LONG JOHN BALDRY ROD STEWART "You'll be mine"/ "Up above my head"RARE DEMO COPY
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You are bidding on a 45Rpm, 7 Inch Vinyl record......
United Artists 4 Prong Spider Centre Demonstration Record(White Label) 1964 Cat No UP1056 Matrix No 45 UP 1056 A-1 N
ARTIST: LONG JOHN BALDRY & The Hoochie Coochie Men
A SIDE: YOU'LL BE MINE
B SIDE: UP ABOVE MY HEAD(featuring Rod Stewart)
Very sought after Demo from 1964 with the first recorded vocal performance from Rod(the Mod) Stewart on the B-side......... see below from Wikipedia...
On or around 5 January 1964,[30][nb 6] Stewart was drunk and waiting on the Twickenham railway station platform, playing "Smokestack Lightnin'" on his harmonica after having seen a rhythm and blues show by Cyril Davies and the All Stars at Eel Pie Island.[30][53][54] All Stars singer Long John Baldry discovered him and invited him to sit in with the group (which passed into his hands and was renamed the Hoochie Coochie Men when Davies died of leukaemia on 7 January); when Baldry discovered Stewart was a singer as well, he offered him a job for £35 a week, after securing the approval of Stewart's mother.[53] Quitting his day job at age nineteen, Stewart gradually overcame his shyness and nerves and became a visible enough part of the act that he was sometimes added to the billing as "Rod the Mod" Stewart,[39][53][55] the nickname coming from his dandyish style of grooming and dress.[35] Baldry touted Stewart's abilities to Melody Maker magazine and the group enjoyed a weekly residence at London's fabled Marquee Club.[55] In June 1964, Stewart made his recording début (without label credit) on "Up Above My Head", the B-side to a Baldry and Hoochie Coochie Men single.[56]
CONDITION(please enlarge photo as this is record on sale)
VINYL: Bright, clean and clear, retains High New-looking Gloss. On the edge(run-in grooves) of this record there are some pressing marks?/scuffs? and also the usual fine hairlines, fortunately these do NOT effect the tracks themselves and the music plays out loud and clear with High Quality Audio Signal
LABEL: Bright, Very clean and clear, the release date 17.6.64 is written in biro on A side label which is normally the case if not printed on label, there is NO tears/rips/marks/stickers at all and a very few spindle marks and NO spindle hole wear at all.
SLEEVE: Original United Artists Records company bag which has NO rips, tears or splits or writing or stickers
This record has seen very little play and only drops grade by having the marks/scuffs on the run-in grooves, this is mainly on the less important A-Side but its important to point out again to avoid disappointment. I'm sure most collectors would be very happy with this record.
In line with E-Bay/Record Collector grading guide, this record is in EXCELLANT -(MINUS) Condition
EXCELLANT=The record shows some signs of having been played, but there is very little lessening in sound quality. The cover and packaging might have slight wear and / or creasing.
