AMBROSE SLADE BEGINNINGS FONTANA DEMO PROMO STL 5492 LP

£ 343

$ 455

£ 343 Sold For

Mar 28, 2011 Sold Date

Mar 18, 2011 Start Date

£ 100 Start price

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YOU ARE BIDDING ON A

VERY RARE ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL / DEMO LP

AMBROSE SLADE

BEGINNINGS

GENESIS

EVERYBODY'S NEXT ONE

KNOCKING NAILS INTO MY HOUSE

ROACH DADDY

AIN'T GOT NO HEART

PITY THE MOTHER

MAD DOG COLE

FLY ME HIGH

IF THIS WORLD WERE MINE

MARTHA MY DEAR

BORN TO BE WILD

JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF YOUR MIND

RELEASED ON FONTANA RECORDS

STL 5492

MATRIX NUMBERS: 886766 1Y//2,

886766 2Y//2

THIS IS A STEREO RECORD

THE RECORD HAS A NUMBER OF LIGHT SURFACE MARKS AND CRACKLES VERY SLIGHTLY BETWEEN TRACKS AND HAS ONE LIGHT CLICK, THE SLEEVE HAS SLIGHT LAMINATE PEEL TO THE FRONT AND REAR, A COUPLE OF SMALL SCUFFS/TEARS TO THE REAR, SLIGHT WEAR AND A COUPLE OF VERY SMALL TEARS TO THE OPENING EDGE, SLIGHT EDGE/CORNER WEAR, A FEW LIGHT CREASES, AND VERY SLIGHT SIGNS OF AGE

WE DO COMBINE POSTAGE FOR ITEMS PURCHASED MEANING THAT WE DO PROVIDE POSTAGE DISCOUNTS ON MULTIPLE PURCHASES WHERE POSSIBLE, AS A RULE THE FIRST LP IS CHARGED AT STANDARD POSTAL RATE AND EACH ITEM THERE AFTER AT AROUND A 50% DISCOUNT, AND THE SAME GOES FOR 7" RECORDS, THERE MAY BE A FEW EXCEPTIONS TO THIS, SUCH AS BEING UNABLE TO COMBINE POSTAGE FOR A POSTER AND A RECORD, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT US IF YOU ARE STILL UNSURE

ITEMS ARE PACKAGED IN STIFF CARD MAILERS WITH STIFFENERS, AND ARE REMOVED FROM SLEEVES PRIOR TO PACKING-UNLESS THE ITEM IS SOLD AS 'SEALED'

THE FOLLOWING IS TAKEN FROM sladestory.blogspot.com (fantastic site-roots to boots, well worth checking out): I know, for sure, that Beginnings was bootlegged in the groups 'golden years' when it was selling for a £100 plus. They created a good counterfeit copy which they tried to pass off as the original but they were unable to get the Fontana labels right. I guess in the mid 70's, printing was a great deal more complex than it is nowadays. White on Black was do-able, Silver on Black was a lot more difficult. Not really a problem if your customer hasn't seen the original and most Slade fans hadn't seen the album in the flesh, so to speak.

Another forgery attempt was made at a later date, in the early 80's, that had a matt finish cover (rather than gloss) and the picture on the back was darker than the original.

The run out groove (the bit between the end of the last track and the label) on the fake is much wider than the original. Etched into this run out, the counterfeit is engraved with the number STL 5492 but the original is engraved 886 766. This is believed to be a constant but is based on a few authentic copies discussed between a handful of enthusiasts.

The print on the label of the counterfeit is not as sharp, the sleeve has no information on the spine and it has no copyright warning on the rear. The general quality of printing and colours is not as good, i.e. the group name on the rear should be red but is printed in black. *** Time was, Beginnings represented a holy grail of sorts for Slade fans (and original Fontana pressings still do). Thankfully, a rash of reissues have taken much of the edge of the market, and the band's debut album, cut while they still traded as Ambrose Slade, is readily available for all to hear, and what a joy it is. Of course, little of what you'd expect from Slade is actually in place, although Noddy Holder's vocals, naturally, are unmistakable. The songwriting duties are split between well-executed covers and full band compositions -- the Holder/Jim Lea team of future renown has still to crystallize itself, and their one joint effort, the hauntingly folky "Pity the Mother," has little in common with anything the future held. But the opening "Genesis" will be familiar to anyone who rocked out to the second album's "Know Who You Are," proving that the band already knew a great song when they wrote one, and a cover of "Born to Be Wild" sets them up for the definitive version featured on the first live album. A floor-shaking slam through the Amboy Dukes' "Journey to the Center of Your Mind," and a suitably deranged romp through Frank Zappa's "Ain't Got No Heart," meanwhile, demonstrate the band's musical versatility, and while there are a handful of disappointments ("Martha My Dear" is almost heinous), still Beginnings stands as, indeed, a fine beginning. But things were going to get a lot better than this.

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