Koobas - Same SCX 6271 UK LP Original Columbia 1969
  £   138
  $   183

 


£ 138 Sold For
Oct 29, 2006 Sold Date
Oct 19, 2006 Start Date
10   Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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Description

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General Details

Artist Koobas    Title Same Record Label Columbia Cat. number SCX 6271 Mono or Stereo? S

Country

UK Sleeve Garrod & Lofthouse If blank, no sleeve manufactured credits present Recorded 1969

Matrix number

Side 1 YAX 3716-1 Side 2 YAX 3717-1  

Condition

Disc

Paper Scuffs

Side 1

EX

Light paper scuffs

Side 2 EX Light paper scuffs 

Surface Marks

Side 1

VG

Mark on Tk 3 & Tk 5 

Side 2 VG Mark on Tk 2 - not audible
Mark on Tk 3  

Scratches

Side 1

EX   Side 2 VG Scratch on Tk 1 Other Info.

Sound

Surface Noise

Side 1

EX

Side 2 EX

Pops/Clicks

Side 1

VG Mark on Tk 3 - produces 4 clicks
Mark on Tk 5 - produces crackles Side 2 VG Mark on Tk 3 - produces crackles

Scratches

Side 1

EX   Side 2 VG Scratch on Tk 1 - clicks  Other Info.

Cover

Ring / Surface Wear

Front

VG Small laminate tear at bottom left - see photo Back VG Ringwear. Age discolouration. Sellotape mark.
Bottom flipback edge has been glued back in place. Inner    

Card Creases

Front

VG Several creases Back EX Inner  

Shelf Wear

Edge

G Top edge is fine. Bottom edge has considerable storage wear with small splits at each end Spine VG Storage wear Corner VG   Inner Sleeve   VG Original EMI Advert inner sleeve - Sellotaped edges Other Info.    

Guide to grades used

M Cover Looks  New - no marks, wear or damage Disc Looks unplayed - no marks visible Sound I don't use this grade for sound - as all records (even brand new) produce some noise Ex Cover Slight signs of wear on edges/spine, corners or ring wear. Minor creases. No damage caused by sticker removal/residue. Light sleeves may show slight discolouration due to age or handling Disc May have minor paper scuffs caused by moving record in & out of paper sleeve. Sound May be occasional pops/clicks and minimal surface noise Vg Cover Moderate edge/spine or ring wear. Corners may be a little blunt. Opening edge may show feathering caused by removal of record. Visible creases or laminate lift. Disc Some surface marks &/or hairline scratches. Moderate paper scuffs. Sound May be pops/clicks caused by marks/scratches. Moderate background surface noise and crackles. G Cover Heavy ring or edge/spine wear. Corners noticable bashed. Heavy creases. Considerable laminate damage. Disc Looks very well played. A lot of surface marks/scratches Sound Considerable surface noise. Audible scratches.

Background Information

  Click on the link to see the original information source: - Koobas - Same In a sense, it's unfair to rate Koobas entirely by this, their only LP, because they were already in the process of calling it quits as a group when they cut it late in 1968; indeed, it's likely that if they'd thought they would have a possible future, a couple tracks that are here might never have seen the light of day. That said, Koobas is a good document of its time: Its three best songs, "Royston Rose," "Barricades," and "Gold Leaf Tree" are resplendent in rippling guitar parts, lots of fuzz-tone, searing breaks that sound like George Harrison's or Tony Hicks's playing pumped up by a few hundred amps, and drum patterns lifted right out of "Rain" and a dozen equally impressive psychedelic tracks, and some very pretty singing.

Unfortunately, the best parts of this album are juxtaposed with too many self-indulgent exercises in quaint nostalgia (which the Kinks could pull off but no one else in mid-'60s England ever could without looking silly) and psychedelic digressions like "Here's a Day" and "Fade Forever" (which, with its heavy Mellotron sound, recalls moments off of the Zombies' Oddesey & Oracle without ever being as clever). Their rendition of "A Little Piece of My Heart" is closer in spirit to their older Pye singles and it is easily the best song on this album, as a descendant of their old R&B-based Liverpool sound.


Track Listing: -

1 Royston Rose Morris
2 Where Are the Friends? Ellis, Leathwood
3 Constantly Changing Ellis, Leathwood, Morris
4 Here's a Day Ellis, Leathwood, Morris
5 Fade Forever Ellis, Leathwood
6 Barricades Ellis, Leathwood ...
7 A Little Piece of My Heart Blackwell, Scott
8 Gold Leaf Tree Ellis
9 Mr. Claire Leathwood
10 Circus Ellis, Leathwood

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