WAYNE FONTANA & MINDBENDERS 1ST UK LP 1965 MINT-
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WAYNE FONTANA AND THE MINDBENDERS - DEBUT LP
RECORDED IN 1964 BUT NOT RELEASED UNTIL 1965, THIS IS THE DEBUT LP OF THE SHORT LIVED WAYNE FONTANA AND THE MINBENDERS.
THE BAND ONLY LASTED FOR TWO YEARS BEFORE WAYNE FONTANA DECIDED TO GO SOLO, THEREFORE DECENT RECORDING FROM THIS SHORT LIVED GROUP ARE HARD TO COME BY.
THIS LP WAS REISSUED TWICE IN THE 60'S, BUT THIS IS THE ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING ON THE FONTANA LABEL
CATALOGUE NUMBER:TL 5230
MATRIX NUMBERS:687336-1L/1 / 687336-2L/1
WAYNE FONTANA AND THE MINDBENDERS WERE FROMED AND FOUNDED BY ACCIDENT. WAYNE BELONGED TO A GROUP CALLED THE JETS. JACK BAVISTOCK WHO WAS IN MANCHESTER IN 63 AUDITIONING GROUPS, WHEN WAYNE FONTANA INTRODUCED HIMSELF AND PROMPTLY EXPLAINED TO MR BAVISTOCK THAT ONLY ONE OF HIS BAND HAD TURNED UP. JACK BAVISTOCK TOLD HIM TO GET A COUPLE OF PLAYERS FROM THE OTHER BANDS THAT HAD AUDITIONED, AND AFTER A VERY QUICK REHERSAL IN THE CLUB'S KITCHEN, THEY WENT ON STAGE TO PERFORM. THEY WERE SO GOOD THAT THEY WERE OFFERED A CONTRACT STRAIGHT AWAY, AND THE REST AS THEY SAY IS HISTORY. WAYNE FONTANA WAS ALWAYS THE TALENT WITHIN THE GROUP, AND IT WAS NO SURPRISE THAT AFTER ONLY 2 ALBUMS HE WENT SOLO. THE MINDEBNDERS ALSO CONTIUED AS A GROUP AND CHARTED WITH THE FAMOUS " A GROOVY KIND OF LOVE". WAYNE ENJOYED A SOLO CAREER FOE A COUPLE MORE YEARS AND RELEASED A FURTHER 2 LP'S AS A SOLO ARTIST. HOWEVER IT IS HERE ON THIS ALBUM THAT THE ROOTS OF THE BAND ARE LAID BARE. 12 CLASSIC TRACKS INCLUDING THE MARVELLOUS JAGUAR AND THUNDERBIRD.
THE SLEEVE
WITHOUT A DOUBT THIS EASILY GRADES MINT. THE SLEEVE HAS A LAMINATED FRONT AND A NON LAMINATEED BACK. IT IS MADE OF VERY HEAVY DUTY CARD AND IS DIFFICULT TO BENT. A BIT LIKE THE US ALBUM SLEEVES, BUT UNLIKE THE US SLEEVES THIS TYPE IS NOT PRONE TO SEAM SPLITTING.
THIS IS TRULY A MINT EXAMPLE. NO LAMINATE CREASING OR LIFT, A PERFECTLY FLAT SLEEVE WITH A RAZOR SHARP OPENING EDGE. PERFECTLT FLAT SPINE, AND THE BACK OF THE SLEEVE IS AS WHITE AS CAN BE, AND THE FLIPBACKS ARE TOTALLT MINT. YOU WILL NOT FIND A NICER EXAMPLE ON THE PLANET
THE LABELS
THE ORIGINAL BLACK AND SILVER FONTANA LABEL IN TOP CONDITION.THE SPINDLE HOLE IS TOTALLY UNWORN, AND UNDER A MAGNIFYING GLASS I CAN COUNT FIVE OR SO VERY SMALL SPIDER LINES. THIS CLEARLY INDICATES THAT THE LP HAS NOT ONLY BEEN VERY CAREFULLY HANDLED, BUT THAT IT ALSO HAS PROBABLY HAD FEWER THAN 10 PLAYS IN ITS LIFETIME.
THE VINYL
TYPIVAL 60'S HEAVY DUTY VINYL IN STUNNING CONDITION. VERY VERY GLOSSY AND CLEAN. UNDER DAYLIGHT THERE ARE NO HANDLING MARKS VISIBLE. UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION I CAN MAKE OUT A COUPLE OF WHISPY HAIRLINES, BUT THESE ARE REALLY SMALL AND DO NOT INTERFERE WITH THE AUDIO CLARITY.
THOSE OF YOU THAT LOOK AT MY AUCTIONS REGULARLY WILL KNOW THAT I AM VERY THOROUGH WHEN DESCRIBING THE SOUND QUALITY OF ANY ALBUM I LIST. MY FIRST TEST IS TO PUMP UP THE VOLUME TO LISTEN FOR ANY DISTORTION TO THE MUSIC CAUSED BY A WORN STYLUS BEING PREVIOUSLY USED, OR INDEED ONE THAT WAS TOO HEAVY. THERE IS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT WITH THIS. NO DISTORTION WAHTSOEVER.
LISTENING TO THE LP WAS A PLEASURE FOR TWO REASONS. FIRSTLY I HAD NOT HEARD MUCH OF WAYNE FONTANA'S EARLY MATERIAL, AS IT WAS ONE OF THE GROUPS I WASN'T INTO IN THE MID 60'S, AND SECONDLY FOR THE QUALITY OF THIS MONO PRESSING.
WAYNE FONTANA AND THE MINDBENDERS RECORD MUSIC THAT IS TYPICAL OF THE MID 60'S AND I WOULD CATEGORISE THEM IN THE SAME WAY AS SAY MANFRED MANN, OR THE EARLY PRETTY THINGS. I HAVE NO DOUBT IF THEY HAD ECIDED TO CONTINUE AS A GROUP THAT THEY WOULD HAVE DEVELOPED THEIR SOUND LIKE MOST BANDS OF THIS TYPE. THE CLARITY OF THE SOUND IS AWESOME AND TYPICAL OF THE 1ST PRESSING QUALITY THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH 60'S VINYL. CERTAINLY THERE IS NO BETTER WAY OF HEARING IT.
LASTLY ARE THERE ANY UNWANTED NOISES. THE RUNIN GROOVE IS VIRTUALLY NOISE FREE, AND SO ARE THE LINKING TRACKS. I CANNOT REMEMBER HEARING ANY UNWANTED CLICKS OR LIGHT POPS. PERHAPS THE VERY ODD BIT OF LIGHT STATIC IN PLACES, BUT SO MINIMAL THAT IT BARELY DESERVES MENTION.
A CLASSIC LP FROM 1965 FROMA VERY SHORT LIVED GROUP, BUT IMPORTANT NON THE LESS IN BRITISH ROCK PROGRESSION.
I AM VERY PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO GRADE THIS MINT MINUS AND A TRUE COLLECTIBLE GRADE SLEEVE AND VINYL OFFERING
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