DOGFEET 1970 UK PSYCH BLUES PROG REFLECTION PROMOTIONAL COPY ??????
  $   1,500

 


$ 1500 Sold For
May 20, 2012 Sold Date
May 13, 2012 Start Date
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  DOGFEET 1970 UK PSYCH BLUES PROG REFLECTION PROMO COPY













A MINT MINUS ORIGINAL LP ON REFLECTION REF .L8

FROM 1970 AN ULTRA RARE UK PRESSING OF THIS VERY SELDOM SEEN BRITISH PSYCHEDELIC GARAGE LP

BACK IN 1970 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED - IT ONLY EVER SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS, AND WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY DELETED!!!!  AS A RESULT IT IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND INCREDIBLY HARD TO FIND TODAY!!!! 

AN EVEN RARER PROMOTIONAL PRESSING WITH Sample Not For Resale RUBBER STAMPED ON FRONT COVER

Q
: WHAT'S SO GREAT ABOUT A PROMOTIONAL LP? A: PROMOTIONAL LPS GENERALLY SPEAKING WERE THE FIRST PRESSINGS OF A PARTICULAR ISSUE TO BE HANDED OUT TO RADIO STATIONS, PERSONNEL AND OTHER PROMOTIONAL VENUES. MANY BELIEVE THE PROMO COPIES TO BE SUPERIOR IN SOUND QUALITY, SINCE THEY CAME OFF THE MOTHERS FIRST.

PRODUCED BY ANDREW CAMERON MILLER AND RECORDED AT AIR STUDIOS

WITH THE ORIGINAL UK WHITE INNER SLEEVE WITH Made in England AND Patent No. 1,125,555 ON BOTTOM OF SLEEVE

10 TRACKS INCLUDE FOR MARY, ON THE ROAD, SAD STORY, REPRISE, NOW I KNOW, SINCE I WENT AWAY, CLOUDS, EVIL WOMAN, ARMAGEDDON, FOR MARY AND CHILD

PLEASE NOTE THAT BOTH SIDES CARRY A SIDE TWO LABEL AS SHOWN. SIDE ONE (FOR MARY) WAS INCORRECTLY LABELED WITH A DUPLICATE SIDE TWO LABEL, EVEN THOUGH CONTAINING ALL FIVE SIDE ONE TRACKS AS LISTED ON THE BACK COVER.

THE THIN EURO COVER STOCK WITH LIGHT RUB AND RING WEAR AND AGE DISCOLORATION. CORNERS
WITH SMALL ROUGH SPOTS AND OUTER LAYER LOSSES ON POINT. BOTTOM EDGE WITH SOME SMALL ROUGH SPOTS AND OUTER LAYER LOSSES ON EDGE POINT. NOTWITHSTANDING, A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS, SO PLEASE DO LOOK AT THE COVER PHOTOS TO ASCERTAIN COVER CONDITION.

SPINDLE HOLES WITH A FAINT RUB MARK EACH SIDE. THE HIGH LUSTER VINYL
BLANK AT FIRST GLANCE OUT OF THE SLEEVE APPEARS UNUSUALLY PRISTINE AND TO HAVE NOT BEEN PLAYED, MUCH LESS TOUCHED, BEFORE NOW. UNDER BRIGHT ANGLED LIGHT AND ASSIDUOUS EXAMINATION THE SIDE WITH THE SMALL MARK ABOVE THE SPINDLE HOLE HAS A VERY FAINT AND ALMOST UNDETECTABLE RUB SCUFF MARK IN THE 2ND TRCK IN THE 6 POSITION THAT IS ONLY APPARENT UNDER INTENSE SCRUTINY AND ANGLED LIGHT. WE''VE TEST PLAYED THIS LP ON A PROFESSIONAL SOUND SYSTEM WITH A VPI TURNTABLE WITH A GRADO REFERENCE 1 WOOD CARTRIDGE AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL PLAY SOUNDING QUITE FINE HERE. CLEAR, PRESENT AND VIBRANT THROUGHOUT. A WINNER ALL AROUND.

