SIMON DUPREE GENTLE GIANT WITHOUT RESERVATION 1st UK

	£		108
	$		143

SIMON DUPREE & THE BIG SOUND ''WITHOUT RESERVATION'' 1st UK PRESSING (((MONO))) ORIGINAL YELLOW\BLACK PARLOPHONE LABELS!! EARLIEST MATRIX ENDINGS -1 -1 EARLIEST COPY EVER TO FIND LOOK ''1'' ''G'' and ''1'' ''G'' MOTHER STAMPERS!!1ST OFF THE PRESS! MINT AUDIO ON MY SYSTEMS ORIGINAL 1ST ISSUE GARROD & LOFTHOUSE FLIPBACK COVER IN AWESOME CONDITION!!

UNBELEIVABLY SCARCE AND HARD TO FIND LIKE THIS!!!

Another from my personal collection. I have decided to list this extreamely scarce 1967 ist UK pressing unbeleivably nearly 44 years old in this  awesome condition, highly collectable and sought after by any avid Gentle Giant & related fans out there! I play tested the vinyl prior to listing at very loud volume using a dedicated mono cartridge any the audio was as good as it gets in my personal opinion cristal clear and very vibrant! Please note, this is the original 1st UK pressing! Very hard to find like this! Look ''1'' 'G' and ''1'' ''G'' Mother stampers,, this would have been one of the earliest ever to have been pressed from the first master!!

Simon Dupree and the Big Sound was a British pop psychadelic band formed by three brothers, Derek Shulman, born 1947 (vocals), Phil Shulman, born 1937 (vocals, saxophone, trumpet), and Ray Shulman, born 1949 (guitar, violin, trumpet, vocals)!

They started as The Howling Wolves, and then became The Road Runners, playing R&B around the Portsmouth area, home of the Shulman brothers.!

The group were signed to EMI's Parlophone label, under producer Dave Paramor. Their first few singles, notably "I See The Light" (1966), failed to chart, then in October 1967, the group's management and their record label decided to try moving Simon Dupree and the Big Sound in the direction of psychedelia.

They only broke through at the end of 1967 with the psychedelic "Kites", a Top 10 hit in the UK Singles Chart. Regarding themselves as blue-eyed soul brothers, they hated it as it was so unrepresentative of their usual style. The follow-up, "For Whom The Bell Tolls", was only a minor hit, and a subsequent single "Broken Hearted Pirates", featuring an uncredited Dudley Moore on piano, made no headway at all!!.

A then unknown keyboard player by the name of Reginald Dwight was hired to fill in for an ill Eric Hine and he joined them on a 1967 tour in Scotland. They were asked to allow him to stay on, and he was almost recruited as a permanent member. They politely rejected the chance to record any of his compositions (although they did ultimately record "I'm Going Home" as the B-side of their final (contractually obligated) single,) and laughed when he told them he was adopting the stage name of Elton John. On 5 April 1968, Simon Dupree and the Big Sound appeared alongside Amen Corner, Gene Pitney, Don Partridge and Status Quo at The Odeon Theatre, Lewisham, London, on the first night as part of a twice nightly UK tour!!!

The group released one studio album (This one featured); Without Reservation, on Parlophone Records (1967)!!,

Frustrated as being seen as one-hit wonders being pushed by their record label as a pop group rather than the soul band they had always intended to be, they disbanded in 1969 and the Shulman brothers went on to form the successful progressive rock group Gentle Giant!!!.

