AQUILA"AQUILA"1970 RCA PROGRESSIVE ROCK+GATEFOLD COVER

	£		80
	$		106

1ST UK 1970 RCA LABEL PRESSING 

AQUILA"AQUILA"

A SERIOUSLY RARE LP AS IT WAS THE BAND'S ONLY RELEASE,HAD NO PUBLICITY,BARELY SOLD AND WAS DELETED WITHIN A YEAR OF ISSUE!

PRODUCED BY:

PATRICK CAMPBELL-LYONS

(best known for producing NIRVANA,

The decent Nirvana of the 1960s that is-not the grunge horror overated junk of more recent times!) 

THIS IS THE ONLY UK ISSUE!

RCA LABEL:SF 8126

+A GATEFOLD COVER

PRINTED BY GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE(PATENTS PENDING)

 IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR AN ACURATE GRADED ORIGINAL 1ST PRESSING OF THIS GEM OF AN LP-THIS COULD BE THE ONE FOR YOU!  

EXCELLENT+++ CONDITION-WITH JUST A COUPLE OF THE  FAINTEST OF SURFACE MARKS AND HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE WHATSOEVER!

A COPY THAT HAS NOT HAD MUCH USE AND WELL CARED FOR!

ONE OWNER IN NEARLY 40 YEARS! 

HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE AND SOUNDS FANTASTIC WITH NO CLICKS/JUMPS/STICKS etc!

MANY WOULD STATE NEAR MINT! 

TONS OF BASS AND WARMTH! 

IT IS TIME FOR ANOTHER DELIGHT FROM ONE OF THE UKs LEADING RECORD  EXPERTS/DEALERS.  

NOW HERE IS SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL!

AN ORIGINAL 1ST EDITION(1970)OF A VERY RARE PROGRESSIVE ALBUM ISSUED ON THE RCA LABEL .

PROGRESSIVE ROCK AT IT'S VERY BEST WITH SUPERB MUSICIANSHIP,SOME GREAT SOLOS ALL IN THE GLORY OF VINYL!

IN 1970, THE UK ROCK/POP MUSIC SCENE WAS BASICALLY SPLIT INTO TWO DIRECTIONS:WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS,MOST SINGLES BASED BANDS WERE BUBBLEGUM/HARMONY-SUNSHINE POP/CHEERFUL 3 MINUTE CANDYFLOSS POP(AND NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT!!!!)THE ALBUM ROUTE WAS MAINLY FOR THE PROGRESSIVE ROCK CROWD,HARDLY ANY LIGHTWEIGHT POP ACTS SOLD MANY ALBUMS UNTIL THE GLAM ROCK BOOM THAT REALLY TOOK OFF IN 1972 WITH JOINT ALBUM AND SINGLES SUCCESS.

SO AFTER THE SUCCESS OF JETHRO TULL,CHICAGO,KING CRIMSON,YES AND OTHERS, WHOSE STYLES ARE COPIED ON VARIOUS TRACKS OF THIS RARE ALBUM,NATURALLY ALL THE RECORD COMPANIES WERE KEEN TO JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON.OVER THE YEARS I HAVE FOUND AND SOLD MOST ALBUMS OF THE GENRE BUT "AQUILA"HAS ELUDED ME UNTIL NOW.

THE BAND WERE THE BRAINCHILD OF BLONDE ON BLONDE GUITARIST,RALPH DENYER,WHO WROTE AND COMPOSED ALL THE MUSIC AND SONGS ON THE ALBUM WHICH IS OF THAT"ART ROCK"STYLE WITH ELEMENTS OF JAZZ AND ROCK,THE OBLIGATORY LONG DRUM SOLO ON ONE TRACK(ALA CHICAGO"I'M A MAN",SOME SWIRLING HAMMOND ORGAN BITS,NICE HORNWORK(!!)SOME INTERESTING GUITAR SOLOS,INTELLIGENT BUT AT TIMES MYSTERIOUS LYRICS USING SEMI-DISTANT VOCALS.

THE BAND ALSO INCLUDES GEORGE LEE,WHO WOULD SHORTLY AFTERWARDS JOIN ARRIVAL WHEN THEY LEFT DECCA(AFTER TWO HIT SINGLES AND AN ALBUM)TO GO TO CBS.GEORGE WOULD LATER WORK ON ALBUMS BY JOHN MARTYN,JESS RODEN.BURNING SPEAR,TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS etc.

WHY AQUILA BROKE UP AFTER JUST ONE ALBUM IS A MYSTERY.IT SOUNDS VERY COMPETANT AGAINST SOME OF THE OTHER ALBUMS OF THE TIME,NOT LEAST FOR THE CAREFUL PRODUCTION WORK OF PATRICK CAMPBELL-LYONS.

