THE LEOPARDS-KANSAS CITY SLICKERS-NM PRIVATE PRESS LP

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THE LEOPARDS -KANSAS CITY SLICKERS - MOON MLP 300. THIS 1977 PRIVATE PRESS POP/ROCK LP OUT OF KANSAS CITY MISSOURI HAS THE COVER AT NEAR MINT AND THE VINYL TOO. THERE IS A SLIGHT PRESSING DEFECT DISCOLORATION TO THE VINYL SIDE 2, TRACKS 3&4 THAT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE HEAT DAMAGE BUT ISN'T AND THE VINYL PLAYS FINE. THE LABELS ARE NEAR MINT.LOTS OF KINKS INFLUENCED ROCK HERE.

FROM A REVIEW FOUND ON THE WEB:"...I was at a party and a hardcore collector friend played this album without telling anyone who the band was. My immediate thought was Ray Davies and the Kinks. Most of the guests didn't care one way or the other, but being the anal fool that I am, imagine my surprise learning it was Kansas City's The Leopards ..." Skip forward a couple of weeks later when I had time to check out some reviews and information about the band. Turns out virtually every other article made the same Kinks comparison.

Fronted by Dennis Pash and Kevin Sanders The Leopards were simply a lost treasure. Released on their own Moon label, 1977's "Kansas City Slickers" found the pair managing to out-Kink The Kinks. Mind you I'm not talking mid-1970s comeback Kinks, rather mid-1960s primetime Kinks! These guys managed to nail Davies and company's magical mid-1960s sound without coming off like mindless clones. Their energy and enthusiasm for this material simply exploded across the album. Showcasing all original material (penned by Pash and Sanders), tracks like 'Mind of My Own', '57 Chevy' and 'Bugle Boy' were catchy, clever and effortlessly evoked Davies at his creative best. For cryin' out loud they even managed to capture The Kinks' very English delivery including music hall influences ('It Must Be Love'). Don't believe it? Check out the opener 'Road To Jamaica' or 'Dancing in the Snow'. And they were from Kansas to boot ... This is one of those albums where it's simply hard to pick a favorite performance, but if pushed into a corner I'd give the nod to 'Recess' or 'the pretty ballad 'I Wonder If I'll Ever See You Again'.

"Kansas City Slickers" track listing: (side 1) 1.) Road To Jamaica (Dennis Pash) - 3:17 2.) Mind of My Own (Kevin Sanders) - 2:48 3.) Dancing In the Snow (Dennis Pash) - 3:12 4.) 57 Chevy (Dennis Pash) - 2:23 5.) Bugle Boy (Kevin Sanders) - 1:53 6.) I Wonder If I'll Ever See You Again (Dennis Pash) - 2:28

(side 2) 1.) Recess (Dennis Pash) - 2:58 2.) It Must Be Love (Dennis Pash) - 2:33 3.) I'm On My Way (Dennis Pash) - 2:06 4.) Raggedy Andy Raggedy Ann (Dennis Pash) - 3:16 5.) Summer's Gone (Kevin Sanders) - 2:25

PLEASE SEE THE PHOTOS.

NO RESERVE!

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