SPOOKY TOOTH Two UK ORIGINAL LP PINK ISLAND 1st press PSYCH PROG ROCK eye ball
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Description
UK original Pink island label orange ball Logo textured labels ILPS-90898 super heavy weight vinyl
Matrix numbers ILPS-9098+A,ILPS-9098+B
Housed in Gatefold E.J.Day sleeve green variation.
The gatefold sleeve is in very good- condition (wavy due to moisture) and the record is in excellent condition.
Very underated LP one of the best on the label for me.
SPOOKY TOOTH - SPOOKY TWO
1ST PRESS PINK ISLAND 'EYE' LABEL
CATALOGUE:ISLAND ILPS 9098
MATRIX: ILPS 9098 + A / + B (STAMPED INTO DEAD WAX)
THE FIRST PRESS OF THIS SPOOKY TWO MUST HAVE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES:
- THE LABELS MUST BE TEXTURED, AND HAVE THE 'EYE LOGO ON THE LEFT SIDE
- THE VINYL MUST BE HEAVYWEIGHT AND BARELY FLEXIBLE
- THE MATRIX NUMBERS MUST BE STAMPED AND NOT ETCHED
- THE MATRIX NUMBERS MUST END + A / +B (ANYTHING ELSE IS A REISSUE)
- PORKY AND PECKO DO NOT APPEAR IN THE DEAD WAX (ONLY ON REISSSUES)
- THE SLEEVE MUST BE A GATEFOLD (E.J.DAY) SINGLE SLEEVES ARE REISSUES
Spooky Tooth was an English progressive rock band from the late 1960s. They faded into obscurity afterwards.
Crucial to their sound was their instrumentation; they were one of the few acts within the rock forum of the time to adopt the twin keyboard approach (both an organ and a piano player) alongside The Band (whose "The Weight" was recorded by Spooky Tooth as a single in 1968) and Procol Harum!!
They formed in October 1967, out of a combination of The Ramrods (1960 - late 1963), The V.I.P.'s (late 1963 - April 1967) and Art (April - October 1967). The line-up changed several times, but typically was -
Mike Harrison (born Michael Harrison, 3 September 1942, Carlisle, Cumbria) (keyboards/vocals)
Greg Ridley (born Alfred Gregory Ridley, 23 October 1942, Aspatria, Cumbria ? died 19 November 2003, in Java, Spain) (bass guitar/vocals)
Luther (Luke) Grosvenor (born Luther James Grosvenor, 23 December 1946, Evesham, Worcestershire) (guitar/vocals)
Mike Kellie, (born Michael Kellie, 24 March 1945, Birmingham, Warwickshire) (drums)
Gary Wrigtt, (born 26 April 1943, Cresskill, New Jersey, U.S.) (organ/vocals)
1969's Spooky Two LP is generally considered to be the best effort by the group and was the last album release by the original lineup. It included the song "Better By You, Better Than Me", which was covered by Judas Priest. Ridley joined Humble Pie in 1969 and was replaced by Andy Leigh (in time for 1970's album Ceremony) who went on to Matthews Southern Comfort with ex-Fairport Convention vocalist Ian Matthews. The experimental nature of Ceremony received mixed reviews and following its release Wright also bowed out. The core of Harrison, Grosvenor and Kellie struggled on for one more album, aptly titled The Last Puff, completed with friends from Joe Cockers Grease Band!!!!.
They broke up in the autumn of 1970, however after solo efforts Harrison and Wright reformed Spooky Tooth in September 1972 with a different (and frequently changing) line-up. The best known member of these line-ups (from March 1973 to September 1974) was Mick Jones (born Michael Leslie Jones, 27 December 1944, London) (guitar / vocals), later in Foreigner and, from February - May 1974, Mike Patto (born Michael Thomas McCarthy, 22 September 1942, Cirencester, Gloucestershire) (vocals) replaced Harrison for the 1974 release The Mirror. The group then split again in September 1974.
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