THE ACCENT - RED SKY AT NIGHT / WIND OF CHANGE 1967 RARE OZ 7" RELEASE PSYCH

	A$		100
	$		66

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You are bidding on a MEGA RARE AUSTRALIAN released UK PSYCH 7" 45rpm vinyl record. 
"RED SKY AT NIGHT" b/w "WIND OF CHANGE" by THE ACCENT [SEE BIOGRAPHY BELOW]

IF YOU ARE AWARE OF THIS BAND YOU WILL KNOW HOW RARE UK PRESSINGS OF THIS SINGLE ARE SO YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW MUCH RARER THE AUSTRALIAN PRESSING IS GIVEN THE LIMITED SALES IN AUSTRALIA AT THE TIME.

Track selection is:-
A-Side. "Red Sky At Night" (Davies/Beetham/Hebron/Birkett).
B-Side. "Wind Of Change" (Davies/Beetham/Hebron/Birkett).
The record was released by DECCA Records via EMI Records AUSTRALIA.
Catalogue number Y7377 (7XDEC1134/1135). Released in 1967.

Vinyl record is in VG+ condition, has obvious signs of repeated play but still sounds great.  As you can see there is spindle wear from play and the vinyl is marked but it doesn't result in any clicks or pops. The only background noise audible during play is on the run in to the begining of each song and again on the run out at the end. 

Cover is a generic Decca Records dark blue paper sleeve which is in fair condition. 

Labels are in excellent condition, nice and clean, silver lettering on a dark blue background.

See scans attached for further details.

BIOGRAPHY
The Accent, consisting of Rick Birkett (guitar), John Hebron (vocals, guitar), Alan Davies (bass), and Pete Beetham (drums), originally hailed from Yorkshire, where they formed as the Blue Blood Group. A change of name presaged a change of locale to London, where they began making a serious name for themselves with their hard attack on their instruments and a heavy psychedelic sound, which secured them a residency at the Upper Cut Club. They came to the attention of Mike Vernon, who produced their one attempt at a single, "Red Sky at Night," on English Decca Records' Deram Records imprint. An eerie track with a heavy rhythm section, strange echo effects, and a melody that anticipates the tune behind Emerson, Lake & Palmer's "A Time and a Place" from Tarkus, "Red Sky at Night" came out something like what a Doors cover of "Tomorrow Never Knows" might've sounded like. The record never charted, alas, and The Accent disappeared, though guitarist Rick Birkett later recorded on Vernon's Blue Horizon label under the name Rick Hayward and was a member of the Zombies and Jellybread. "Red Sky at Night" has re-appeared on The Psychedelic Scene and older collections, such as Chocolate Soup for Diabetics, and its B-side "Wind of Change" has been anthologized somewhat less often.

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