Wheatstone Bridge rare private press hard rock LP psych
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Description
This is BAD CONNECTION by Wheatstone Bridge, an excellent privately pressed hard rock album, highly recommended to fans of 70s hard rock. It's from 1976, on the SanRon label. This is a very nice copy, an EX cover with minor spots of wear and a clean EX record.
Here's the review I wrote for it for the Acid Archives:
This impressive hard rock album was recorded in just 17 hours and had a fresh, inspired feel to it. They obviously perfected these songs through many live performances, so this album is tightly played and professional sounding despite the quick recording. The sound is sharp: metallic rhythm guitar, upbeat rhyhms, spastic leads, no keyboards, unpretentious vocals. The album has six rockers and two ballads. The only annoyance is that the lead guitarist overdoes it with the speed; some subtlety and variety would have been welcome. Otherwise, this is good stuff. The songs aren’t especially complex, but they have hooks, are structured in occasionally surprising ways, and are short and to the point. This isn’t a masterpiece, and isn’t especially heavy, but it avoids most of the pitfalls of 70s hard rock and is quite a bit better than most of the albums I’ve heard in the genre. Weird album cover, by the way.
My grading scale, which I believe is conservative, is below. For the most part they are visually graded, but those I remember well enough to give a playgrade, I will.
M- This means LP and cover are like new. In my opinion, if there’s a cut corner or punch hole the LP can still be M-, but I will mention if it is there. I almost never grade LPs M-. My EX is most people’s “mint.”
EX. Cover may have very superficial wear, like a bent corner or a small sticker, but basically looks new. LP plays like new but may not look perfect—there could be a tiny warp not affecting play, some scuffs that don’t affect play, etc… Note that some brand new albums have a bit of surface noise because they are not particularly good pressings.
VG++. Beautiful copy, acceptable to most collectors who are not mint freaks. Plays essentially clean but may have a few spots with very minor hiss or crackle. LP shows no scratches, maybe some scuffing. The cover may have minor ringwear or dirt, small writing, a small seam split in the middle (not on the edge) or something to that effect.
VG+ Nice copy, plays mostly clean with some noise in the quiet areas or between songs. May have a few pops but nothing major. Cover has some dirt or moderate ring wear, maybe some tape on the seams or a small seam split. LP may have light scratches.
VG. The LP will play with crackly or fuzzy noise, but should not skip, nor will the noise predominate during the loud parts. May have quite a few scratches. Cover may have seam splits, writing, heavy ring wear, etc… but is not trashed.
VG-. LP is very noisy, lots of pops and crackle. Cover is ragged.
Postage: Postage in the US is $2.50 media mail or $6.00 priority for one or two LPs. Canada is $7.00 for one LP. For larger orders I’ll weigh the LPs and send you a quote. Europe is $12 for the first LP, $3 for each additional. Asia and Australia are $13.50 for the first, $3 for each additional. Insurance is only available in the United States. Overseas LPs can not be insured past the US border and are, as always, sent at the buyer’s risk. In the US, insurance if requested is $1.30 for $50, $2.20 for $100, and a dollar for each hundred above that. I mail LPs in poly bags separated from the cover to prevent seam splitting in the mail. If you do not want them sent that way, please contact me and tell me so. I always use cardboard Bags Unlimited boxes with cardboard liners, and have never had any record damaged in the mail.
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On Dec-12-05 at 14:08:47 PST, seller added the following information: To clarify: the "small bits of wear" I refer to are a small line of white spots on the bottom of the cover...I can't tell if those are actualy part of the cover design or not.
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