STATUS QUO Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon 1970 UK PYE 1st TRANSLUCENT RED VINYL MINT-
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Jan 9, 2014
Sold Date
Dec 30, 2013
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£ 24
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STATUS QUO Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon 1970 UK PYE 1st TRANSLUCENT RED VINYL MINT-
STATUS QUOMa Kelly's Greasy Spoon
UK PYE (NSPL 18344) FIRST PRESSING (August 1970) OF QUO'S THIRD LP
AND THE FIRST TO FEATURE THEIR TRADEMARK SOUND
LOVELY COPY - ONCE PLAYED AND DELIVERING FLAWLESS SOUND THROUGHOUT
PRESSED ON HEAVYWEIGHT (154g) TRANSLUCENT RED VINYL WITH THE FIRST ISSUE BLUE/BLACK PYE LABELS
MATRIX NUMBERS: NSPL 18344 A-1 *T / NSPL 18344 B-1 *T
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL VERY THIN AND FLAT MATT SLEEVE "Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd."
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE
Woe betide the psychedelic groover who picked up the third album by Status Quo, dreaming of further picturesque matchstick messages!
A mere three hits in a long three years had completely exhausted the bandmembers' patience with the whimsy of yore, and their ears had long since turned in other directions.
It was the age, after all, of Canned Heat's relentless boogie and Black Sabbath's blistered blues, and when the Quo's first new single of 1970, the lazy throb of "Down the Dustpipe," proved that the record-buying public wasn't averse to a bit more down-home rocking, their future course was set. Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon allies one of the most evocative titles in rock album history to one of the most familiar sights in a rock band's iconography, the cheap roadside café -- crusty ketchup, leafy tea, an overflowing ashtray, and Ma Kelly herself, cigarette clenched between unsmiling lips and a face that has seen it all and didn't like any of it.
Neither do the album's contents disturb her glowering visage. From the opening trundle of "Spinning Wheel Blues" and onto the closing, lurching medley of "Is It Really Me"/"Gotta Go Home," the most underrated disc in Status Quo's entire early catalogue eschewed the slightest nod in the direction of the band's past
Side 1:
Spinning Wheel Blues
Daughter
Everything
Shy Fly
(April) Spring, Summer And Wednesdays
Side 2:
Junior's Wailing
Lakky Lady
Need Your Love
Lazy Poker Blues
Is It Really Me
Gotta Go Home
LABELS: MINT-
Both labels are clean, fresh and unmarked - just one spindle trace per side
VINYL Visual: MINT-
Apart from some light, superficial and harmless brush marks from the inner both surfaces shine like new. When held up to the light the vinyl is translucent red - a characteristic of Pye pressings from the early 1970s
VINYL Audio: MINT-
An incredibly underrated LP and the first to feature their signature boogie sound - wonderful record and my play-check at loud volume found nothing to fault - plays like-new throughout
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
Just a soft crease to the top spine corner otherwise, clean, sharp and fresh - no wear to the edges or spine - all text is clear and bold
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH NEW ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: 1st Class: £4.50 (recorded delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £13.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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