RUMPLESTILTSKIN self titled USA White Label Promo Bell records 1970 LP

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USA 1970 cult classic self titled heavy prog rock album that was a Shel Tamy production (Kinks, The Who) & features the great "library recording greats" of Alan Parker & Alan Hawkshaw of KPM records fame (in cooperation with the back cover says). This is a white label promo copy of the album with white DJ sticker on the back also, "Bell Sound" imprint on the runoff groove at the end of side 1 (Bell 6047 Stereo).

CREDITS (DISCOGS):
Bass – Jackson Primrose
Drums, Percussion – Rupert Baer
Engineer – Damon Lyon-Shaw
Engineer [2nd] – John Coldwell
Guitar – Andrew Balmain
Piano, Organ – Jeremy Eagles
Producer – Shel Talmy
Vocals – Peter Charles Greene

REAL CREDITS: Peter Lee Stirling [Peter Charles Greene, aka Daniel Boone] (vocals), Alan Hawkshaw [aka Jeremy Eagles] (keyboards), Alan Parker [aka Andrew Balmain] (guitar), Clem Cattini [aka Rupert Baer] (drums), Herbie Flowers [aka Jackson Primrose] (bass), so basically a UK studio session supergroup.

SONGS:
A1 Make Me Make You 6:07 A2 Poor Billy Brown 8:02 A3 Knock On My Door 2:35 A4 No One To Turn To 3:16.
B1 Mr. Joe (Witness For The Defence) 6:45 B2 Pate De Foie Gras 2:43 B3 Rumplestiltskin 3:19 B4 Squadron Leader Johnson 4:50.

A RYM FAN REVIEW: This one usually makes the rounds of old dudes recommending heavy prog albums, and I can see why. Right as the chunky and pulsing "Make Me Make You" gets going, the thick guitars and endearing electric piano bode for good things to come. For the most part, that template continues for the rest of the record, with "Mr. Joe" and "Poor Billy Brown" especailly being fine. "Squadron leader John" and "Rumpelstiltskin" are also full of fat guitar tones and throaty, though hardly macho vocals. It's not high energy stuff, but instead it's slowly unfolding heavy songs make good use of dynamics and feel. Good one, man. I really dig it.

ANOTHER REVIEW: Shame this band did not make it into the big time. This was basically a project made up from the top UK session players at the time. Unsure if they even played gigs, as all 5 of them went under pseudonyms for the purposes of the LP.
Being session players, the music is of course, very well performed. A really funky organ and rhythm section, dirty distorted sounding guitar and a really excellent soulful vocal on top. The bass playing in particular here is truly amazing! Really great catchy tunes throughout with plenty of improvisation without being pretentious at all. A must have for any fans of early 70's prog or funk.

CONDITION: The record is in near mint condition, just a minor mark on the end of track 1 on side 1 (I'll add a quality poly lined sleeve for the record before shipping), cover is Good plus to Very Good minus with 3" seam split on the bottom middle, 1" split on that corners right edge & again for 2" on the top right, & the corners are rounded a bit, light edgewear browning over the years & slight ringwear starting on it.

LP SHIPPING + PACKING & VARIOUS INFO:
I use real coated cardboard LP mailers when I ship vinyl & these are very durable. I usually take the records with the inner sleeves out of the covers (unless factory sealed of course) so they don't split the seams of the cover in shipment. Then I put them in a 2 or 3 mil plastic sleeve & then wrap a plastic bag or two around them to keep them from flopping around in the mailer, this method seems to work best since it adds air & almost works like bubble wrap (keeps the LP's usually under a pound & saves a lot on shipping rates worldwide compared to using cardboard inserts), breakage rate has been way less than 1 in 1000 using this method, if I added cardboard it also would make the weight of it more prone to the corners getting dented in transit if dropped. 10" records & 12" singles count as 1 LP for shipping, single laserdiscs count as 2 LP's for shipping (& I pack 2+ records differently & I have oversized boxes for larger packages...don't worry I've been sending out stuff about 5 days a week for well over 20 years now & know exactly what I'm doing over here). I also add plain white inner sleeves so custom innersleeves don't get spit in shipping also (if either company or specialty sleeves came with the record).

All records are BLACK VINYL unless noted & inserts/gatefold covers/posters/custom inner sleeves will be noted in the description if they are included plus promo & cutout marks stated if they are there also. I don't believe in hiding stuff & try to note most everything that should matter to buyers. All 12" vinyl on ebay is automatically listed as 33 1/3 rpm & 7" vinyl as 45 rpm (to save time on listing all this stuff) if you need to confirm speed on a specific item please ask & I can go check.