Laughing Clowns - Ghosts Of An Ideal Wife LP - 1985
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Description
Laughing Clowns - Ghosts Of An Ideal Wife LP on Hot Label (Cat HOT 1013)
Australian Pressing 1985
Plus Lyric Sheet Insert
Laughing Clowns were an Australian post punk rock band fronted by vocalist and guitarist Ed Kuepper and backed by drummer Jeff Wegener.
The band formed in Sydney in 1979 after Kuepper quit punk rock band The Saints under somewhat acrimonious circumstances.
Where The Saints were a bass/drums/guitar rock band, Laughing Clowns' various line-ups included double bass, piano, tenor saxophone and trumpet. Often referred to as "jazz punk" by critics, the group's songs were often constructed around difficult time signatures and sometimes "off-key" melodies. Kuepper passionately disagreed with the assertion that the music was jazz-like, but rather thought of the music as being soul-like.
This is evidenced by the fact that, in amongst the cachophony, many of the songs have strong melodic hooks, epic progressions and emotionally charged lyrics.
Tracklist
A1 Crystal Clear 4:40 A2 Diabolic Creature 3:55 A3 No Words Of Honour 3:31 A4 Winter's Way 2:43 A5 Ghost Of An Ideal Wife 4:12 B1 The Only One That Knows 7:21 B2 New Bully In The Town 3:52 B3 It Gets So Sentimental 3:13 B4 The Flypaper.CONDITION:
RECORD : No visible marks or blemishes - Excellent
SLEEVE : Laminated - very faint ringwear otherwise - Excellent
LABEL : Felt pen blob on Side 2 (see photo)
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GRADING
RECORDS ARE GRADED USING THE FOLLOWING RECORD COLLECTOR STANDARDS:
MINT: THE RECORD ITSELF IS IN BRAND NEW CONDITION WITH NO SURFACE MARKS OR DETORIATION IN SOUND QUALITY. THE COVER AND ANY EXTRA ITEMS SUCH AS LYRIC SHEET, BOOKLET OR POSTER ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION. RECORDS ADVERTISED AS SEALED OR UNPLAYED SHOULD BE MINT
EXCELLENT (EX): THE RECORD SHOWS SOME SIGNS OF HAVING BEEN PLAYED, BUT THERE'S VERY LITTLE LESSENING IN SOUND QUALITY. THE COVER AND PACKAGING MIGHT HAVE SLIGHT WEAR AND/OR CREASING
VERY GOOD (VG): THE RECORD HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN PLAYED MANY TIMES, BUT DISPLAYS NO MAJOR DETORIATION IN SOUND QUALITY, DESPITE NOTICEABLE SURFACE MARKS AND THE OCCASIONAL SCRATCH. NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR ON THE COVER OR EXTRA ITEMS, WITHOUT ANY MAJOR DEFECTS, IS ACCEPTABLE
GOOD (G): THE RECORD ITSELF HAS BEEN PLAYED SO MUCH THAT THE SOUND QUALITY HAS NOTICEABLE DETORIATED, PERHAPS WITH SOME DISTORTION AND SCRATCHES. THE COVER AND CONTENTS SUFFER FROM FOLDING, SCUFFING OF EDGES, SPINE SPLITS, DISCOLORATION ETC
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