BLUES ADDICTS - LP HOLY GRAIL DANISH HEAVY PSYCH ROCK SPECTATOR HEAR
  £   250
  $   298

 


£ 250 Sold For
Jun 18, 2015 Sold Date
Jun 11, 2015 Start Date
1 Number Of Bids
  Danmark Country Of Seller
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I AM LISTING MORE PSYCH/ROCK/FREAKBEAT LPs IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS..

On Auction : 
Blues Addicts - selftitled album LP
Label : Original 1970 Danish pressing on Spectator Records : SL 1015
matrix/runout : SL-1015-A / SL-1015-B 
COVER IS A SIMPLE ONE-FOLDED PRINTED CARDBOARD SHEET. 

THIS IS NO BOOTLEG OR REISSUE !! - THIS IS THE REAL DEAL!!!!!!
EXTREMELY RARE DANISH PSYCH/PROG ALBUM, RELEASED ON THE LEGENDARY SHORT LIVED SPECTATOR RECORDS!!!

Spectator records was formed in 1969 by Journalist Jørgen Bornefeldt togehter with Jazz musician Carsten Meinert. 

All master tapes and the stock of vinyls were lost in a fire at the company in 1972. 

The reissues available are therefore made from re-recording actual vinyl pressings and not master tapes, cause they simply do not exist!!! 

Records were usually pressed in between 300-500 copies. 

CONSIDERING THAT THE STOCK BURNED DOWN AND THE YEARS THAT HAVE PAST 

- I GUESS THAT NOT MORE THAN ABOUT 1-200 ORIGINAL COPIES STILL EXIST. 


BLUES ADDICTS PLAYS BLUES/ACID/PSYCH/GARAGE ROCK - HEAVILY INSPIRED BY HENDRIX, CREAM ETC. 

LOTS OF FUZZY SCREAMING GUITARS - ALL TRACKS ARE SIMPLY KILLERS!!!!. 

IF YOU COLLECT HEAVY PSYCH THIS WILL DEFINITELY BE ONE OF THE CROWN JEWELS IN A COLLECTION - NOT JUST 

BECAUSE OF IT´S RARITY BUT ALSO BECAUSE THIS IS A FANTASTIC AWESOME RECORD!!!!


THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER DANISH PSYCH/PROG RELEASES - AND IT ALMOST NEVER SHOWS UP!!!


PERSONNEL :

Ivan Horn (guitar, vocals), 

Gibber Thomsen (vocals, congas),  

Mich Brink (bass) 

Henning Aasbjerg (drums).


SOME WERE RELEASED WITH A LYRIC SHEET - THIS ONE DOES NOT HAVE THAT ONE. 


SOUND : 
LISTEN TO FULL ALBUM AND CHECK QUALITY AT LINK BELOW : (taken from actual record for sale)

(RECORDED USING A TECHNICS 1210 WITH A CONCORDE PICK-UP AND AN ORTOFON NEEDLE)

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Condition :



Cover/Vinyl

(GRADINGS USED :   VG-    VG   VG+   VG++   NM  -  MINT IS ONLY USED FOR SEALED RECORDS.)



VG- 

(COVER SUFFERS FROM A WATER DAMAGE FROM THE MIDDLE OF TOP DOWNWARDS TO MIDDLE OF OPENING - SEE PHOTOS. 

FRONT HAS A COUPLE OF SMALL TEARS, LIGHT TRACE FROM WATER WITH CREASING AT TOP LEFT.

BACK HAS THE SAME WITH A LITTLE MORE TEARING AT TITLE. - SEE PHOTOS. 

TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES STILL REMAIN VERY SHARP WITH MINIMAL WEAR. 

EDGES AT OPENING HAVE SOME CREASING - BUT NOTHING TOO SERIOUS. 

SPINE IS VERY NICE WITH ONLY VERY SLIGHT CREASING.

CORNERS AT SPINE  HAVE MINIMAL WEAR AND REMAIN SHARP!!

CORNERS AT OPENING HAVE A LITTLE WEAR AND ARE SLIGHTLY DULLED.

CONSIDERING THE WATER DAMAGE - IT IS STILL A PRETTY DECENT COVER. ) 



/VG TO VG+ (PLAYS GREAT!!!)

VINYL HAS 6-8 LIGHT HAIRLINES AND VERY MODERATE LIGHT SCUFFING FROM SLEEVE ON EACH SIDE.

- NO FEELABLE MARKS. 

- EVERYTHING IS VERY SUPERFICIAL AND RECORD PLAYS GREAT WITH VERY LITTLE CRACKLE. - NO BIG POPS OR CLICKS. 

- AT INTROS OR FADEOUTS - JUST A LITTLE CRACKLE CAN BE PRESENT. 

- MOST OF THE PAPER SCUFFS ARE ONLY VISIBLE WHEN HELD IN DIRECT STRONG LIGHT. 


THE SPECTATOR PRESSINGS ARE NOT OF THE BEST QUALITY AND I HAVE HAD SOME OF THE OTHER ONES IN NM LOOKING 

CONDITION AND THEY ALL HAVE PLAYED WITH SOME CRACKLE. 

LABELS ARE CLEAN WITH A COUPLE OF FAINT SPINDLE MARKS AT CENTER HOLE.

I VERY MUCH RECOMMEND THAT YOU CHECK SOUNDCLIPS!!!)





HAPPY BIDDING!!

KASTER1202






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