Schadel – ‘Flower Shop Girl’ – Parlophone Demo R 5554 - Brit Psych Pop Rarity
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Brit Psych Rarity
This is an original promotion copy of Schadel’s 7” Parlophone single R 5554
‘Flower Shop Girl ‘ b/w ‘Man In The Making’
Released 6 January 1967 – only one owner!
Schadel’s main claim to fame is that after making this record he went on to join 60s vocal pop group the Ivy League (Funny how Love Can Be and Tossing & Turning). Although he continued to release singles under his own name in the late 60s, some featuring eg on Wooden Hill’s ‘Psychedelic Schlemiels 3: More Lost Sounds from the Britpsych scene 1967-1970’, and the title track on The Psychic Circle’s ‘With the Sun In My Eyes’ compilation. If that’s not a tenuous recommendation I don’t know what is!
The A side here is a cross between Unit 4+2’s ‘Concrete and Clay’ and a Marty Robbins Tex-Mex outing; while the B side is a straight big production ballad. Very nice too.
I've owned this single from new since it was given to me in 1967. I was always a bit of a hi-fi nut so I can absolutely vouch for the fact that it's been well looked after and played on reasonable equipment - probably only played half a dozen times. It comes in the original Parlophone sleeve.
I'm not familiar with the conventions for grading the condition. However as you can see from the pictures the sleeve is clean and in reasonable condition with no writing or pen or pencil marks, and apart from a split at the left hand fold has no other significant marks or tears.
The record itself has no visible blemishes at all that I can see. The label is clean and virtually unmarked, once again with no writing, pen or pencil marks. The centre is intact and the spindle hole is perfect. The playing surface has no visible scratches and looks as good as new. The reproduction quality is about as good as it got from a 1967 vinyl single pressing - it's never going to be CD quality, but pretty good nevertheless. There's no audible scratches or crackles other than the usual surface noise that you'd get with any new vinyl record. The lead in and play out grooves are clean and glitch-free.
I believe this is as close as you'll get to a mint condition original copy of this very rare single. This record was not a hit so demos and stock copies will be very hard to find.
I'm happy to mail worldwide so if you want a price quote for p & p please contact me. Likewise if anyone has any questions I'm happy to answer. Thanks for looking.
Peter
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