SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON & The YARDBIRDS *RARE* ORIG FONTANA 1965 UK BLUES-R'n B LP
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ITEMS SOLD WORLDWIDE - FROM SWEDEN - WAIT FOR INVOICE BEFORE PAYMENT - INSURANCE/REGISTERED POST ON ITEMS OVER £35, or all items to potentially difficult countries with unreliable postal systems - I need to make sure you receive your purchase!
Here is another great piece;
SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON & THE YARDBIRDS
"SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON & THE YARDBIRDS"
FONTANA RECORDS TL 5277 - ORIGINAL 1965 MATT BLACK LABLES UK ISSUE LP
PHEW! A SMOKIN' NEAR MINT LOVELY COPY OF THE VERY FIRST YARBIRDS RECORDINGS ON LP!!
A 1964 CONCERT APPEARANCE IN THE UK FOR SONNY BOY (RICE MILLER) WAS AUGMENTED BY A YOUNG AND ENTHUSIASTIC
RHYTHM AND BLUES BAND OF TEENAGERS - THE YARDBIRDS.
MANAGER GIORGIO GOMELSKY HAD LOST THE ROLLING STONES MANAGEMENT TO ANDREW LOOG OLDHAM, SO HIS NEW OUTFIT WERE GETTING HIS FULL ATTENTION! ERIC CLAPTON WAS ALREADY GAINING ATTENTION AS THE CONFIDENT GUITAR-SINGER IN TOWN, AND HERE WAS A BIG CHANCE TO CUT HIS TEETH BACKING A BLUES LEGEND.
IT'S SAID THAT HE PUT SONNY-BOY OUT A LITTLE TOO, BY MAYBE BEING A LITTLE TOO OVERCONFIDENT WITH HIS OWN PLAYING AND FORGETTING TO
BACK THE SEASONED BLUESMAN WITH A LITTLE LAYING BACK IN THE SHADOWS - AND SONNY-BOY LET HIM KNOW QUICKLY AND IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS THAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT HIM AND NOT ABOUT SOME TELE-STRUTTING PUNK GETTING OVERLY FLAMBOYANT!
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NOW YOU MAY NOTICE ANOTHER (FUTURE) LEGEND OF GUITAR ROCK THERE ON THE COVER, JEFF BECK HAD JUST JOINED THE BAND - AND GIORGIO STUCK HIS NEW TALENT TO THE FORE BY 'DELETING' CLAPTON FROM BEING IN THE PICTURE. ERIC HAD, AFTER ALL, QUITE A LOT OF NERVE BY WALKING OUT ON THE BAND DESPITE HAVING A TASTY SOLO PIECE ON THE FLIP OF 'FOR YOUR LOVE' (ERIC EVEN GOT A PSEUDONYM CREDIT 'O. RASPUTIN' FOR THAT!) - DECLARING THAT THE YARDBIRDS WERE NOT THE FULL TICKET IN THE BLUES SCENE (OH YEAH ERIC? AND 'I FEEL FREE' OR 'WONDERFUL TONIGHT' IS??).
NOT TO SAY THAT E.C. MADE A BAD PERSONAL MOVE, AS HISTORY SHOWS HE DIDN'T EXACTLY SUFFER ANONYMITY FROM THEN ON.
BUT AS HIS BOOK BEARS OUT - ERIC WANTED TO DO WHAT ERIC WANTED, PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY.
A LOVELY PRESSING OF THIS ALREADY SCARCE LP - DON'T BOTHER TRYING TO FIND A BETTER COPY!
CONDITION;
GRADES NEAR MINT, PLAYS GREAT THROUGHOUT WITH TOP SHEEN!
LABLES GRADE NM, NO PEN OR STAMPS ON EITHER SIDE, MATT 'TEXTURED' SILVER ON BLACK.
THE COVER IS A SOLID CARD LAMINATED FRONT, WITH PASTE-ON REAR IN CLEAN CONDITION - GRADING EX
MINOR SIGNS OF WEAR ONLY, SUPERB
A SUPER-RARE ALBUM, A WONDERFUL ORIGINAL COPY!
~ITEM SENT FROM SWEDEN - PLEASE WAIT FOR INVOICE~
Postage £4.50 inside SWEDEN, £9 EU, £12 WORLDWIDE
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