● RARE 1970 Orig ●THE IDLE RACE ● FREAKBEAT POP PSYCH The MOVE BEATLES Revolver
  $   162

 


$ 162 Sold For
Jul 23, 2023 Sold Date
Jul 16, 2023 Start Date
15   Number Of Bids
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  • HIGHLY DESIRED ORIGINAL 1969 FIRST PRESS ..|/\|...............................................|/\|..

  • THE  IDLE  RACE
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  • "Made In England" - Liberty Records - LBS 83221 (STEREO)


  • TOP COPY
  • RARE ... 1969 ORIGINAL
............................................................................... INVESTMENT ITEM ... SPIRALING THROUGH THE ROOF
 day by day ... totally essential 60's legend ...............................................................................
  1. One of the all-time great UK POPSIKE/FREAKBEAT ALBUMS = BEATLESQUE PLUS....

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  3. ORIGINAL 1969 BRITISH first pressing on the old (aqua) Liberty Records label...that was unbelievably not ever released in the USA ...
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  7. This is one of the greatest British pop-psych nuggets, as great as anything ever released within the swingin' UK freakbeat daze...on par with the Beatles Rubber Soul & Revolver with a special twist all of its own...the self penned tracks are stunning...full of beautiful melody and super catchy, the type that stick to your mind forever days...copies of this album have long been on wish lists and command high sums on the collectors market...

    A second Idle Race LP was issued in November 1969 shortly before leader Jeff Lynne's departure. The album may have lacked the lavish gatefold packing of their British first LP ("The Birthday Party") but was equally if not more impressive in content than the first, resplendence in a genius led creative band portrait.

    It was the first album to bear the credit "Produced by Jeff Lynne," who according to band-mate Roger Spencer basically bluffed his way through the whole process! As it turned out, the self titled Lp shows a maturity well beyond the experience shared by the constituent members. The album is well paced and hangs together perfectly, lyrically and aurally superior to the first, featuring marvelous, melodic arrangements that even Lennon/McCartney were proud of! The fab-four too crowded though Jeff Lynne would have fit right in...

    Perhaps more Beatlesque than the Birthday Party LP, you can hear elements of "Here There and Everywhere" and "She Said, She Said" (from Revolver) in the closing pair of "A Better Life" and "Hurry Up John". Other tracks, however, were totally original in their concepts, such as "Mr. Crow and Sir Norman" (an extension of their ideas from the first album) and the delightful "Big Chief Woolley Bosher".

    In one sense this LP could have been seen as a regressive step as at the time many of their musical contemporaries were venturing into experimental music born out of heavy blues. The Idle Race instead, offered a set of popsike gems and in which ballads such as "The Girl at the Window", "Please No More Sad Songs", and "Sea Of The Dreams" were more reminiscent of mid period Beatles, ala Rubber Soul and Revolver. 

  9. A must own artifact from the swingin' London psych-pop scene...
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  12. Come With Me

  13. Sea Of DreamsGoing Home

  14. Reminds Me Of You

  15. Mr. Crow and Sir Norman

  16. Please No More Sad Songs

  17. Girl At The Window

  18. Big Chief Woolley Bosher

  19. Someone Knocking

  20. A Better Life (The Weather Man Knows)
  21. Hurry Up John


  1. CONDITION:
  • The cover: rated:  M- This is a beauty, flat & square with 4 sharp corners ... The images are as vivid as they were in 1969, IF EVER found, minding 54 years past & withdrawn due to "satanic" cover references :::  ...NO wear here => preserved to the max ...having no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing ...
  • FINAL COLLECTION COPY !!!

  1. The vinyl: Rated: M- deep grooves over both sides, plays clean all the way ! Both 1969 (aqua-blue) Liberty labels are CLEAN
A cool addition to anyone's music library! 
SEE: SELLERS OTHER ITEMS (((similar grooves for "head" people...)))

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  GRADING SCALE: M, M-, EX, VG++,VG+, VG, VG- M    Completely clean, no marks, plays clean
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