Don’t know Honeybus? You should. Read bio below.

Thrilled and pleased to put up for auction this overly rare sought-after original 1st release vintage 33 1/3 vinyl LP album in top condition

“Story”

by HONEYBUS

DERAM SML 1056

stereo

matrix ZAL-9187.P-1W / ZAL-9188.P-1W

Made in England 1969

by The Decca Record Co. Ltd..

THE VINYL is superb MINT-, played once or twice, perhaps not at all. I detect one slight spindle mark. IMPECCABLE!

Super great production sound mix with punchy full bodied McCartneyish bass, Peter Greenish guitars, CrosbyStillsNashy vocals, some synthesizer sounds in there too.

Studio wizards these guys, making it happen!
Way way better sound than you usually heard those days.

Think Beatles. Yummy yummy music, lyrics, arrangements, musicianship, ideas, sound, feeling.

IT’S ALL IN HERE - EVERY LOVER OF LATE SIXTIES POP/PROGRESSIVE/PSYCH/ART/SYMPHONIC/BLUES/SOUL/ROCK SHOULD HAVE A LISTEN TO THIS ONE.

Red / white / black vintage DERAM labels are superb unharmed.

The glossy FRONT-LAMINATED COVER is in remarkable condition as well, excellentplus, storage wear only.
The SPINE is great, as are the seams.
Deliberate hole rear top right, to reveal innersleevecolor, item on hand will show BLUE-STEREO.

The genuine ORIGINAL INNERSLEEVE is excellent unharmed as well.
NO SPLITS NO RIPS NO TEARS NO WRITING NO STAMPS NO STICKERS NO CUTS OR DRILLS.

INCREDIBLE!

Possible once in a lifetime opportunity - impossible to find album, rare as feathered fish in this virtually perfect condition - now’s it!

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PLEASE READ ON, carefully: Serious bidders, please. Non Payers will receive eBay Warning. Payment in US$, UK£, EURO - cash or PayPal - nothing else. Winner pay ship: Europe USD$8, World USD$12. Full refund minus split shipping if not satisfied. Don’t hesitate to mail ANY question BEFORE bidding or buying. Pay me securely with any major credit card through PayPal! AMG BIO:by Bruce Eder The story of the Honeybus is almost a cautionary tale. Considering that most of us have never heard of them, it's amazing to consider that they came very close, in the eyes of the critics, to being

Decca Records' answer to the Rubber Soul-era Beatles.

The harmonies were there, along with some catchy, hook-laden songs and usually tastefully overdubbed brass and violins. The pop sensibilies of the Honeybus's main resident composers, Pete Dello and Ray Cane, were astonishingly close in quality and content to those of Paul McCartney and the softer sides of John Lennon of that same era. What's more,

the critics loved their records.

Yet, somehow, the Honeybus never got it right; they never had the right single out at the proper time, and only once in their history did they connect with the public for a major hit, in early 1968. Their best known lineup consisted of Pete Dello (vocals, keyboards, guitar), Ray Cane (vocals, bass, keyboards), Colin Hare (rhythm guitar, vocals), Pete Kircher (drums, vocals), with Dello and Cane writing most of their songs. Dello and Cane, songwriting partners and ex-members of various minor early-'60s rock bands, were the prime movers behind the Honeybus. In 1966, they formed the Yum Yum Band with ex-Them drummer Terry Noon, which became popular in the London clubs and released five singles on the English Decca label. A collapsed lung put Dello out of action in early 1966, and it was during his recuperation that he began rethinking what the band and his music were about. He developed the notion of a new band that would become a canvas for him to work on as a songwriter — they would avoid the clubs, working almost exclusively in the studio, recreating the sounds that he was hearing in his head. Those sounds mostly featured

lush melodies and lyrics that suddenly blossomed with the upbeat radiance of flower-power and the Summer of Love.

Out of this came the Honeybus, with Noon stepping aside to manage the group and being replaced by Mike Kircher. The group was

one of the best studio bands of their period, reveling in the perfection that could be achieved through multi-tracking and overdubbing, and an approach that also mimicked the Beatles' breadth, playing with either admirable taste or reckless abandon, depending on the song.

Their debut single, "Delighted to See You," which was cut with the help of Roulettes Bob Henrit and Russ Ballard, sounded more like the Beatles than anything heard in British pop-rock since the Searchers had faded from view in early 1966. The B-side, "The Breaking Up Scene," could have been the work of the Jimi Hendrix Experience or the Creation. The critics were quick to praise the band and the record, but it never charted. Their second single was also unsuccessful. Then they hit with their third release, "I Can't Let Maggie Go," in March of 1968, which rode the British Top 50 for three months and peaked at number eight. The record should have made the group, but instead it shattered them. Pete Dello resigned during the single's chart run. He had been willing to play live on radio appearances and the occasional television or special concert showcase — during which the group used a Mellotron to replace the overdubbed strings and other backing instruments on their songs — but he couldn't accept the physical or emotional stresses of performing live on a regular basis, or the idea of touring America, which would have been the inevitable result of a British hit of that side. Perhaps a Brian Wilson/Beach Boys-type solution, with an onstage replacement, might have worked, but instead Dello left, and with him went his songs. Jim Kelly came in on guitar and vocals, while Ray Cane, whose talents and instincts were a near-match for Dello's, took over most of the songwriting, and the Honeybus proceeded to play regular concerts. Cane was a good songwriter, but the group never recovered the momentum they'd lost over "Maggie." The enthusiasm just wasn't there, and the music around them was changing into something harder and louder, and by mid-1969 it was all over. Their one completed album, The Honeybus Story, was released in late 1969, but without an active group to promote it, the record sank without a trace. This was a real pity, because it was

a beautiful album, with the kind of ornate production and rich melodies

that had become increasingly rare with the passing of the psychedelic era. Ironically, the Dello lineup got back together in 1971 to record a new body of songs for the Bell label and a complete LP for British Warner Bros., which was never issued. Dello and Hare had recorded solo albums without success before those final group sessions, while Cane wrote songs and produced other groups without making any impact. Eventually, everybody except Kircher (who has played with everyone from Engelbert Humperdinck to Status Quo) gave up music as a profession. Similar Artists: Badfinger The Beatles The Idle Race The Left Banke The Canterbury Music Festival Grapefruit The Hollies Performed Songs By: Pete Dello Ray Cane Colin Hare Peter Blumson Pete Kircher YOU MUST

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