ICE WATER - MONSTER RARITY W/WAILERS AS BACKUP

$ 101

$ 101 Sold For

Aug 4, 2009 Sold Date

Jul 25, 2009 Start Date

$ 20 Start price

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Description

Ice Water! This 7" is interesting for quite a few reasons. First of all, it features the young The Wailers singing backups on the a-side. Secondly, Jack Sparrow was an early pseudonym for Leonard Dillon who would later go on and form The Ethiopians, a politically charged and Rastafarian influenced reggae act. And lastly because the instrumentals on both sides are provided by the famed Skatalites.

The a-side track was recorded for Sir Clement "Coxsone" Dodd at his seminal Studio 1 recording studio in 1965. It's got a powerful ska backing and a great trumpet solo by one of the founding Skatalites members, Johnny 'Dizzy' Moore. You can certainly here Peter Tosh's sharp voice cut through The Wailer's "Ice Water" shouts and The Bob Marley Compendium notes that both Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer are there singing as well. The Wailers provided backing vocals for many artists that came through Dodd's Studio 1 in the early days and many of the tracks are highly sought after.

The back side, "Ska In Vienna Woods," is an absolute killer ska instrumental chock full of impressive brass solos and harmonies. The Skatalites were absolutely essential in the foundation of ska music and many of the original members - Tommy McCook, Rolando Alphonso, Don Drummond, just to name a few - were huge players in the Jamaican jazz scene before ska music ever came into fruition. They backed all the early ska singers. To put it simply - The Skatalites defined ska music from its earliest conceptions and were instrumental in pushing the boundaries of the Jamaican music scene.

I just sold one of these from my personal collection in VG condition and amazingly, I have another copy in VG+ condition! This plays beautifully and shows nice luster for a mid-sixties pressing!

Soundclip coming soon. Matrix is CS 70A

VINYL CONDITION CODES (BASED ON GOLDMINE STANDARDS)

SS STILL SEALED IN ORIGINAL PACKAGING M A PERFECT RECORD. THIS GRADE IS ONLY USED IN THE RARE INSTANCE THAT A RECORD LOOKS ABSOLUTELY NM NEAR PERFECT. AT WORST, A FEW PAPER RUBS--NOTHING THAT WOULD EVER AFFECT PLAYBACK. EX A RECORD WITH SOME VERY LIGHT MARKINGS. THESE MARKINGS WILL HAVE NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE PLAYBACK OF THE RECORD VG+ A RECORD WITH WITH SOME MARKINGS. THESE MARKING WILL NOT SIGNICANTLY AFFECT PLAY. VG A RECORD WITH MILD SURFACE WEAR--SOME MARKINGS/VERY FEW LIGHT SCRATCHES. THERE MAY BE MILD SURFACE NOISE, BUT ITS OVERALL IMPACT ON THE PLAYBACK OF THE RECORD WILL STILL BE SMALL. VG- A RECORD THAT SHOWS SOME WEAR FROM PLAY. SURFACE MARKS AND SOME LIGHT SCRATCHES MAY BE SEEN. STILL ENJOYABLE. G A RECORD THAT HAS BEEN ENJOYED. SURFACE MARKS WILL BE APPARENT AND SOME SCRATCHES ARE POSSIBLE. LUSTER MAY BE LOST. SURFACE NOISE WILL NOT DOMINATE PLAYBACK.

COVER GRADING
(Any significant blemish not mentioned in the table below will be described above)

SS STILL SEALED IN ORIGINAL PACKAGING M A COVER THAT LOOKS LIKE IT HAS NOT BEEN HANDLED. SHARP CORNERS AND NO VISIBLE BLEMISHES. NM A COVER WITH ONLY MINOR SHELF WEAR. A RECORD THAT HAS CLEARLY BEEN STORED PROPERLY. EX A COVER THAT HAS BEEN HANDLED PROPERLY, BUT DOES SHOW ITS AGE. MINOR WEAR, BUT NOTHING DISTRACTING. VG+ A COVER THAT DOES HAVE MINOR BLEMISHES--WEAR TO CORNERS, LIGHT RINGWEAR, ETC. AN AVERAGE COVER CONDITION. VG A COVER THAT SHOWS DISTINCT WEAR FROM HANDLING. THERE MAY BE RINGWEAR, MINOR DISCOLORING, EDGE AND SPINE WEAR AND LESS THAN 1.5" SEAMSPLIT(S). VG- A COVER THAT HAS SOME DAMAGE, BUT IS STILL INTACT. RINGWEAR MAY BE HEAVY; THERE MAY BE SEAM SPLITS AND STAINS. G A COVER THAT HOLDS THE RECORD. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE MAY BE APPARENT. THE PICTURE SHOULD SHOW OBVIOUS BLEMISHES.

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