MINDBENDERS 1ST UK PRESS LP MONO AWESOME MINT AuDiO

	£		82
	$		109

THE MINDBENDERS ''THE MINDBENDERS'' 1ST UK PRESS CAT NO. TL.5324 (MONO) 1966 VERY RARE AND SCARCE ALBUM IN THIS AWESOME CONDITION RARELY SEEN LIKE THIS!!! AWESOME TOP! AUDIO THROUGHOUT! (NO) AUDIO SOUNDING MARKS OR SCRATCHES!!! PLAYS LIKE NEW!!! #1 #1 MATRIX!!!! SUPERBE ORIGINAL COVER!!!! VIRTUALLY UNPLAYED VINYL!

The Mindbenders I (initially known as Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders) were a band british invasion of the sixties, from Manchester!!!!.

Wayne Fontana founded the band in 1962 with Bob Lang, Ric Rothwell, and Eric Stewart in 1963. The name of the group was inspired by the title of a 1963 film, starring the British actor Sir Dirk Bogarde, called The Mind Benders. They released a few unsuccessful singles before recording "Um Um Um Um Um Um" in 1964, which was a major hit in Britain and led to a tour with Brenda Lee. They also had a number one hit in the United States with "Game of Love."!!!

After a tour of America and some more unsuccessful singles, Fontana abruptly left the band in the middle of a concert in 1965. Guitarist Eric Stewart suddenly became the lead singer of the band, which immediately dropped "Wayne Fontana" from its name!!!!!.

The Mindbenders' first single without Fontana was the hit "Groovy Kind of Love" (a Carole Bayer Sager / Toni Wine composition). The song reached number two in the U.S., and was successfully revived by Phil Collins in the 1980s. The album of the same name, however, was a failure, as were their other singles and later albums. They appeared in the Sidney Poitier movie To Sir, with Love and also appear on the soundtrack with the songs "Off and Running" and "It's Getting Harder All the Time". The band broke up in 1968!!!!.

Eric Stewart went on to form Hotlegs and, much more significantly the band 10cc, with hit songwriter Graham Gouldman!!!!.

Bob Lang later joined another rock music outfit, called Racing Cars. They had one hit single, "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" which reached Number 14 in the UK chart in 1977, before seemingly disappearing forever, thus condemning them to the unwanted one hit wonder tag!!!!.

The Matrix (earliest 1st pressing)

side1. ''687389 1L#1

side2. ''687389 2L#1

The Vinyl

This is the original heavier and thicker type of vinyl and lays perfectly flat on the turntable!!!

On initial inspection the vinyl looks awesome! Still retaining its original sheen from new!! When looked at under strong light i can see mainly very (very) few sleeve removal surface marks\scuffs THESE HAVE ABSOLUTELY (NO) EFFECT ON THE AWESOME AUDIO PLAYBACK. Please note! I have played this record track for track as usual prior to listing on a top system! The audio is cristal clear and vibrant all the way through!!! This indeed plays through with (no) sigs of any distortion or that this has been overplayed at all! In fact this looks and sounds like it has been hardly ever played!! unbeleivable for a vinyl that is 42 years old!!! TOP TOP! AUDIO THROUGH OUT (NO) CLICKS OR POPS AND CERTAINLT (NO) JUMPS OR SKIPS!!!!

The labels

The original FONTANA labels are awesome (see photos) With hardly any\minimal spider marks which indicate to me that in my opinion this has hardly ever been played! Ahandful of times if that!!!!

The Cover.

This is the original 1st press laminated front FONTANA cover! in awesome condition! With (no) splits or tares the front is super glossy with minimal creases to the laminate! the rear is exceptionaly clean for a 42 year old original!! The spine edges and corners are superbe! VERY HARD TO FIND LIKE THIS!!!

VERY COLLECTABLE AND HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER ORIGINAL!!!!!

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