The People Band TRA 214 UK LP 1st Press Charlie Watts

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	$		52

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Album Information

Artist The People Band   (featuring Charlie Watts (Rolling Stones)) Title Same  Record Label Transatlantic Cat. number TRA 214 Mono/Stereo? S

Country

UK Sleeve MacNeill Press If blank, no sleeve manufactured credits present Recorded 1970

Matrix number

Side A STRA 214 A1 Side B STRA 214 B1  

Album Condition

Disc

Paper Scuffs

Side 1

EX   Side 2 EX  

Surface Marks

Side 1

EX   Side 2 VG Small mark on Tk 1

Scratches

Side 1

EX A couple of light surface hairlines - not audible Side 2 EX A few light surface hairlines - not audible Other Info.  

Sound

Surface Noise

Side 1

EX

Side 2 EX

Pops/Clicks

Side 1

EX   Side 2 VG Small mark on Tk 1 - light clicks 

Scratches

Side 1

EX Side 2 EX Other Info.

Cover

Ring / Surface Wear

Front

VG Ring wear/storage wear. Very small scuff. Sticker residue Back EX Light ring wear Inner  

Card Creases

Front

VG A few light creases Back VG A few light creases Inner  

Shelf Wear

Edge

G Storage wear. Small piece of sellotape on each edge Spine G Storage wear Corner VG Storage wear Other Info.  

Guide to grades used

M Cover Looks virtually New - no marks, wear or damage Disc Looks unplayed - no marks visible Sound I don't use this grade for sound - as all records (even brand new) produce some noise Ex Cover Slight signs of wear on edges/spine, corners or ring wear. Minor creases. No damage caused by sticker removal/residue. Light sleeves may show slight discolouration due to age or handling Disc May have minor paper scuffs caused by moving record in & out of paper sleeve. Sound May be occasional pops/clicks and minimal surface noise Vg Cover Moderate edge/spine or ring wear. Corners may be a little blunt. Opening edge may show feathering caused by removal of record. Visible creases or laminate lift. Localised sticker removal damage. Disc Some surface marks &/or hairline scratches. Moderate paper scuffs. Sound May be pops/clicks caused by marks/scratches. Moderate background surface noise and crackles. G Cover Heavy ring or edge/spine wear. Corners noticable bashed. Heavy creases. Considerable laminate/surface damage. Disc Looks very well played. A lot of surface marks/scratches Sound Considerable surface noise. Audible scratches.

Background Information

  Click on the link to find the original source of this information: - The People Band The People Band was a musical collective functioning in the UK in the mid to late 60s. Its music was inclusive: Genre, style, audience and environment were all enveloped into the music making. The group had a particularly liquid membership—any combination of People Band associates could function as the unit—but if its central figures were to be narrowed to two, they would likely be drummer Terry Day and pianist Mel Davis. It was Day's exceptional technique at the drums that attracted Charlie Watts, who financed the band's only studio album in 1968. People Band was issued in 1970 on the Transatlantic label, and remained largely forgotten until Julian Cowley wrote an incisive feature on the group in the June 2002 issue of The Wire. Now Martin Davidson's Emanem label has reissued the 1968 album along with additional material from the original studio session. 

The music is often visceral and exciting: Day's hailstorm knitting needles on skins, the mad scamper of Mel Davis' keyboard, and the free but lovely tone that Lyn Dobson turns up on the first track are all powerful forces. There are ties to styles: The strong sense of pulse on some tracks, mostly supplied by Frank Flowers' bass, with something of the effect of the polyrhythmic thrust found in the last music made by Coltrane's classic quartet. Also, George Khan's tenor work creates ties to free jazz, and the drums and piano do as well, though more by habitual association than anything else. These features are interwoven into primal music making though, different from that of contemporaries AMM. This is less thought-through—more haphazard perhaps—freewheeling, unrestricted. 

At performances, audiences were encouraged to pick up instruments lying around, and it was common practice for the band members to switch off amongst themselves. Though Day says that the recording is not representative of the group's power (too formal), the "everything goes" feeling of the music is intact and delivers its message, in the form of a question: Why aren't you, listener, making this music? Anyone with interest and patience enough to spend time reading up on People Band and listening to their music is a good enough listener to play the music herself.     Other Information   If you require any further information about this record or require additional photos, matrix numbers etc - please let me know and I will send them to you.

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