TONY'S DEFENDERS 'SINCE I LOST YOU BABY' (MIKE STUART SPAN) RARE UK MOD BEAT 45
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ITEMS SOLD WORLDWIDE - FROM SWEDEN - WAIT FOR INVOICE BEFORE PAYMENT - INSURANCE/REGISTERED POST ON ITEMS OVER £35, or all items to potentially difficult countries with unreliable postal systems - I need to make sure you receive your purchase!
Here is another great piece;
TONY'S DEFENDERS
"SINCE I LOST YOU BABY" / "WAITING FOR A CALL FROM YOU"
COLUMBIA RECORDS DB 7996 - ORIGINAL 1966 UK *DEMO* ISSUE 45
BRIAN BENNETT OF MIKE STUART SPAN BEGAN HIS CAREER AS GUITAR AND VOCAL MEMBER IN TONY'S DEFENDERS.
RELEASING 2 SINGLES, THE BAND THEN DISSOLVED.
BRIGHTON BAND 'THE MIKE STUART SPAN' HAD SUFFERED A DRUG DEATH OF ONE OF THEIR FOUNDER MEMBERS, (APPARENTLY FALLING OUT OF A WINDOW), AND WITH THEIR CAREERS ONLY JUST LOOKING LIKE TAKING OFF, AND AN ENTHUSIASTIC TALKER FOR A MANAGER(!), THEY SNAPPED UP THE NEW RECRUIT FOR AN APPEARANCE ON THE BILL WITH 'THE WALKER BROTHERS' AND 'THE HERD'.
WHEN THEIR RECORDS RECEIVED LITTLE SALES OVER 4 RELEASES AND THE MANAGEMENT REVEALED TO BE MORE FORM THAN SUBSTANCE, THEY CHANGED LABLE AND WERE ADVISED BY ELEKTRA TO RENAME TO A MORE DRAMATIC SINGLE-WORD NAME; 'LEVIATHAN', ISSUING 3 REALLY EXCELLENT 45s UNDER THE NEW MONIKER. UNDESERVEDLY, THESE SINGLES HARDLY PUT THEM 'ON THE MAP' EITHER - DESPITE BEING REALLY FANTASTIC EARLY PROGRESSIVE RECORDINGS.
THERE WAS A RECORDED ACETATE ALBUM SAMPLE, WHICH SAW A SMALL RUN OF PRESSINGS AS A BOOTLEG (IN GERMANY), BUT HAPPILY THIS HAS NOW BEEN PROPERLY MASTERED AND ISSUED RECENTLY - IT'S RECOMMENDED ....BUT SNAP UP A COPY BEFORE THIS BECOMES ANOTHER RARE EXPENSIVE LP!
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*BOTH* THE DEFENDERS SINGLES ARE TOUGH TO FIND, AND THIS DEMO IS VERY RARE - THE FLIP IS, TO MY EARS, THE BETTER TRACK - PERHAPS A BORED RECORD CO. EXEC PICKED THE SIDES OUT WITHOUT MUCH OF A LISTEN, BUT THIS WAS COMMON IN THE SIXTIES WHERE ARTISTS HAD LITTLE SAY IN THEIR OWN CAREERS, AND THE PEOPLE CHARGED WITH KNOWING THE PUBLIC TASTE WERE OFTEN, BASICALLY, FAIRLY CLUELESS!
CONDITION;
GRADES NEAR MINT TO MINT!, PLAYS GREAT THROUGHOUT WITH TOP SHINE! A MAGNIFICENT COPY.
LABLES GRADE NM, NO PEN ON EITHER SIDE, DATE STAMP AND RECORD CO. CONTACT NAME STAMP ON THE 'A'
A SUPER-RARE SINGLE, AND HERE IS A LOVELY ORIGINAL COPY!
~ITEM SENT FROM SWEDEN - PLEASE WAIT FOR INVOICE~
Postage £4 inside SWEDEN, £6.50 EU, £8 WORLDWIDE
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