GRANNY'S INTENTIONS "Honest Injun" UK HIPPIE ROCK GREAT Psych Blues

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Dec 26, 2024 Sold Date

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ORIGINAL 1970 British DERAM
RARE FIRST PRESS
with TEEN guitar phenom GARY MOORE
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GRANNY'S INTENTIONS
''HONEST INJUN''
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"made in ENGLAND - DERAM RECORDS - SML 1060

EXCEEDINGLY-rare 1969 original UK only pressing with laminated cover on the acclaimed Brit Deram label.

Granny's Intentions remain a GREAT British underground rock artifact releasing only this one LP. They feature legendary guitarist GARY MOORE in his first band before going on to world wide popularity as a hard/heavy guitar soloist. After Granny's Intentions GARY MOORE played in UK SKID ROW who released two longtime collected heavy psych-rock albums on Epic.
Granny's Intentions of UK underground fame is VERY scarce somewhat in vein of both 1970 Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera collectibles = yet overall quite better in delivering a solid effort throughout.
"HONEST INJUN" which is filled with tracks that "grow" wonderfully upon repeat plays. THIS copy is a 1969 keeper copy playing clean/enjoyable making it a final collection copy, not found without time-costing searches.
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Both a period piece and a (v. rare) collectors' item, the original '69 release of “Honest Injun” by Granny's Intentions will no doubt be of immense interest to Gary Moore/Thin Lizzy fans. For such a well-chronicled musician, little information is available on Granny's Intentions, with whom Gary made his recording debut at the tender age of 17. Most biographies of Moore leap over his first band here and start with "Skid Row", then with Phil Lynott in the late 60's directly into his joining Thin Lizzy in 1974, neglecting to mention Granny's Intentions. For 55 years surviving copies of “Honest Injun” have been highly sought, and the historical and musical context has been all but lost. Although the band hailed from Limerick Ireland, they were living in Dublin Ireland when Gary Moore first met Phil Lynott & Thin Lizzy.
Formed in 1965, Granny's Intentions were popular on their home turf but had started to unravel when the recording of this album commenced. Three tracks were cut in London with guitarist John Hockedy and former Skid Row drummer Noel Bridgeman before they split up. Back in Ireland, however, Granny's Intentions reformed and recruited Gary Moore with whom they completed this great/ now scarce album at Decca Studios in London.

The album was released on the Deram label in 1969, but despite its merits was already out of step with the prevailing trends. The band's moniker had misleading psychedelic nuance, whilst musically they were caught between the cusp of two eras; homespun earthiness melding with blues-orientated rock which would flourish in the late UK 60's "blues boom", although the flavor of “Honest Injun” is closer to Sherwood Forest than the Mississippi Delta. Throughout, Moore's guitar playing is accomplished and flawless, his prowess belying his years, but what of the rest of the band? Already renowned for his ability as a budding songwriter, vocalist Johnny Duhan has a ballsy sincerity that fits the proscribed territory, songs for earnest traveling men, who spend their days 'telling tales of nights spent with right females', according to the lyrics anyway. Duhan later earned great acclaim for his compositions, and his material has since been covered by the likes of Van Morrison. His best-known number, 'The Voyage', has become a standard. Drummer Noel Bridgeman is effortlessly appropriate, straight-forward where required, a little more complex when necessary, as on “I'm Going”, which led eventually to a guest appearance with Clannad. As of bass player and flutist Pete Cummins, guitarist Johnny Hockedy, Zack Lawrence and Pat Nash who took care of the keys and drums, little is to be divined.

This could be doing them a disservice, but since recording “Honest Injun”, they seem to have slipped off the map, at least in terms of rock history. Not even a trawl around the internet reveals any clues, although Pat Nash may have become a race driver in Idaho. One can only presume that producer Wayne Bickerton went on to a sweet future as a tune-smith, in writing hit songs. But the fortunes of the band, aside from Moore and Johnny Duhan, who joined forces again in 1982, when Gary played on the singer's self-titled album, remain something of a mystery. Despite this, however, the music can now speak for itself, and provides a fascinating record of two influential artistes in the making.
Maybe - 3:06
We Both Need To Know - 3:07
Good Eye - 3:14
Fifty Years On (John Ryan) - 3:04
Susan Of The Country - 2:54
Rise Then Fall - 3:42
With Salty Eyes / Dirty Lies (John Ryan) - 8:05
Fourthskin Blues - 2:34
Nutmeg, Bitter Sweet (John Ryan) - 3:11
I’m Going - 2:22
Heavy Loaded Minds - 3:14
CONDITION:
The cover: rated: M- fragile & richly laminated, hard to find in any condition yet here is an example of a top copy... the non laminated would be near impossible clean, but here is a CLEAN front and back '69 original on the UK Deram label. There are no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing ...

The vinyl: Rated: near M- very clean, compliments the cover above and plays solid enjoyable enough to rate as a final collection winner... The only small thing is while both UK Deram labels are clean, there is light reside left from removal of very small sticker, slight bit of white on white off color. In total an original '69 copy to grab!

A cool addition to anyone's music library!
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M-   Carefully used, looks clean, plays clean, shiny gloss, plays clean
EX   Faint scuff or superficial mark, near M-, high gloss, plays clean VG++ Glossy with minimal scuffing or light mark playing very nice, enjoyable
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