BRIAN POOLE & THE TREMELOES IT'S ABOUT TIME UK LP MINT-
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BRIAN POOLE AND THE TREMELOES - IT'S ABOUT TIME
SUPERB MINT MINUS EXAMPLE OF THIS VERY RARE BRITISH LP
RECORDED ON THE DECCA LABEL IN 1965, THIS WAS THE SECOND AND LAST LP TO FEATURE THIS BAND.
THE STORY OF BRIAN POOLE AND THE TREMELOES IS QUITE UNIQUE PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER HOW IT ALL ENDED.
THE EARLY 60'S WERE FULL OF BANDS WHO HAD A LEAD NAME AND RTHE NAME OF THE BAND FOLLOWING. CLIFF RICHARD AND THE SHADOWS, BILLY J KRAMER AND THE DAKOTAS, WAYNE FONTANA AND THE MINDBENDERS, FREDDIE AND THE DREAMERS TO NAME BUT A FEW. USUALLY ONCE THE LEAD SINGER DECIDES TO GO SOL THE BAND FADE INTO OBSCURITY AND THE SINGER GOES FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH. CLIFF AND THE SHADOWS ARE AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE BOTH ACTS CONTINUED TO DO WELL. WITH BRIAN POOLE AND THE TEMELOES THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE. IN 1963 THEY FOUND FAME WITH THEIR VERSION OF TWIST AND SHOUT, FOLLOWED BY DO YOU LOVE ME, AND CANDY MAN, ALTHOUGH THEY HAD BEEN RECORDING SINCE 1962 IT WAS 63 WHEN THEY REALLY CAME OF AGE. THIS HOWEVER WAS SHORT LIVED AND WHERE AS ACT LIKE THE BEATLES AND THE DAVE CLARK FIVE PROGRESSED AND WERE IN DEMAND, BRIAN POOLE AND THE TREMELOES WERE IN DECLINE, THEY DID HAVE ONE LAST SUCESS WITH SOMEONE, SOMEONE, A TRACK TAKEN FROM THIS LP, BUT THAT WAS ABOUT IT, AND SHORTLY AFTERWARDS BRIAN DECIDED HE COULD DO WITH OUT THE TREMELOES, AND WENT SOLO. WITHIN 4 YEARS HIS CAREER WAS IN TOTAL RUINS, AND UNABLE TO HOLD A CONTACT WITH DECCA HE SWITCHED TO CBS BEFORE BEING DUMPED AND HIS FINAL OFFERINGS WERE ON THE VERY SMALL PRESIDENT LABEL. THE STORY OF THE TREMELOES OF COURSE IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT. SIGNING FOR CBS THEY RECORDED A WHOLE HOST OF SUPERB SINGLES INCLUDING THE CLASSIC UK NUMBER ONE " SILENCE IS GOLDEN"
WHAT IS EVEIDENT ON THIS LP, WHICH I HAVE TO SAY IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE HEARD IT IS THAT IS ABSOLUTELY SUPERB. THERE ARE SOME GREAT TRACKS ON THIS LP. THE SINGLE SOME ONE, SOME, AND A GREAT COVER OF TIME IS ON MY SIDE, AND THE FOUR SEASONS RAG DOLL.