RARELY
SEEN LP WHICH NOW FETCHES 2000 PLUS WHEN SEEING THE LIGHT OF DAY
FROM A NOTED JAZZ REVIEWER'S PRIVATE COLLECTION

⁂PLEASE NOTE THE VINYL DESCRIPTION IS ONLY A VISUAL INSPECTION UNLESS OTHERWISE MENTIONED. HERE IS A FEW WORDS ABOUT MY GRADING SYSTEM AND IS IN ADDITION TO ANYTHING WRITTEN ABOVE AND SUPERSEDES ANY OTHER GRADING SYSTEM, INCLUDING GOLDMINE: ALL RECORDS ARE VISUALLY GRADED AND THE RED GRADE ABOVE REFERS ONLY TO THE STATE OF VINYL......YOU PLAY THE VINYL AND NOT THE COVER....COVER IS NOTED SEPARATELY. IF I'VE TEST PLAYED THE LP IT WILL BE NOTED. MINT INDICATES PRISTINE VINYL WITHOUT ANY MARKS ON THE VINYL BLANK. MINT MINUS MAY CONTAIN A FEW VERY LIGHT SURFACE RUB MARKS FROM HANDLING & SLEEVE WEAR OR A FEW PLAYS. IF YOU ARE A REAL VINYL AFICIONADO AND COLLECTOR YOU'LL KNOW THAT EVEN A FACTORY SEALED LP OCCASIONALLY HAS SOME LIGHT RUB OR SLEEVE MARKS FROM TRANSPORT AND SHELVING. ANYTHING IN THE VG CATEGORY WOULD CONTAIN SOME LIGHT AND FINE SURFACE PLAY LINES AND EVIDENCE OF PLAY WEAR THAT IS EASILY SEEN. SELDOM IS ANYTHING OFFERED IN THE "G" STATE.

FROM
THE ALLMUSIC.COM WEBSITE:
Review
by Richie Unterberger
In the brief liner notes to the CD reissue of this 1970 rarity, the comparison is made between Dogfeet and early Fleetwood Mac. While there is some rough similarity in Dogfeet's use of moody songs that are bluesy without sticking to stock blues-rock progressions, there's a long distance between this and the Peter Green-era Fleetwood Mac. Mostly that's because Dogfeet don't have anywhere near as distinctive a songwriting voice as Green (nor do they have anywhere near as good a singer as Green was, or a guitarist as good as Green or even Danny Kirwan was, though that's another story). It's not poor, but it's not too good either, with songs that are lyrically blunt and unimpressive. Some introspective, almost ballad-like interludes with echoed vocals also can't fail to recall early Fleetwood Mac's quietest moments. Some Santana influence also creeps into numbers like "Reprise," though Santana themselves were influenced by early Fleetwood Mac, so maybe that's just a part of that circle....

AND,
LASTLY, PLEASE DO REMEMBER SOUND QUALITY IS AFFECTED BY WHAT THE VINYL IS PLAYED ON! IF YOUR STEREO SYSTEM HAS BEEN CAREFULLY CHOSEN AND ASSEMBLED FOR IT'S AURAL QUALITIES AND YOU PERFORM BASIC MAINTENANCE LIKE CLEANING YOUR VINYL, CLEANING THE NEEDLE AFTER EACH PLAY, AND REPLACING THE CARTRIDGE WHEN NEEDED, YOUR LPS SHOULD SOUND QUITE GOOD.

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SHIPPING: LPS ARE SHIPPED IN A NEW PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE BETWEEN 2 NEW CORRUGATED PACKING SQUARES INSIDE A NEW CORRUGATED LP MAILER WITH FRAGILE STICKERS OUTSIDE TO ENSURE THE LP ARRIVES JUST AS IT LEFT. PACKING MATERIALS COST ALMOST $3 PER ORDER BEFORE POSTAGE!

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