LITTLE FREE ROCK PROG LP RARE 1969 TRANSATLANTIC TRA208

£ 73

$ 97

£ 73 Sold For

Apr 7, 2010 Sold Date

Mar 31, 2010 Start Date

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HERE WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE ALBUM !!

LITTLE FREE ROCK

SELF TITLED

THEIR ONE & ONLY ALBUM

ORIGINAL 1ST UK PRESS

1969 RELEASE ON

TRANSATLANTIC TRA 208

STEREO

STRA 208 A1 / STRA 208 B1

A TRUE COLLECTORS ALBUM IN ITS OWN RIGHT - A TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF A GREAT PROGRESSIVE ROCK ALBUM FROM A SUPERB MUSICAL ERA

BUT !!!!!

WHAT A BONUS!!

SIDE 2 ALTHOUGH PLAYS CORRECTLY HAS BEEN MIS-LABELLED WITH ANOTHER SUPERB ALBUM'S LABEL-'CIRCUS' - TRA 207.

THIS ERROR IN MANUFACTURE MAKES THIS HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER ALBUM EVEN RARER THAN IT NORMALLY IS.

POSSIBLY THE ONLY COPY TO GET THROUGH QUALITY CONTROL AT THE PRESSING PLANT.

PLEASE VIEW PHOTO'S OF BOTH LABELS.

Little Free Rock was a late 1960s Heavy Rock Trio from Preston in Lancashire, England. It featured Peter Illingworth (lead guitar and vocals) (formerly with David John and the Mood who recorded with Joe Meek), Paul Varley (drums) (later with The Arrows) and Frank Newbold (bass and vocals). They began performing covers of The Who, The Creation ("Makin' Time" appeared on their album), Tomorrow but were soon doing mainly own songs.

The band performed regularly at the Roundhouse Sunday Night Implosion Events and had numerous residencies at the Marquee Club. As well as performing all over Belgium, Continental Trips included the Star-Club in Hamburg, Essen Jazz and Blues Festival, and festivals in Frankfurt, San Tropez and Santa Margarita de la Costa in Italy.

They changed their name from Purple Haze to avoid confusion with Jimi Hendrix' single.

Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac) joined the band for a short period, but the recordings were never released.

VINYL ...HAS SOME LIGHT MARKINGS BUT PLAYS THROUGH VERY WELL WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A STICK ON SIDE 1 'CASTLES IN THE SKY' (ONLY DOES THIS SPASMODICALLY) & AN ODD CRACKLE ON QUIETER PASSAGES OF SIDE 2's 'AGE OF CHIVALRY' ...A GOOD CLEAN WOULD HELP I'M SURE

SLEEVE .. SOME NOTICEABLE CREASING MAINLY TO THE FRONT & A 2" TEAR TO REAR .

PLEASE VIEW PHOTOGRAPHS

LOVELY DRIVING DRUMS FROM PAUL VARLEY

PETE ILLINGWORTH, VOCALS & GUITAR

FRANK NEWBOLD,VOCALS,BASS & GLOCKENSPIEL

PROG ROCK AT ITS VERY BEST !!!

THIS IS A FANTASTIC COPY OF THIS HIGHLY COLLECTABLE ALBUM, WITH A LABEL TWIST!!

RRPG 2010 SHOWS THAT A MINT VERSION WITHOUT THE LABEL ERROR IS VALUED AT £100

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