CHURCHILLS RARE ORIGINAL ISRAELI PSYCH IN TOP CONDITION
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NOW FOR AUCTION IS THE LEGENDERY FIRST ALBUM OF THE CHURCHILLS (HED ARZI BAN 14106) IN ITS ORIGINAL FORM (And NOT the reissue from the 80's) FROM ISRAEL.
ONLY SEVERAL HUNDREDS COPIES WERE MADE IN 1969 AND ITS VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND A DECENT COPY NOWADAYS. IT'S DEFINITELY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IT IN THE CONDITION IT IS BEING OFFERED HERE: (See condition below).
BUT FIRST, HERE IS A REVIEW FROM THE INTERNET:
http://www.ugly-things.com/churchills.html
The eponymous 1968 album by Israel's Churchills is one of the most sought-after records in the world. While some rare records go for hundreds of dollars, an original copy of The Churchills is likely to fetch thousands. Why? Because not only is it next to impossible to find, but The Churchills is one of those rarer-than-rare records that actually lives up to its reputation. From the opening bars of the first song on Side One, "Open Your Eyes" - an explosion of ecstatic screams and fuzz, "faces, lips and teeth and eyes; diamond rings and pretty things, and arms and legs and thighs" - you know this is going to be one amazing trip.Track after track the album continues to astonish, delivering everything from electrifying psychedelic rock to evocative pop ballads with equal degrees of skill and originality. Soulfully delivered vocals, searing fuzz guitars, spacey sound effects, exotic Eastern flourishes - the Churchills use a dazzling palate of tones and colours, stretching the primitive Tel Aviv studio technology of the day to its limits to create one of the most brilliant psychedelic albums from anywhere in the world, let alone Israel. Although there's elements of the Yardbirds, Cream, Hendrix the Doors, and the Jefferson Airplane (especially the studio trickery of After Bathing At Baxter's), the sound of the Churchills is very much their own personal vision - a distinct blend of East and West that is unmistakably from their own corner of the world. AND HERE IS A SOUND CLIP FROM YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUd4xSvG_Yw&feature=related
CONDITION -
FRONT COVER: SHINY LAMINATED FRONT WITH ONLY FEW PROBLEMS AT THE EDGES. DECENT SEAMS. EXCELLET CONDITION.
BACK COVER: NICE BACK COVER WITH ONLY 2 "MAJOR" FAULTS - 1.5 INCH STAIN AT THE UPPER RIGHT SIDE AND A SMALL WRITTEN NAME JUST ABOVE IT. NOT SO MAJOR REALLY, AND STILL THE BEST COVER I'VE EVER SEEN! LOOK AT THE PICTURES - THEY TELL EVERYTHING.
VINYL: EXCELLET TO EXCELLENT+ CONDITION! ONLY FEW HAIRLINE MARKS HERE AND THERE. AGAIN, I'VE NEVER SEEN BETTER IN ALL MY COLLECTING LIFE (See below)!
LABELS: PRISTINE MINT!
SOUND: GREAT BRILLIANT SOUND! NO SKIPS AND NO BACKGROUND NOISE. NOTHING.
LOW STARTING PRICE AND NO RESERVE!
ABOUT MYSELF:
MY NAME IS ELI FICHMAN AND I'M A LONGTIME ISRAELI RECORD COLLECTOR OF WIDE RANGE OF MUSIC GENRES. ALTHOUGH THE BEATLES IS MY UNIQUE EXPERTISE (I'm the Israeli contributor of many illustrated discographies around the world) I'M A SERIOUS COLLECTOR OF MANY PSYCH ROCK RECORDS FROM THE 60'S AND THE 70'S.
LOOK AT THE FEATURE FILM THAT WAS MADE ON ME AND ON MY RECORD COLLECTION (AND THE CHURCHILL'S RECORD!) IN A MAJOR NEWSPAPER WEB SIGHT FROM ISRAEL:
http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3443315,00.html
FREE REGISTERED AIRMAIL SHIPPING TO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD! I'LL CHARGE SUPPLEMENT FEE FOR OTHER METHODS OF SHIPPING AND INSURENCE.
I'LL ACCEPT PAYPAL ONLY.
BEST REGARDS AND HAPPY BIDDING!
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