RCA IN THE UK HOWEVER SEEMED TO HAVE A LIMITED DEVELOPMENT POLICY-LONG TERM COLLECTORS WILL BE ABLE TO THINK OF MANY BANDS WHO MADE JUST ONE ALBUM FOR THE LABEL AND WERE THEN DUMPED!

THE COVER DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A PHOTO OF THE BAND,MERELY ARTISTS DRAWINGS INSIDE

(SEE PHOTO#2!!)

FOUNDER GUITARIST RALPH DENYER HAS HAD A CAREER WRITING BOOKS ON GUITAR TUITION.

AS FOR THE OTHERS???? HERE IS THE LINE UP:

PHIL CHILDS(FENDER BASS+PIANO)

GEORGE LEE

(FLUTE/ALTO,TENOR,BARITONE AND SOPRANO SAX)

MARTIN WOODWARD(HAMMOND ORGAN)

JAMES SMITH(DRUMS AND VARIOUS PERCUSSION)

A MAGNIFICENT EXPERIENCE THAT MUST HAVE BLOWN THE MINDS AWAY BACK IN 1970 OF THE FEW THAT ACTUALLY BOUGHT IT WHEN THE MAJORITY OF EQUIPMENT USED RUINED ANY COPY WITHIN JUST A COUPLE OF PLAYS.DON'T FORGET THOSE PARTIES WHERE SUCH LPs WERE PLAYED AND ENDED UP LEFT LYING AROUND WITHOUT A COVER OR ON A TURNTABLE TO WARP AND ATTRACT DUST AND DIRT,SPILLAGES,SCUFFS,SCRATCHES etc etc.

HARDLY ANYONE THOUGHT LONG TERM VALUE AND VERY,VERY FEW WOULD PLAY SUCH MUSIC IN THE SAME CAREFUL WAY THAT CLASSICAL BUYERS WOULD.THIS COPY IS THE EXCEPTION!!!!!!!!!!!!

ANY PROGRESSIVE ROCK FAN WILL WANT THIS AND ESPECIALLY  IN SUCH GREAT CONDITION-I CAN'T RECALL EVER FINDING ONE AS GOOD AS THIS FOR YEARS OR INDEED ANY COPY BEFORE-JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER COPY FROM AN EQUALLY LONG TERM EBAY SUPPLIER OF TOP QUALITY VINTAGE ROCK!

IT MAY NOT BE AS HIGH PRICED IN THE RECORD GUIDES AS SAY SOME OF THE VERTIGO OR DERAM LABEL LPs OF THE ERA,BUT THEY SEEM TO TURN UP FOR MORE FREQUENTLY THAN THIS LP.

IT ALWAYS MAKES ME LAUGH WHEN ANOTHER LONG ESTABLISHED SELLER USES"IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND"ON EVERY ITEM WITH ANOTHER COPY BEING SOLD WITHIN WEEKS!!! JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER AQUILA ON EBAY OR ANYWHERE!!!!!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT, I HAVE A TRULY AMAZING SELECTION OF MORE ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING ROCK LPs ENDING SHORTLY BEFORE THIS LP ENDS.ALL HAVING JUST ONE PREVIOUS,CAREFUL OWNER!YOU REALLY MUST CHECK OUT MY EBAY LIST FOR MORE DETAILS AS WELL AS MY FEEDBACK! 

THIS IS A LOVELY VINYL PRESSING.

SO BACK TO THE DISC ITSELF>>>>>> 

MOST COPIES THAT SURVIVE OF THIS LP ARE IN POOR CONDITION-THIS ONE HAS HARDLY BEEN PLAYED ON TOP EQUIPMENT WITH ONLY THE SLIGHTEST OF SURFACE NOISE HERE AND THERE-GENERALLY VERY QUIET VINYL,AS NEEDED WITH REFLECTIVE MUSIC!

Copies of this album ON THE RCA LABEL were  sold in SMALL quantities-and so how many were preserved like this one AS A FIRST EDITION??

HARDLY USED AND NOT ABUSED!!! 

THERE IS AMAZING BASS AND YET STILL CRISPNESS OF SOUND!

Vinyl is still the best way to hear PROGRESSIVE ROCK AND ALWAYS WILL BE!

GREAT SOUND! 

MORE BASS THAN CD! 

I TEST ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITHOUT FILTERING OR A MONO SWITCH. MANY EBAY SELLERS DON'T EVEN BOTHER TO PLAY BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO SELL!!!

BID WITH TOTAL CONFIDENCE!!!! 

There is NO spindle wear.Lovely labels!!! 

The GATEFOLD cover has some minor edge wear and some ring wear with some small edge creases,but that is being very strict and is otherwise superb!

