MORNING DEW "SELF TITLED" 1970 ROULETTE SR-42049 NM-/VG++ WITH RARE INNER SLEEVE
  $   340

 


$ 340 Sold For
Dec 9, 2019 Sold Date
Dec 2, 2019 Start Date
$   10 Start price
22   Number Of Bids
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UP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS A CRAZY RARE, QUALITY OFFERING OF MORNING DEW WHICH WAS RECORDED IN NEW YORK (AUGUST 1969).  IT WAS RELEASED IN 1970 BY ROULETTE AND IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MORE OBSCURE AND COLLECTIBLE  PSYCHEDELIC ROCK LPS IN THE RECORD UNIVERSE. THIS TOPEKA KANSAS GROUP WAS ACTIVE BETWEEN 1966-1971 AND WAS ONE OF THE HOTTEST PSYCHEDELIC BANDS OF THE ERA. THEY TOURED THRU OUT THE MIDWEST DOING MOSTLY ONE NIGHT STANDS IN KANSAS, MISSOURI, OKLAHOMA, ARKANSAS, AND NEBRASKA. THEY SPEARHEADED THE GROWTH OF PSYCHEDELIC MUSIC IN THE AREA AND PERFORMED WITH PROMINENT GROUPS LIKE STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK, THE DRIFTERS, GARY PUCKETT AND THE UNION GAP, AND THE TURTLES. IN 2010, THEY WERE INDUCTED INTO THE KANSAS MUSIC HALL OF FAME. EVEN THOUGH THE LP HAS NO OFFICIAL TITLE, IF WAS UNOFFICIALLY REFERRED TO AS "AT LAST"- PROBABLY RELATING TO THE LONG EXPERIENCE OF FINALLY GETTING THEIR FIRST LP MADE AND RELEASED. THERE AREN'T MANY OF THESE AROUND, AS THERE WERE 10,000 COPIES MADE, BUT MOST WERE DESTROYED IN A WAREHOUSE FIRE.    THE COVER (NM-) IS BEAUTIFUL WITH A COUPLE OF CORNER DINGS AND A FEW SMALL NUMBERS WRITTEN ON THE BACK COVER'S UPPER CORNERS. IT'S LABELS ARE PRISTINE (NM) SHOWING NO WEAR. THIS PARTICULAR OFFERING HAS THE CUSTOMIZED INNER SLEEVE WHICH IS VERY RARE TO RETAIN. OVER THE PAST 35 YEARS, I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO OWN FOUR (4) OF THESE JEWELS AND THIS IS THE FIRST ONE TO HAVE IT'S INNER SLEEVE!  THE SHINY VINYL IS VERY NICE BUT HAS WHAT I REFER TO AS SURFACE "FRECKLES" OR SPOTTING DUE TO MANUFACTURING ERROR BY WHERE THE APPLICATION PROCESS OF THE LACQUER TO THE PLASTIC WAS NOT CONSISTENT LEAVING SURFACE SPOTTING. THIS DOES NOT AFFECT THE GROOVES NOR THE SOUND. I HAVE PLAY GRADED THIS AS NM AS THE BEAUTIFUL SOUND IS NOT AFFECTED BY THE FACTORY PROCESSING ERROR. I WOULD OF GRADED THE VINYL AS NM OR NM- IF NOT FOR THE FACTORY DEFECT. MOST OF THE "FRECKLES" ARE IN OR AROUND THE 1ST TRACKS ON BOTH SIDES AND ON THE RUNOFF AREA. THESE ARE SO RARE TO FIND (ESPECIALLY IN QUALITY CONDITION!). THIS IS LENGTHY, BUT I WANTED TO PUT IT ALL OUT THERE FOR YOU. PLEASE REFER TO THE PICTURES AND REMEMBER IT MIGHT BE SOME TIME BEFORE YOU FIND ANOTHER ONE OF THESE IN QUALITY CONDITION!


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