Riley, Riley, Wood & Waggett - Shape of the Rain - RCA Neon - Ex Cond
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RILEY RILEY WOOD AND WAGGETT SHAPE OF THE RAIN LP NEON RCA RECORDS 1971
Mega Rare LP - gatefold sleeve
In excellent condition throughout - kept unplayed in storage for over 40 years
Very very slight fluff wear on a couple of the edges and a couple of tiny marks on the gatefold sleeve but although they're barely noticable, serious collectors need to be told about this sort of thing.
Shape of the Rain are a band from Sheffield , founded around 63/64 by Keith Riley, his brother Len, Brian Wood and Ian Waggett. They started out called The Gear and then The Reaction. `If we couldn't get gigs because they didn't like us, we'd just change the name, If they liked us we'd stick with the same name,' says Keith Riley. The band's first professional recordings were in Nottingham in 1966. They released an album called "Riley Riley Wood and Waggett" in 1971, which was produced by Tony Hall. They were influenced by American West Coast music and the British psych/progressive scene as well as many other styles and came up with a sound that was all their own.Twelve string and slide guitars were used to create a different sound to what was then the norm. They played The Marquee, London, The Cavern, Liverpool and Manchesters Hard Rock and Magic Village. They supported bands such as Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Free, Fleetwood Mac, Love, Cream and Joe Cocker, as well as many others during their time as Sheffield University `House Band'!
Tracks:
All songs written by Keith Riley, Len Riley, Brian Wood and Ian Waggett except where noted.
01. Woman - 3:57
02. Patterns - 3:21
03. Castles - 1:57
04. Wasting My Time - 3:09
05. Rockfield Roll (Eric Hine) - 0:48
06. Yes - 5:47
07. Dusty Road - 3:49
08. Willowing Trees - 3:48
09. I'll Be There - 3:39
10. Broken Man - 5:57 including:
a). Every One A Gem
b). After Collapsing At Kingsley's
Personnel:
- Keith Riley - electric & acoustic 6- & 12-string guitars, vocals
- Brian Wood - electric & acoustic 6- & 12-string guitars, steel guitar, tambourine (10), vocals
- Len Riley - bass, maracas (02)
- Ian "Tag" Waggett - drums, maracas (10), tambourine (02)
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- Eric Hine - electric piano (05,07,08,10), producer
- Tony Hall - producer
Will be carefully packed in a purpose made record mailer with two cardboard stiffeners. Apologies for the p&p costs, but these mailers cost me over £1 each apart from what the Royal Mail charge.
Will be posted Special Delivery to cover insurance. If you would rather take a chance with the Royal Mail and go for economy delivery, please let me know before paying the invoice.
Returns not accepted - ebay have sneakily set this as a default.
& I now can't revise it after listing.
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