"SPINNIN' HIGH" ORIG.1966 OZ GARAGE LP STEVE&The BOARD

	A$		47
	$		31

Recently a friend, George Crotty, passed away - he was a gem of a person, and aside from the obvious sadness involved in all that, he was renowned for having one of the best collections of 60's Garage, Beat, Punk & Psychedelic 7"s, EPs and LPs (especially of Australian artists) - gathered together meticulously and carefully for longer than the 36 year period I'd known him. Some things he'd parted with over the past few years of little work and continuing overheads, and a small section was stolen by someone also well-known here (I suspect her karma will come) - but the bottom line is, he had amazingly good taste, and (like a previous recent collection I was selling here) the gems he had were mostly handpicked for excellence....[with some others gathered to complete (often very obscure) label collections].

ARTIST:      various artists -
TITLE:          "SPINNIN' HIGH" .
FORMAT:     …vinyl LP…
LABEL:         SPIN .
CAT. #:          EL-31,930  .
DATE OF RELEASE:   1966 .
PRESSED IN:    Australia .
ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING?   Yes, it is...mono original, with flipback cover...this has the very rare first cover, displaying that they'd originally intended putting four tracks by Tony Sommers & His Echoes instead of the four by Ronnie Burns - has a torn sticker there with the Burns tracks over the Sommers ones... .  

...This was the Spin label's first LP, and presents 4 of very best tracks each (almost all are garage or beat!), by STEVE AND THE BOARD, RONNIE BURNS, MARTY RHONE (with The SOUL AGENTS), and ex-Aztecs guitarist TONY BARBER...it's an utterly brilliant album...tracks are so well chosen!...even the couple of ballads are superb, eg Marty Rhone's "Nature Boy" has an 'edge' to it, with super-cool keyboards swirling around throughout...there's not a single duff track here...full of high quality...

CONDITION:

COVER: (VG-)...not in good shape...on the front, has repaired tear at opening edge, and repaired scuffing...on the back, has a couple of bad stains, tears at the opening edge, name written at top...
VINYL: (VG[-])...has some crackles and one of the Steve And The Board tracks has a few clicks...but it plays through well enough to be able to thoroughly swoon over the brilliance within...cranking it helps, of course...
LABELS: (Side one: EX- / Side Two: MINT)...has small bit of 'white-out' on Side One label...

If you have any concerns about the accuracy of my gradings, please check my feedback for the odd nice comment from some satisfied folk out there.... (and hopefully you may be able to join their ranks).

You can pay in US$'s or UK pounds or EURO's or Australian dollars.

CLICK ON view sellers other auctions ABOVE FOR SIMILAR ITEMS - I list lots of punk / garage'n'psych (60s –> 90s) / power pop / guitar pop / soul & R'n'B / some occasional original 50's rock'n'roll & rockabilly plus industrial/experimental rarities from down this way - vinyl mostly, and posters, some CDs - (admittedly you’ll find all sorts of other guff too)...

Thanks for considering this item. Best of luck if you decide to bid...Cheers, Jules.

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POSTAGE:

: first class airmail to UK, all of Europe, Israel / South America / Central America / Africa / Continental Asia (Russia, Turkey, etc.): AU$19.95

: first class airmail to Japan / Asia-Pacific (China, Thailand, Korea, Singapore, India, etc.): AU$15.95

: first class airmail to New Zealand: AU$13.95

: within Australia: AU$7.50

Combining Postage

...take note:
..postage costs come down considerably per LP/12" if you happen to win more than one...(for instance, to the UK/USA/Europe, etc., winning extra LPs/12"s means adding AU$6.90 extra postage for the second, and even less for a third....or AU$2.00 within Australia for each extra LP)...