SAM GOPAL Escalator LP STABLE 1969 EU unoff reissue+foc LEMMY-MOTORHEAD-HAWKWIND
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SAM GOPAL

SAM GOPAL, IAN WILLIS (LEMMY,Ian Fraser Kilmister) , ROGER D'ELIA, PHIL DUKE

Sam Gopal occupies what can safely be considered a rarefied, if not unique, position in the history of British rock & roll: 

as its premiere tabla player.  He saw room for his instrument and musical sensibilities by the mid-decade, amidst the 

budding sounds of psychedelia and the rainbow-like mix of sounds starting to attach itself to rock & roll in London, 

and organized the Sam Gopal Dream. The group didn't last, and in 1968 Gopal organized an eponymously

 named quartet with ex-Rockin' Vickers bassist Lemmy (guitar/vocals), Roger D'Elia (guitar), and Phil Duke (bass). 

This quartet recorded a whole LP, entitled Escalator, on the Stable Records label, as well as a single, 

"Horse" b/w "Back Door Man," and the band was good enough to gain the attention and services of 

Robert Stigwood as its manager. The first Sam Gopal group and lineup lasted only a year 

"ESCALATOR"

LP     STABLE RECORDS      SLE 8001   STEREO

MADE IN EUROPE    LATE-80s UNOFFICIAL REPRESSING

GATEFOLD COVER

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LABEL:  STABLE -  BLACK LABEL - SILVER TEXT

Catalog on cover: (rear & spine) SLE 8001     

Catalog on labels: SLE 8001 (SLE 8001A) / SLE 8001 (SLE 8001B)

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): SLE 8001 A

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): SLE 8001 B

On labels:  ? 1969 on both labels (on the labels the release year appears at 9 o'clock)

Produced: Trevor Walters

Rim text reads "All rights......prohibited"

Rights Society / Publishing: Side A: B & C Music    Side B: All B & C Music except *Donovan Music Ltd

On inside right panel: Recorded at De-Lane Lea 10 Oct.-26 Nov. '68

Morgan Sound 10/12/15 Nov. '68

Cover Art Paul Francis

Stereo Playable Mono

Stable Records   Music House   12 Neasden Lane   London N.W.10.

On back cover: Stable RECORDS Stereo Playable Mono

Produced by TREVOR WALTERS

tracklisting

Side A: COLD EMBRACE - THE DARK LORD

THE SKY IS BURNING - YOU'RE ALONE NOW - GRASS - IT'S ONLY LOVE

Side B: ESCALATOR - ANGRY FACES

MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM - SEASON OF THE WITCH - YESTERLOVE  

grading

RECORD EX but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG+ (please, see pictures and read above description)

Their album, which was produced by Trevor Walters, is now a minor collectable. 

It contains a reasonable version of Season Of The Witch, but it's the group and Ian Willis compositions which catch the ear. 

The best group compositions are Cold Embrace, The Dark Lord and Midsummer Nights Dream. 

All three are heavyish psychedelic rock with some good guitar work. Willis' contributions ranged from Escalator, 

another heavy, quite psychedelic number and probably the album's finest moment to the mellower 

The Sky Is Burning and the sensitive, slightly Eastern-influenced Yesterlove...(Tapestry of Delights)






 


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