Track 1. '60 Minutes of Your Love'

Track 2. 'A Lot of Love'

Track 3. 'Love'

Track 4. 'Get Off My Back'

Track 5.'There's A Little Picture Playhouse' 

Track 6. 'Day Time Night Time'

Track 7. 'I See The Light'

Track 8. 'What Is Soul'

Track 9. 'Teacher Teacher'

Track 10. 'Amen'

Track 11. 'Who Cares

Track 12. 'Reservations' 

Simon Dupree & the Big Sound's sole LP was, oddly, recorded and released prior to their one big British hit, the psychedelic pop single "Kites." It's in much more of a blue-eyed soul vein than "Kites" (or some of their other subsequent work), with hints of ska and pop, though its brassy American-styled soul-with-organ that carries the day. As far as such British acts went, Simon Dupree & the Big Sound were neither the best nor the worst; they were pretty driving and soulful, actually, but not too innovative or creative. Too, this kind of blue-eyed soul was just starting to pass out of fashion in the U.K. by the time it came out in 1967, though the LP did edge into the British Top 40. Still, this has some pretty fair soul-rock cuts, like their version of the Five Americans' "I See the Light," their cover of a young Albert Hammond's "Reservations," and "Love," a pretty cool exuberant number penned by Jackie Edwards, who'd written hits for the Spencer Davis Group!!!.

The Matrix

Side 1 ''XEX 639-1''

Side 2 ''XEX 640-1''

The Mother Stampers

Side 1 ''1'' ''G'' (LOOK EARLIEST EVER TO FIND)

Side2 ''1'' ''G''  (LOOK EARLIEST EVER TO FIND)

THE VINYL

 THIS VINYL IS OF THE HEAVIER AND THICKER TYPE OF VINYL WITH DEEPER AND MUCH MORE ROBUST THAN THE LATER PRESSINGS WHICH ARE MORE FLIMSIER!!!! ONLY IN STRONG LIGHT COULD POSSIBLY ANY\VERY FEW ONLY WHISPY SURFACES MARKS BE SEEN MAINLY CAUSED FROM THE VINYL BEEN SLID IN AND OUT OF ITS SLEEVE..  I WOULD CLASS MYSELF AS HIGHLY CRITICAL (PLEASE LOOK AT MY COMPLETED SALES TRANSACTIONS OF THIS CALABER AND YOU WILL SEE THAT I NORMALLY GET IT RIGHT!!!  IMPORTANTLY THERE ARE (NO) AUDIO SOUNDING MARKS OR SCRATCHES ON THIS PLAYING SURFACE!!!

THE AUDIO QUALITY 

I HAVE VERY CAREFULLY PLAYED THIS VINYL TRACK FOR TRACK FOUR TIMES AT VERY LOUD VOLUME ON A TOP SYSTEM PRIOR TO LISTING WITH A DEDICATED MONO CARTRIDGE!!

 AN IMPORTANT NOTE IS THAT THE AUDIO IS CRISTAL CLEAR AND VIBRANT THROUGHOUT AND THERE IS (NO) SIGNS OF GROOVEWARE OR THAT THIS HAS BEEN OVERPLAYED WHAT SO EVER!!!! THE AUDIO IS TRULY BRILLIANT IT'S CRISTAL CLEAR AND VIBRANT EVEN BETWEEN TRACKS ANY STATIC INTERFEARANCE IS VERY MINIMAL THIS PLAYS ALMOST PERFECT ON MY SYSTEMS I WOULD SAY ALMOST AS GOOD AS IT GETS,  (NO)  CLICKS OR POPS IMPORTANTLY (NO) DISTORTION (NO) SKIPS OR JUMPS!   (SO RARE FOR A VERY EARLY 1ST PRESSING)!!!!! (GENUINE 43 YEARS OLD) !!!!!! I WOULD GRADE THE AUDIO AS TRULY SUPERBE AT THE VERY TOP ON ALL FREQUENCIES!!!!! WITH (NO) SIGNS OF GROOVEWARE OR THAT THIS HAS BEEN OVERPLAYED AT ALL!!!I MUST EMPHISE THAT THE AUDIO IS TRULY STUNNING THROUGHOUT ON ALL FREQUENCIES AUDIO IS GRADED AT THE VERY TOP!!GRADED AT LEAST  EXCELLENT PLUS TO VERY NEAR PERFECT\NEAR MINT THROUGHOUT!

