PAR'PHONE PMCO7528:B.THORPE+AZTECS ORIG'65 OZ GARAGE LP

	A$		26
	$		17

 Recently a friend passed away - he was a gem of a person, and aside from the obvious sadness involved in all that, he was renowned for having one of the best collections of 60's Garage, Beat, Punk & Psychedelic 7"s, EPs and LPs (especially of Australian artists) - gathered together meticulously and carefully for longer than the 36 year period I'd known him. Some things he'd parted with over the past few years of little work and continuing overheads, and a small section was stolen by someone also well-known here (I suspect her karma will come) - but the bottom line is, he had amazingly good taste, and (like a previous recent collection I was selling here) the gems he had were mostly handpicked for excellence....[with some others gathered to complete (often very obscure) label collections].

ARTIST:      BILLY THORPE AND THE AZTECS  -
TITLE:          "THE BEST OF BILLY THORPE" .
FORMAT:     …vinyl LP…
LABEL:         Parlophone .
CAT. #:          PMCO-7528  .
DATE OF RELEASE:   Nov. 1965 .
PRESSED IN:    Australia .
ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING?   Yes, it is...... 

Mono original with flipback cover...contains both sides of each of their first 6 singles for Parlophone...half the tracks are fuelled by the twin guitar attack of garage legends Vince Maloney and Tony Barber (who unleash some fine solos)...and the other half feature the guitars of Col Risby and Mike Downes (both ex- Ray Hoff And The Offbeats)

...it works on it's own as A STUNNING GARAGE LP!!!...and most of the non-ballad tracks stand very comfortably alongside similar gems from the canons of the Kinks, the Pretty Things, the Yardbirds, the Rolling Stones, and the Animals...truly!...

Line-up 1: Billy Thorpe - vocals
Colin Baigent - drums 
Tony Barber - rhythm gtr, vcls  
Vince Maloney - lead gtr, vcls  
John "Bluey" Watson - bass 

Line-up 2: Billy Thorpe - vocals
Johnny Dick - drums  
Mike Downes - rhythm gtr   
Col Risby - lead gtr   
Teddy Toi - bass

Jimmy Taylor - piano 

SEE PIX FOR TRACK LISTING

CONDITION:

COVER: (VG++)...has light scuffing on the opening edge, and also on corners...crease at right...name and address written at top on back cover...
VINYL: (EX)...truly beautiful copy!...has virtually all its original shine and only a couple of the very lightest marks...it's SO close to mint!!...plays very well - big loud cut - it belts out of the speakers!!!...
LABELS: (Side one: EX / Side Two: EX)...

If you have any concerns about the accuracy of my gradings, please check my feedback for the odd nice comment from some satisfied folk out there.... (and hopefully you may be able to join their ranks).

You can pay in US$'s or UK pounds or EURO's or Australian dollars.

CLICK ON view sellers other auctions ABOVE FOR SIMILAR ITEMS - I list lots of punk / garage'n'psych (60s –> 90s) / power pop / guitar pop / soul & R'n'B / some occasional original 50's rock'n'roll & rockabilly plus industrial/experimental rarities from down this way - vinyl mostly, and posters, some CDs - (admittedly you’ll find all sorts of other guff too)...

Thanks for considering this item. Best of luck if you decide to bid...Cheers, Jules.

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POSTAGE:

: first class airmail to UK, all of Europe, Israel / South America / Central America / Africa / Continental Asia (Russia, Turkey, etc.): AU$19.95

: first class airmail to Japan / Asia-Pacific (China, Thailand, Korea, Singapore, India, etc.): AU$15.95

: first class airmail to New Zealand: AU$13.95

: within Australia: AU$7.50

Combining Postage

...take note:
..postage costs come down considerably per LP/12" if you happen to win more than one...(for instance, to the UK/USA/Europe, etc., winning extra LPs/12"s means adding AU$6.90 extra postage for the second, and even less for a third....or AU$2.00 within Australia for each extra LP)...

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