SOCRATES ON THE WINGS PROG PSYCH ORIGINAL NOT SEALED

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Socrates (as the somewhat ponderous name is often abbreviated) began its career in the clubs of Athens. Most prominent of these was the popular Kyttaro. They were present at a number of other locations in and around Victoria Square in Athens. Apart from playing many original songs at gigs, Socrates often covered Jimi Hendrix songs, none of which were featured on any studio releases. However, a thirteen-minute cover of (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction by the Rolling Stones found its way onto their 1972 album Taste of Conium. The guitarist, Yannis Spathas, favored two sunburst Fender Stratocasters, a Candy Apple Red Roland GR-505 guitar synthesizer, a black Gibson Les Paul Custom and a cherry sunburst Les Paul Standard as his instruments, Antonis Tourkoyorgis played a mid-1970s natural ash-bodied Fender Jazz Bass and sang, while several drummers were used throughout the live shows and recording sessions. As a whole, the three-piece outfit resembled that of Cream: counterparts Spathas and Clapton, singer/bassists Tourkoyorgis and Bruce and drummers Boukouvalas and Baker.

In 1975, Socrates went through a change in stylistic direction with "Phos" which released in 1976 and was produced by Vangelis and featured his contribution on many tracks. Phos was mostly reworkings of older songs by Socrates. Both LPs 'On the Wings' and 'Phos' were issued in the USA via Neil Kempfer-Stocker's Prog imprint Cosmos. 'On the Wings' (sealed) value is $250. While 'Phos' (sealed) fetches $175.    This is the orginal pressing on  P.I. Records pilps-9002 Cosmos stereo.   The record looks new . The paper sleeve in not orginal. The cover has some edge wear but no seam splits. Actually for a black cover not bad. However, the cover looks good in a plastic sleeve but when you take it out the front and back looks dull with smears , slight ring wear, and some price tag residue on the upper right hand corner. Like I said if you have it in a plastic sleeve it looks fine.   U.S. CISTOMERS MEDIA MAIL $ 4.50   PRIORITY  $ 6.00   ( includes  a tracker ) . International  shipping is about $ 12.00  (estimate only)  . Combined shipping always honored.