PLEASE NOTE! I ALWAYS ADD THIS DISCLAIMER! PLEASE ALLOW FOR THE ODD STATIC CRACKLE THAT MAY BE HEARD IN BETWEEN SOME TRACKS OR DURING SOME QUIET PLACES BUT (NOT) CONSISTANT THROUGHOUT THE AUDIO) PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THIS IS 43 YEARS OLD! AND WOULD HAVE ORIGINALLY BEEN PLAYED ON A 43 YEAR OLD SYSTEM!!!

POINTS TO NOTE! THIS VINYL HAS BEEN STORED, DORMANT, IN A CASE FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS! FROM MY PERSONAL EXPERIANCE A BUILD UP OF DIRT AND DUST IN THE GROOVES OVER THE YEARS OF BEING STORED , CAUSES STATIC CRACKLE\TICKS! A CONSTANT CLEAN BEFORE EACH PLAY IS RECOMENDED!! THIS REDUCES THIS STATIC AND THEREFOR ENHANCES THE AUDIO QUALITY!

THE LABELS

  FEATURE THE  K.T.  TAX STAMPER IS STAMPED ON THE MIDDLE ON SIDE 1.  IN LINE WITH THE CORRECT YEAR THERE IS LITTLE NO SPINDLE WARE AND  AMAIZINGLY BARE MINIMAL SPIDERING CAN ONLY BE SEEN IN STRONG LIGHT IN MY OPINION THIS HAS  DEFINATELY (NOT) OVERPLAYED, !!  ''THE PARLOPHONE & CO.......'' AROUND THE LABEL RIM.(ONLY EARLY PRESS) PLEASE NOTE THE SMALLEST TYPE STYLE THESE ARE ONLY SEEN ON THE EARLIEST PRESSINGS LATER FEATURES LARGER TYPE STYLE!!!!! '' SOLD IN THE UK...'' IS FEATURED (ONLY EARLY PRESS)

THE RECORD SLEEVE

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL EMI\PARLOPHONE ADVERTISING SERPIER SLEEVE WITHOUT SPLITS OR TARES ORIGINAL!!

THE COVER

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1ST ISSUE IST UK PRESS GARROD & LOFTHOUSE FLIPBACK COVER! LAMINATED FRONT ONLY IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERBE CONDITION, HAVING BEEN STORED IN A CASE FOR ALL OF ITS STORAGE LIFE BARE MINIMAL LAMINATE CREASES TO MENTON,, ONLY  REALLY NOTICABLE IF LOOKED FOR. SUPER GLOSSY APPEARENCE. NICE SHARP CORNERS AND THE REAR IS EXCEPTIONALY CLEAN FOR 43 YEARS OLD! (NO) SPLITS OR TARES AT ALL!! AMAIZINGLY NEAR PERFECT SPINE ALL WRITING LEGABLE SUPER SQUARE!! THIS COVER MUST GRADE AT LEAST EXCELLENT IF NOT MUCH BETTER!!  

HOW I SEND MY RECORDS!

THIS ALBUM WILL BE SENT IN A LARGE BOX WITH CARDBOARD STIFFENERS THE ALBUM IS ALWAYS PUT IS A POLY SLEEVE AND ENCASED IN THE BOX WITH PLENTY OF BUBBLEWRAP FOR ADDED PROTECTION (SEE PHOTOS)

As always I have tried to give my honest personal opinion when describing items listed! Although it is my honest opinion! I always urge others to do their own personal research on any items that they are interested in purchasing, before, they commit to bidding!) I have Highlighted all aspects as clearly as possible!! I have taken time to play this vinyl track for track to give a clear and accurate description of the audio quality as i hear it. (please look at my completed listings of albums that I have sold of this calaber (more than 1000 items) and you will see that I normally get it right) I have also provided as many photos as I can and supersized so that all aspects can be seen clearly in strong light!!!!!Please note! These photos are the actual item for sale and not copies of other items!!!!!!!

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