Ultra-rare ORIGINAL PRESSING of the 1969 Mary Butterworth psych-rock album

$

700

Listed for bid is an very rare original pressing of the Mary Butterworth album, recorded as a private pressing in 1969. The album, CFS-2092, was only made available to family and friends of the band. The members of the band attended South Gate High School in Los Angeles, as did my husband. This was acquired as a part of the original sale of the album for friends, and it has been in his collection since the day he bought it. My husband actually took drum lessons from the Mary Butterworth drummer, Michael Hunt. The album and cover appear to be in very good shape, with only slight amounts of wear to the edges of the album cover. Both the album cover and record label have our name "Hobbs" written in ink (on one side of the album label, and on the front of the album jacket in the upper right corner). There is a small area of paper loss above Michael Hunt's photo on the back of the album cover, and another just above the "r" in "Butterworth" on the front cover. I am unsure if the inner liner is the original liner, but believe that it is. It has not been played since the early 1970's and has been well cared for over the 46 years since it was originally pressed. This is a super-rare original pressing. See the additional material following regarding the band and the album: In the tumultuous Spring of 1968, the Mary Butterworth band was formed. Contrary to rumors, the group originated from Southern California and enjoyed being thrust onto the incredible scene that was developing during this remarkable time for music. After a year or so of performing throughout the region in places like the Marina Palace in Seal Beach and others, they decided to record and release a debut album on their own label. In 1969, on a shoestring budget, their album was recorded, manufactured and released. However, the limited pressing was pre-sold to fans and friends only, and never even made it into stores. It disappeared as quickly as it arrived, as did Mary Butterworth, who disbanded not long after the album’s release, never to perform together again. After a decade or two, word of the album had spread to rabid collectors of vinyl records and late 60's music. Somewhere in Europe during this time, a bootleg vinyl was released and the legend of Mary Butterworth continued to grow, driving the price of the original pressing up to amazing heights. The bootlegging has created a Mary Butterworth following and pushed the price of the original vinyl album to over $1,000.00 per vinyl album. It would go on to be bootlegged a handful more times in various countries, further driving the price of the original pressing through the roof and continuing to enhance the reputation of this long lost piece of 60's psych rock history. Incredibly, in 2003, the original Mary Butterworth song “Feeling I Get” was chosen by director Brian Reitzell as a music selection to be included in the fabulous Sophia Coppola directed film “Lost In Translation”. Side One: 1. Phase II 2. Optional Blues 3. It’s a Hard Road Side Two: 1. Make You Want Me 2. Feeling I Get 3. Week in Eight Days Please refer to the pictures and thank you for looking. Please feel free to ask questions. All Sales are final. I am cleaning out the office for additional space. Will mail USPS priority mail $8.00 Happy Bidding