FRUNK...."IF AT FIRST..." ....1972 NJ GIRL GROUP...ORIGINAL-25 COPIES
  $   103

 


$ 103 Sold For
Jul 9, 2016 Sold Date
Jul 2, 2016 Start Date
$   100 Start price
2   Number Of Bids
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FRUNK...if at first....if there was ever a holy grail of local NJ records, this would have to be it.

ALL GIRL GROUP FROM 1972, WITH ONLY 25 RECORDS PRESSED, MOST OF THE 25 ARE IN PRIVATE COLLECTORS AND ACCOUNTED FOR. THE GUY WHO PRODUCED THE RECORD SOLD THE REMAINING COPIES HE HAD BACK IN 2013. NONE HAVE POPPED UP SINCE, UNTIL TODAY, WHEN I STOPPED AT A GARAGE SALE, DIGGING THRU A FEW BOXES OF OLD RECORDS, I CAME UPON THIS. NOT KNOWING THE HISTORY, SINCE IT WAS A LOCAL BAND AS I COLLECT NJ BANDS.

THE COVER IS PRETTY ROUGH WITH STAINS, LOTS OF EDGE AND CORNER WEAR, AND THE COVERS A BIT LOOSE, AS THE COVERS WERE PASTED ON ORGINALLY, WITH A LIGHT MOLD SMELL. LOOKS LIKE THE BACK COVER IS SIGNED BY THE GIRLS.

THE RECORD IS IN PRETTY GOOD CONDITION, WITH A FEW LIGHT MARKS (VG) I PLAYED THE WHOLE RECORD WITH NO MAJOR SOUND PROBLEMS

MOSTY COVER SONGS, THAT I BEST SAW DESCRIBED AS A CREEPY NICO/HELEN REDDY MIX

THIS MIGHT BE THE LAST ONE OUT THERE, AS NONE HAVE SURFACED SINCE 2013

HERE IS SOME BACKROUND ON THE RECORD THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE 2013 LISTING:



Click to enlarge This is an original pressing of "Frunk", an all girl band from the very early 1970's.  This is one of an estimated 4 known records left from the original pressing of 25.. .LISTING UPDATES AS OF 5/13/13: There was a tremendous interest in the album. We have gathered more information and we are passing it along: I spoke with the girls this past week. WE all agree the album was released in the Summer of 1972. There are 8 copies available and we believe the initial pressing was 25 records, not 100. We have also located the original Master as received from Frankford-Wayne Recording Labs at 212 N. 12th St. in Philadelphia PA. I have also located the original master tape on which I recorded all of the sessions, then mixed them down via a TEAC 4 channel mixer, to the final set. The record was recorded on a Teac 3340 10 1/2" reel 4 track recorder. The tape is exactly as it was when it was delivered to the pressing company. If you would like details of how the record was created and the group formed: Back in 1971 I was just getting into serious electronics and high end audio was my current compulsion. I was living in Haddonfield and I build a recording studio in my basement. One day my sister in law and her friends were visiting and I was playing “500 miles”, Peter, Paul & Mary in the studio and they came in and started singing. It sounded interesting, so I suggested we record.Over the next few weeks we recorded many takes on my Teac 3340 4 channel recorder. As there was no karaoke in those days, I dubbed the girls voices over the original music from the turntable.Eventually we got “acceptable” material. I mixed it all down and created a 10” reel with the master on it (which I still have) and took it to Frankfort Recording Labs and had 25 copies made. We created covers, pasted them up and poof! We had a record. I gave the girls each a 3 copies and asked if they could sell them (for $5 each to help off set the cost of the project. I think my Mom bought the only copy sold, but I felt sorry for her and gave her a refund).
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