BABE RUTH FIRST BASE UK PROG LP HARVEST SHSP4022 EX-
  £   21
  $   27

 


£ 21 Sold For
Apr 6, 2010 Sold Date
Apr 1, 2010 Start Date
£   10 Start price
3   Number Of Bids
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BABE RUTH

FIRST BASE

THEIR VERY 1ST ALBUM

ORIGINAL 1ST UK PRESS

HARVEST SHSP 4022

STEREO

A1 / B1  MATRIXES

UK ALBUM 1972 RELEASE

DISAPPOINTING UK SALES MAKES THIS ALBUM SO RARE

A TRUE COLLECTORS ALBUM

 

VINYL ...EX/EX- (plays superbly)

SLEEVE (ROGER DEAN)..EX

PLEASE VIEW PHOTOGRAPH

First Base was the album by the rock music group Babe Ruth. Produced by Alan Shacklock and Nick Mobbs, recorded in 1972, released in 1973.

The album went gold in Canada, sold well in the US, but had disappointing sales by comparison in the UK. The song "The Mexican" has been covered and mixed many times. Among them, it was covered in 1984 by John "Jellybean" Benitez with vocals by the original singer, Janita Haan. "The Mexican" was mixed into the third track of The Dirtchamber Sessions Volume One by Liam Howlett of The Prodigy in 1999.

The sleeve design, painting and photography were by Roger Dean. Engineered by Tony Clark and Kete Go at EMI Studios, Abbey Road between June and September 1972.

                                                               Track listing

  1. "Wells Fargo" (Alan Shacklock) – 6:14
  2. "The Runaways" (music: Alan Shacklock, words: David Whiting) – 7:12
  3. "King Kong" (Frank Zappa, side 4 of Uncle Meat) – 6:40, recorded in one take, no overdubs
  4. "Black Dog" (Jesse Winchester) – 8:03
  5. "The Mexican" (Alan Shacklock) – 5:45, interpolates Per Qualche Dollaro in Piu (For a Few Dollars More, music by Ennio Morricone)
  6. "Joker" (Alan Shacklock) – 7:42

 

      Personnel

  • Janita (Jennie) Haan: vocal power
  • Dave Hewitt: bass guitar
  • Dick Powell: drums, percussion
  • Dave Punshon: electric piano, piano
  • Alan Shacklock: all guitars, vocals, organ, percussion

I HAVE HAD THIS ALBUM FROM NEW AND WAS PURCHASED IN 1973 FROM COWLINGS RECORD STORE IN LEICESTER.

  PLAYS SUPERBLY

 

AS ARE ALL OF MY ALBUMS, THIS ONE HAS BEEN EXTREMELY WELL LOOKED AFTER AND IS A FANTASTIC COPY OF THIS HIGHLY COLLECTABLE ALBUM.

PLEASE NOTE THAT 2 STEAMHAMMER ALBUMS , 1st LP & MOUNTAINS & RIFF-RAFF LP ARE ALREADY LISTED  AS WILL BE MANY MORE TOP CLASS PROG LP's SUCH AS VERTIGO SWIRL ALBUMS BY GRACIOUS , GRAHAM BOND , COLOSSEUM & PINK ISLAND LP's BY IF, TULL ETC.

AN EXTREMELY RARE LP BY LITTLE FREE ROCK, WITH AN INCREDIBLE LABEL ERROR.

PRETTY THINGS -PARACHUTE

 HAPSASH & THE COLOURED COAT- WESTERN FLIER (signed by Tony TS McPhee) also THE HUMAN HOST & THE HEAVY METAL KIDS (red vinyl),KEVIN AYRES, FAMILY, BABE RUTH,FRED NEIL ,J.A.FREEDMAN ETC. PLUS

ROLLING STONES BEGGARS BANQUET 

AND MANY MANY MORE ALL IN TOP CLASS CONDITION..

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ALL OF MY RECORDS ARE DISPATCHED PROMPTLY UPON RECEIPT OF PAYMENT,IN A BRAND NEW, TOP QUALITY  RECORD MAILER WITH STIFFENERS FOR ADDED PROTECTION.

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