Wayne Fontana & Mindbenders - S/T TL 5230 UK LP Signed
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Sep 27, 2009 Sold Date
Sep 17, 2009 Start Date
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Album Information

Artist Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders       Title S/T                 (Signed copy) Record Label Fontana Cat. number TL 5230  Mono/Stereo? M

Country

UK Released 1967 Matrix no. 840665 1Y//1 840665 2Y//1 Please enquire if you need the matrix numbers

 

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Album Condition

Disc

Marks

Side 1

G Surface scuffs Side 2 EX  

Surface
Hairlines

Side 1

VG Many light hairlines Side 2 VG Many light hairlines

Scratches

Side 1

EX Side 2 EX

Other Info.

Sound

Surface Noise

Side 1

G Surface scuffs - crackles Side 2 EX

Pops/Clicks

Side 1

VG Many light hairlines - light crackles Side 2 VG Many light hairlines - light crackles

Scratches

Side 1

EX Side 2 EX Other Info.

Sleeve

Ring / Surface Wear

Front

VG Feathering at open edge Back EX Signatures. Slight age discolouration Inside  

Card Creases

Front

VG Card creases Back EX Inside  

Shelf Wear

Edge

VG Storage wear Spine VG Storage wear Corner EX Other Info.  

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Background Information

  Click on the link to find the original source of this information: - Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders never got the recognition to which they were entitled. Usually pegged as one-hit wonders in America for "The Game of Love"; as three-hit wonders in England for "Um Um Um Um Um," "The Game of Love"; and their sole big hit as a trio (post-Wayne Fontana), "A Groovy Kind of Love," they had a lot more in them than that meager run of successes would indicate. As this album reveals, they were a well-above-average R&B-based British band with their own way of embracing material as different as the Barry/Greenwich-authored "She's Got the Power," Chuck Berry's "Jaguar and Thunderbird," Curtis Mayfield's "Girl, You Don't Know Me," and familiar British Invasion single fodder like "A Certain Girl." 

They even turned in a gorgeous original, "One More Time," co-authored by Fontana and Eric Stewart. Fontana later squandered his reputation in an abortive attempt at a solo career, but when he was part of the quartet, he had a combination of power, sincerity, and class that was compelling. They weren't the most virtuoso band to come out of Manchester, either vocally or instrumentally, but they could put over a song with enough inspiration and spirit so that you had to enjoy what they were doing. Every so often they came up with a flourish in the singing, like on "Too Many Tears," "One More Time," and "Cops and Robbers," that comes as a surprise. 

This was a brilliant debut album, incorporating new songs and a few remnants from their early singles and EPs, making up a healthy cross-section of their sound in 1963 and 1964, which encompassed not only the sounds of Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley, but also the songs of Dave Bartholomew and other New Orleans influences. The only thing missing was a concurrent hit single, their cover of Curtis Mayfield's "Um Um Um Um Um." 

Track Listing: -

1 She's Got the Power 
2 Girl You Don't Know Me 
3 Git It Kelly 
4 Jaguar and Thunderbird Berry 
5 A Certain Girl 
6 One More Time 
7 Where Have You Been? 
8 Keep Your Hands Off My Baby 
9 Too Many Tears 
10 The Girl Can't Help It Troup 
11 Cops and Robbers 
12 I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday Bartholomew, Domino, Hayes 

       

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