THE GUESS WHO Wheatfield Soul 1969 UK RCA NEAR MINT
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THE GUESS WHO Wheatfield Soul 1969 UK RCA NEAR MINT
THE GUESS WHOWheatfield Soul
1969 UK RCA (SF 8037) FIRST PRESSING
LOVELY ORIGINAL COPY WHICH HAS SEEN LITTLE USE AND PLAYS LIKE NEW
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST SMOOTH ORANGE RCA LABELS
MATRIX: XPRS 4409-1 / XPRS 4410-1
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FRONT LAMINATED SLEEVE "Printed in England by Robert Stace"
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL "PATENT APPLIED FOR" DIE-CUT INNER SLEEVE
Wheatfield Soul by the Guess Who has become a collectors item over the years, fetching various prices in fan circles, and it is an important "first" step for the reconstituted group which initially hit with "Shakin' All Over" when it was led by Chad Allan.
The album is Jack Richardson's excellent production of Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings' music played by this particular four-piece unit, which Peter Clayton's liner notes claim were together "for three years when they cut this album in late 1968."
The naïve sound of Cummings' voice on the album tracks is charming, but the hit "These Eyes" has that authority which the band would repeat on diverse chart songs like "No Time," "American Woman," and even "Star Baby" further down the road.
"Pink Wine Sparkles in the Glass" is a precursor to "New Mother Nature," but the solo Cummings composition "I Found Her in a Star" is very nice Guess Who-style pop that their fans adore.
"Friends of Mine" is a strange one, though, ten minutes and three seconds of Burton Cummings channeling Jim Morrison circa "When the Music's Over."
This is a band stretching and searching for direction, and rather than hit you with hard Randy Bachman assaults which were a welcome addition to future long-players by this group, as well as Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Wheatfield Soul concentrates on Brit-pop and experimental songs.
Randy Bachman's "A Wednesday in Your Garden" is British rock meets jazz, and is one of the LP's most interesting numbers.
Maybe that's what makes Wheatfield Soul so sought after, inventive themes that eventually found their way onto later albums like Artificial Paradise and Rockin'.
Perhaps the tragedy is that they didn't get to work with Frank Zappa -- the Guess Who's left-field musings would have been the perfect follow-up to Zappa's work with Grand Funk
Side 1:
These Eyes (3:45)
Pink Wine Sparkles In The Glass (2:13)
I Found Her In A Star (2:36)
Friends Of Mine (10:03)
Side 2:
When You Touch Me (3:38)
A Wednesday In Your Garden (3:20)
Lightfoot (3:07)
Love And A Yellow Rose (5:05)
Maple Fudge (1:52)
We're Coming To Dinner (2:43)
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Both labels are clean and fresh with just a few light spindle traces
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like new and even under bright light there is hardly a hairline to be seen
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
This barely played copy delivers pretty much perfect sound.
A touch of low-level surface noted on the quietest moments/between some of the tracks but absolutely nothing really, a fantastic copy
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
Apart from a little grubbiness to the white untreated back the cover is crisp and sharp with a deep glass-like gloss to the laminate, all edges unworn and all spine text clear and bold
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINERS, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £20.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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