months I will be auctioning over 100 sealed rock and soul LPS, and thereafter almost 300 open and very clean MFSL and other audiophile records in the same genres, as well as almost 200 promos. In all I will be selling almost 7000 very clean rock, soul, blues and jazz LPS
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