SPRIGUNS 1976 UK DECCA FOLK ALBUM EXCELLENT
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Description
This is the MEGA RARE 1976 Original Spriguns UK Stereo Album 1st Press titled “Revel, Weird and Wild” on Silver / Blue DECCA SKL 5262. The matrix numbers are as follows ZAL 14743. P – 1W & Side 2 ZAL 14744. P 2W. The tracks are as follows Side1 1) Trysting Tree 2) Outlandish Knight 3) Sir Colvin 4) Piscie Song Side2 1) Nothing else To Do 2) Hasberry Howard 3) Lord Lovell 4) Laily Worm 5) When Spring comes In. This album comes complete with the hard to find lyric sheet.
1976 must have been a tough year for a British folk-rock group to get respect. Just ask Steeleye Span, whose Rocket Cottage was roundly blasted by the music press, and Fairport Convention, whose Gottle o' Geer was essentially ignored. Albion Country Band's Battle of the Field was belatedly released to an indifferent press who improperly regarded them as a grade-B rendition of Steeleye and Fairport. The growing buzz concerning the onslaught of punk rock didn't bode well even for the established folk-rock acts, much less those just getting started. So despite Spriguns' unfortunate timing (who released Jack With a Feather in 1975 as Spriguns of Tolgus) they held true to the style popularized by their more successful predecessors, particularly Steeleye Span, as songs like "Outlandish Knight" and "Sir Colvin" will reveal. That was due in part to producer Tim Hart's belief in the band and also to vocalist Mandy Morton, whose resemblance to Maddy Prior is noteworthy. Spriguns included more piano in their music than Steeleye ever did, but the work of fiddler Tom Ling and electric guitarist Dick Powell paralleled that of their elder counterparts to a tee.
The record labels are in pristine condition (see pictures) with NO wear, writing & barely any spindle marks. This superb Spriguns album is pressed on high quality vinyl and still retains it’s just pressed look with a very shinny lustre. There are NO visual defects and plays superb crisp & clean & graded EXCELLENT. The sleeve is in VG+ Condition there is a flaw to both front & rear top corners where a stickers have been removed (see pictures).
The Greatest attention to packaging with all albums housed in aluminium framed box complete with bubble wrap & thick cardboard. The vinyl is also removed from the sleeve to ensure safe delivery.
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Postage Costs:
UK First Class = £2.80 Recorded Delivery = £5.50 & Special Delivery (next day, insured up to £250) = £7.00
Europe Air Mail = £4.00 Insured = £8.00
Overseas, non Europe USA, Japan, Australia etc Air Mail = £6.50 Insured £11.00
Doubles add extra £1.00, triples add extra £2.00
Extra albums add £1.00 in the UK, Europe £1.30 & USA, Japan, Australia £1.75
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