STONE MINT 1971 PRIVATE ACID ARCHIVES Orig FREIGHT TRAIN = HEAVY BLUES CREAM LP
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STONE MINT 1971 FIRST PRESSING IN FACTORY SHRINK WRAPPER!
KILLER BLUES ROCKER "CREAM meets FLEETWOOD MAC
FREIGHT TRAIN
Just The Beginning
\ USA - (PRIVATE) = FLY BY NITE RECORDS
RARE ...ACID ARCHIVES ...PRIVATE PRESS!
TOP ARCHIVE COPY = STONE MINT=
STILL IN ORIGINAL FACTORY SHRINK WRAPPER
BEAUTIFUL Original 1971 first pressing REALLY great blues rocker album, with impressive guitar leading the way and all throughout, reminiscent of 'Cream' meeting 'Peter Green led Fleetwood Mac' at times. Side 1 is mostly hard blues rock, while side 2 has a west coast vibe.
The band, Freight Train, was formed by The Reds, founding member, Rick Shaffer, in 1968. The line-up went through many personnel changes before arriving at the one that appears on the 1971 album, "Just The Beginning," on Fly By Nite records, a subsidiary of the Lost-Nite and Crimson labels, owned by Philadelphia record man Jerry Greene. Greene released a catalog of doo wop and oldies hits in the 1960’s, most notably the hit record by The Soul Survivors, "Expressway To Your Heart," and today owns the compilation label, Collectibles, located in Narberth, PA.
The Freight Train albums’ line-up was Rick Shaffer on lead guitar and back-up vocals, Steve Martina on guitar and lead vocals, Jim Peters on bass, and Tommy Geddes on drums. The album is a collection of Chicago blues standards done in a aggressive British blues style, ala Cream/P. Green Fleetwood Mac that included some of the great master works of Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon, T-Bone Walker, Sonny Boy Williamson and the great Magic Sam. It also contained a rare track, "Rollin Man," by F. Mac guitarist Peter Green.
The band played all the venues of the time period, from outdoor Festivals to University gigs, coffee houses, and as the opening act for other more established bands. Then, just prior to recording their next album, this time of original blues and R&B, Steve Martina decided to totally stop playing music. His departure created quite a hole in the line-up, especially since Martina was principle vocalist and writer of the new material that had a bluesrockin' sound.
Nevertheless, Martina was replaced by guitarist/vocalist, John Rostkowski, a talented and distinctive vocalist/songwriter. The next, and final, upset for the band was changing management because of an unfulfilled promise to get the band off Fly By Nite, and on RCA. So, in 1973, Freight Train pulled into the station and disbanded.
These days over 40+ years later, “Just The Beginning,” is recognized as a nugget of "Heavy Psych Blues" in the collectors market, and the "Acid Archives.” Rare. hard to find original 1971 copies of the album sell on the internet for whatever a collector will pay, sometimes in the high three $$$ figues range.
Freight Train
*Rick Shaffer - Lead Guitar, Vocals
*Steve Martina – Guitar, Lead Vocals
*Jim Peters – Bass
*Tommy Geddes - Drums
- Papa Ain't Salty
- Everything's Gonna Be Alright
So Many Roads - 7:08
Unseen Eye
Built For Comfort - Same Old Blues
I Loved Another Woman
Baby What You Want Me
Rollin Man
CONDITION: The Cover: FANTASTIC Top "MINT" Copy in factory shrink wrapper = looks like it was just opened ...40+ years old and so hard to find, especially in this condition... no bends, no split seams, no writing ...final collection copy!!!
The Vinyl: Looks like it was just opened, STONE MINT ... looks perfect, will play perfect!
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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