DOC THOMAS GROUP (pre-Mott The Hoople" 1967 Italian Copy in NM Cond

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Rock, Progressive & Art Rock, British R&B, Blues Rock, The Soulents, The Buddies, The Shakedown Sound, Silence, Mott The Hoople, Mick Ralphs, Pete "Overend" Watts.

Artist(s) : DOC THOMAS GROUP

Year of Release : 1967

Country of Origin : Italy

Item / Description :

33 RPM 12" Vinyl Album

Record Condition

Comments : All my records are graded conservatively after international acclaimed GOLDMINE standard. All records are graded visually, not play-tested, except where noted. I NEVER grade a record MINT unless it's in a STILL SEALED cover OR if it comes from my own collection and I KNOW it's unplayed.

Side A : NM

Side B : NM

Details / Extras : The record looks unplayed and shows no signs of use.

Cover / Label Condition : 

Comments : All my covers, labels and inners are graded conservatively after international acclaimed GOLDMINE standard. I ALWAYS grade them half a note WORSE than they actually are. I've had too many problems with MOON GRADINGS as a BUYER in my years of collecting.

Cover Condition

Gatefold : 

Laminated : Complete front and back

High Gloss :

Condition :

Front : VG

Back : VG

Details : The cover shows some moderate signs of wear.

Extras :

Inner Sleeve : 

Company Inner Sleeve :

Insert / Inlay : 

Poster :

Other :

Label Condition

Side A : NM

Side B : NM

Details : Both labels show a few spindle marks but no other signs of wear.

Bio / Comments : Mott The Hoople can be traced to two Beat Bands from Herefordshire, UK in the early 1960's. The Soulents were from Ross-on-Wye, and boasted Pete "Overend" Watts on guitar, and Dale "Buffin" Griffin on drums. The other band, The Buddies were from Hereford, and featured Mike "Mick" Ralphs on guitar and Stan Tippins on vocals.

By 1966, Ralphs, Tippins and Watts (the latter now on bass) had come together in a band called THE DOC THOMAS GROUP and soon secured a residency at a club in a resort town in Italy. The group was offered a recording contract with the Italian label Dischi Interrecord, and released an eponymous album in January 1967. By 1968, drummer Dale Griffin and organist Verden Allen had joined the band.

Although the group toured and recorded in Italy as The Doc Thomas Group, their gigs in the UK were played under the names of The Shakedown Sound and later, as Silence. Silence recorded demos at the legendary Rockfield Studios in Monmouth, Wales, which were shopped to EMI, Polydor, Immediate and Apple with no success.

The group came to the attention of producer Guy Stevens at Island Records, who liked the group but not with Tippins as lead singer. Advertisements were placed ("Singer wanted, must be image-minded and hungry"), and Ian Hunter was selected as lead singer and piano player. Tippins assumed the role of road manager

While in prison on a drug offence, Stevens read the novel "Mott the Hoople" by Willard Manus about an ecentric who works in a circus freak show, and decided to use it as a band name. Silence reluctantly agreed to a name change following their early 1969 audition for Stevens.

The album for sale here is the ULTRA RARE one and only 1967 output by the Doc Thomas Group and was released NOWHERE else but in Italy. The record is in an UNPLAYED condition.

The hand-etched Matrix #'s are: I-LP 280-A and B

I doubt you'll ever find another copy in this brilliant condition again.

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