1965 "UNBOXED" Orig UNIT 4+2 = CONCRETE & CLAY = BRITISH INVASION BEATLES MANIA
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SUPER RARE 1965 UNBOXED LONDON FIRST PRINTING!
UK SIXTIES BEAT-BOOM BRITISH INVASION COLLECTIBLE
UNIT 4 + 2
Concrete & Clay
\ USA - silver & blue LONDON - PS 427 - Stereo
VERY RARE especially this MINTY CLEAN all over!!! FINAL COLLECTION COPY
UNBOXED LONDON LABELS ...100% FIRST PRINTING!!!
Rare original 1965 first pressing in stunning minty clean glorious MONO. The scarce mint mono release offers different song mixes from the stereo issue and as well provides a punchy production much different from the stereo...
UNIT 4+2 was a formidable guitar led British Invasion Mersey Beat sound, very pleasant on the ears ... Their first (and best) of two albums has gotten increasingly hard to find -- here's a collectible 45 year old collectible.
UNIT 4+2 stormed the charts with their memorable hit, "Concrete and Clay," scoring chart success on both sides of the Atlantic. The UK group originated with guitarist Brian Parker called the Hunters, who recorded for the Fontana label in 1961. Parker left the Hunters and put together a group of his own with the emphasis on vocals. Parker recruited guitarists Tommy Moeller (with whom he began writing songs) and David Meikle, and singer Brian Moules, and the quartet played gigs at youth clubs and other local venues, and turned professional soon after. The quartet took the name Unit Four in 1963, and continued to find popularity in clubs. By this time, the British beat boom heralded by the Beatles was sweeping the charts, and the group recognized that they would need a punchier sound to have a chance at breaking out of the club venues and getting a recording contract. They added two more players, Rod Garwood (bass) and Hugh Halliday (drums), and, in the process, became Unit 4+2.
"Concrete and Clay," issued early in 1965, was the charm. Perhaps not coincidentally, it was also the first single by the group on which they played with two guest musicians, guitarist Russ Ballard and drummer Bob Henrit (two of Parker's former bandmates from the famous beat band, the Roulettes). With a memorable chorus, a bossa-nova beat, and pleasant, hook-laden acoustic guitars, "Concrete and Clay" rose to number one on the British charts and charted all over the world. The song was one of the finest pop records of 1965. Not only was it a UK number one, it was a worldwide hit, and the group was suddenly getting played on radio across the globe. Decca released this album to capitalize on their sudden success, filled with memorable beat-boom & Mersey-beat melodies. Their next single, "You've Never Been in Love Like This Before," made the English Top 20. The band went through changes along with the music styles of the times even forging into full blown psychedelia in the late sixties. The first and best album by Unit 4 + 2 remains a lesser seen, hard to find album that holds up well with the sound of the British Invasion sixties.
Concrete and Clay
Sorrow and Pain
Couldn't Keep It to Myself
You'll Remember
Cotton Fields
500 Miles
Bamba
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
Swing Down, Chariot
Wild Is the Wind
Girl from New York City
Cross a Million Mountains
CONDITION: The Cover: is solid all over = clean "EX" (exccellent). The back cover with group info & photo is real M- clean ...A top collectible or wonderful first time score with bright original colors, no writing, no seam splits, it's 48 years old and very clean....
The Vinyl: is very glossy, M- TOP CLEAN grooves all the way!! Plays totally CLEAN! Both UNBOXED london labels are clean too...a rare find suitable for any serious collection!
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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