THE FINAL TRACK ON SIDE ONE IS SUNG BY THE TREMELOES AND IT IS PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHY THEY WENT ON TO BE SO SUCCESSFUL. IT IS WORTH HAVING THIS LP JUST FOR THIS ONE TRACK ALONE (CHILLS)
THIS LP DIDN'T SELL IN ANY QUANTITY AS THE BAND HAD AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED BECOME UNWANTED IN THE BRITISH PUBLIC'S EYES, AND IS THEREFORE FAR RARER THAN THEIR FIRST ALBUM WHICH CONTAINS ALL THE CLASSIC TRACKS
DECCA PRESSING. CATALOGUE NUMBER LK 4685
MATRIX NUMBERS:ARL 6739-2A / ARL 6740-2A
STAMPERS: 1/G / 1G
ABSOLUTE 1ST PRESSING INDICATORS
THE SLEEVE
LAMINATED FRONT SLEEVE AND NON LAMINATED REAR, WHICH IS TYPICAL OF MOST EARLY 60'S PRESSINGS. THE FRONT IS A LOVELY WHITE WITH THE BAND SHOT SITTING ON A CAR. THE LAMINATE IS UNSPOILED APART FROM ONE OR TWO EXTREEMLY FINE LINES NEAR THE SPINE. THE SPINE IS PERFECTLY FLAT AND EASILY READ. THE BACK OF THE SLEEVE IS ALOVELY WHTE AND UNSPOILED BY ANY GRUBBY HANDMARKS. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF BROWN MARKS DOWN THE BOTTOM LIFT SIDE, BUT DO NOT DETRACT FROM THE OVERALL QUALITY OF THE SLEEVE. THE INNER SLEEVE IS A STANDARD DECCA POLY LINED ORIGINAL 65 INNER WITH "HANDLE WITH CARE" DETAILS PRINTED ON IT. THIS IS ALSO IN TOP CONDITION.
THE LABELS
TOP CONDITION RED AND SILVER DECCA LABELS. NON FADED COLOUR, AND UNMARKED.
THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWS NO WEAR AT ALL, AND THERE ARE ONLY A FEW LIGHT SPIDER LINES AROUND THE HOLE WHICH ARE VERY CLOSE TO THE HOLE WHICH INDICATES THAT THE LP HAS BEEN HANDLED VERY CAREFULLY WHEN PUTTING IT ONTO A RECORD DECK, AND JUDGING BY THE WAY IT LOOKS I WOULD ESTIMATE NO MORE THAN 10 PLAYS LIFETIME
THE VINYL
STUNNING EXAMPLE. LOOKS TOTALLY BRAND NEW. GLOSSY AND CLEAN, AND UNDER DAYLIGHT NO MARKS ON THE SURFACE WHATSOEVER. A COUPLE OF LIGHT WHISPY LINES CAN BE SEEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION, BUT NOTHING THAT IS GOING TO CAUSE ANY RPBLEM WITH THE SOUND I BELIEVE.
MY FIRST TEST AS THOSE THAT KNOW ME WELL WILL REALISE WILL BE THE DISTORTION TEST. TURNING THE VOLUME UP LOUD WILL ALWAYS REVEAL ANY DISTORTION CAUSED BY A WORN STYLUS HAVING BEEN USED OR ONE THAT WAS TOO HEAVY. THERE IS NO DISTORTION AT ALL.
NEXT THE QUALITY OF THE RECORDING. WELL I HAVE TO SAY I AM ALMOST TEMPTED TO ADD THIS LP TO MY OWN COLLECTION. I ENJOYED EVERY TRACK AND IN PARTICULAR SIDE ONE WHICH FEATURES TIME IS ON MY SIDE, A GREAT VERSION OF RAG DOLL AND THE AFORE MENTIONED CHILLS.
THE RUN IN GROOVE IS NEAR SILENT, AND THE LINKING TRACKS ARE SILENT. THE CLARITY OF THE SOUND IS ABSOLUTEY AS YOU WOULD EXPECT FOR AN EARLY 60'S ORIGINAL PRESSING ON THIS HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL. EVEN IN MONO EVERY NOTE IS CRYSTAL CLEAR, AND THE VOCALS AS SHARP AS CAN BE.
LASTLY ARE THERE ANY UNWANTED NOISES. THE ANSWER IS SIMPLY NO. NO CLICKS, POS OR ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLES. MAYBE SOME VERY RANDOM LIGHT STATIC IN PLACES, BUT THIS IS ABSOLUTELY MINMAL
THIS IS A STUNNING COLLECTIBLE GRADE LP AND I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE IT MINT MINUS
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