'66 ORIG MONO JOHN E SHARPE & THE SQUIRES BEAT GARAGE STONES ACADS
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ORIGINAL 1966 FIRST PRESS "TUFF" BEAT~ROCK "MONSTER"
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JOHN E SHARPE & THE SQUIRES
"MABELLINE"
USA - (orange) C.B.S. - ALD 6962
Original 1966 ....mega rare!
MONO FIRST PRINT WITH BACK-FLAP SEAMS
John E Sharpe & The Squires along with the A-CADS were probably the best two garage/beat bands to emerge out of South Africa during the mid '60s ... Stands to reason both groups albums are impossible to find as first pressings and as a result in high demand. Few past copies have auctioned for $400 - $600 - no mint copies sold.
Currently no other original copies on eBay and haven't been for some time when only one copy avail (with photo-copy cover no less) is avail over on Discogs and that's $300 incomplete as it is...
The band was South Africa’s answer to The Rolling Stones.
JOHN E. SHARPE and the SQUIRES had a reputation for being one of the best groups from the Johannesburg Africa teen-beat 'live' scene in the mid-1960s. The band’s lone album “Maybelline” is now almost impossible to find in ANY condition and is regarded as one of the best South African records from the 1966 era. Recordings of the album proceeded at South Africa's Gallo Studios on a four-track machine. Not many overdubs or clever tweaking. A nearly “live” recording in a true GARAGE style.
John E Squire was a busy man in the 60s. He played in The Hustlers, The Deans, John E Sharpe & The Squires, Impulse, Board Of Directors, Crystal Drive and Music Corporation as well as working with Quentin E Klopjaeger and The Gonks. He also ran the Downstairs Club in Johannesburg and set up MSC Studio.
As John E Sharpe & The Squires they produced just one album – ‘Maybelline’ which opened with the cracking ‘Monkey Shine’. The song was also released as a single and is two and a half minutes of rushing, banging, howling, barraging beat sounds that would have the music speed cops after them in a second if such a law enforcement establishment existed. It is psychedelic on speed and has attracted enough international interest to be included on the compilation ‘Let’s Dig ‘Em Up!!!’ series. Way cool take on the Pretty Things shouter "L.S.D." and lots more alike ... If you can lay your hands on this incredibly entertaining album, stick it on your turntable and go ape!.
Monkey Shine
What's Your Name
Maybelline
LSD
I'm A Man
I Am A Rock
Walking The Dog
She's Fine, She's Mine
Bo-Diddley
I Gave My Wife A Diamond
Back Door Man
Folsom Prison Blues
CONDITION: The cover: rated: VG; by the photo it DOES look better than VG and is collection worthy by the fact there are no perfect copies, but has minor some issues at edges, etc. The lamination is peeling at bottom left. Handling crinkles & creases around the edges, one predominate crease at mid pocket opening to bottom right. Tape pull tear on back cover only, front again is pretty clean, just wear around edges. Still serves as a collection keeper when any condition copy is as rare as they come...
The vinyl: Rated: VG+ original shine has some small stuff, little scuffs, light hairlines, nothing amounts to causing audio problems and as a result there is excellent audio playback throughout both sides...
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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