THERE IS A SMALL STICKER ON THE BACK WITH THE PREVIOUS OWNER'S NAME THAT MAY BE REMOVABLE WITH CARE. 

NO WRITING! NO RIPS! NO REPAIRS!

NO SELLOTAPE! 

MOST TURN UP WITH MAJOR WEAR!

SEE BOTH PHOTOS FOR OUTSIDE AND INSIDE THE GATEFOLD,+BOTH RECORD LABELS! 

Look elsewhere on ebay and you might see other copies-Look closer and you will find they are often later 1970s represses or lower grade copies with all manner of faults OR WITHOUT THE DETAIL I AM PROVIDING WITH TOTAL HONESTY.

HOPEFULLY THE WINNER WILL FIND THIS A BIT BETTER THAN EXPECTED!!

Don't forget GENUINE 1st pressings in nice conditions are getting hard to find! 

MOST RECORDS ON EBAY ARE IN DIABOLICAL, BAD CONDITIONS ATTEMPTED TO BE  SOLD BY PEOPLE WHO DO NOT KNOW HOW TO GRADE OR BOTHER TO ACTUALLY PLAY THEM FOR AN ACURATE DESCRIPTION!

As both a collector and dealer,I AM VERY STRICT ON GRADING but DO CHECKOUT MY FEEDBACK FOR GRADING PROOF!!!!

Realistic £30 Starting price with no annoying reserve. An instant fast sale price in any collectors record shop!!  

THIS IS A GREAT CHANCE TO OWN A RARE PROG/ROCK ALBUM. A GREAT INVESTMENT! 

Postage is £4-00 RECORDED DELIVERY. SOLID PACKING-LOOK AT THE FEEDBACK FOR PROOF! YOU WILL GET IT IN FINE SHAPE!!

Outside UK extra depending on destination. PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO SEVERAL ITEMS OVERSEAS BEING"LOST", IF THE OPTION TO SEND INSURED IS REFUSED THEN I CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST ITEMS. I DO NOT DRAMATICALLY INCREASE POSTAGE ON SEVERAL ITEMS BOUGHT.Paypal or cheque within 7 days please.

CHEQUE WILL NEED TIME TO CLEAR BEFORE DELIVERY. 

SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES FOR SEVERAL ITEMS BOUGHT

DO NOT BID UNLESS YOU INTEND TO PAY.Feedback always left. BE AWARE!!!! NON PAYERS AND TIMEWASTERS WILL BE DEALT WITH AND REPORTED TO EBAY AS WELL AS CIRCULATED VERBALLY AND BY EMAIL TO MY MANY DEALER AND COLLECTOR FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!

Checkout my power seller status and my own feedback of OVER 9000 comments of my standards and service many from some of the world's most respected collectors and dealers. BID with confidence! Always adding quality Records, cd's and related items to ebay several times a week . Customers from all over the world regard my ebay selections as the #1 for QUALITY,VARIETY AND SERVICE.  

I ACTUALLY LISTEN TO MY ITEMS ON GOOD QUALITY EQUIPMENT, USUALLY TWICE TO ENSURE THE VERY BEST POSSIBLE AND ACURATE GRADE-I WANT LONG TERM REGULAR CUSTOMERS WHO WANT TO RETURN TO BUY FROM ME WITH FAITH AND TRUST.

LOOK AT MY FEEDBACK AND SEE WELL KNOWN RESPECTED COLLECTORS AND DEALERS WHO BUY FROM ME OVER AND OVER-NOTE WHAT THEY SAY-PAGE AFTER PAGE.

UK Customers are very welcome to collect ebay winnings from the shop by prior email or telephone arrangement.

 Thanks for looking and good luck.

OTHER STYLES OF MUSIC ON EBAY FROM ME-SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE-LOOK NO FURTHER!!!!!

DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS OPPORTUNITY!

I HAVE MENTIONED EVERYTHING BUT IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT OF ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE ASK.

MORE GREAT ITEMS ON MY EBAY LISTS TO COME IN FUTURE WEEKS FROM THE SAME COLLECTION!

 BIDDERS WITH NO FEEDBACK WILL HAVE THE BIDS CANCELLED AS I HAVE HAD SEVERAL NON PAYERS RECENTLY WITH NO FEEDBACK RATING.

MORE GREAT EARLY 1970s PROGRESSIVE ALBUMS ENDING FROM ME SHORTLY BEFORE THIS ONE ENDS INCLUDING SOME VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR LPs.

POWER SELLER MAGIC FOR YOU ON EBAY EVERY WEEK FROM ROCKING ERIC!!!!!

GOOD LUCK AND THANKS FOR LOOKING!!!

THE COUNTDOWN IS ON TO OWN ONE OF THE RAREST PROGRESSIVE ROCK LPs OF THE EARLY 1970s!