VERY RARE LP RECORD HARD PSYCH ROCK UK ALBUM

ORANG - UTAN

  "Self-Titled"

MEGA RARE  ORIGINAL Heavy Psych Rock LP British Band - ONLY US Pressing - 1970 Stereo on the BELL record label [6054].

SIMILAR IN STYLE TO BANDS LIKE LEAFHOUND / FREE / LED ZEPPELIN

crafted heavy guitar oriented acid hard rock !

Condition:

Vinyl Record: EX [ Thick Heavy vinyl has few light surface hairlines marks with one spot of mini micro scratches & scuffs with one long light surface line mark on side one ].

Cover jacket : VG [ Soft cover has some heavy wear on corners and creases and tears and some general rubbing,edges and ring wear but NO seams split -NO writing - NO punch hole and NO cuts!!]

Band Members

Mick Clarke - Guitar

Terry Clarke - Vocals

Sid Fairman - Guitar

Paul Roberts - Bass

Jeff Seopardie - Drums

 

Track list

 

Side one: 1- I CAN SEE INSIDE YOUR HEAD 3.15

2- SLIPPING AWAY 6.12

3- LOVE QUEEN 4.31

4- CHOCOLATE PIANO 6.33

 

Side two: 1- IF YOU LEAVE 5.22

2- FLY ME HIGH 4.38

3- COUNTRY HIKE 4.20

4- MAGIC PLAYGROUND 3.20

 

The group Orang-Utan consisted of an amalgamation of talent. The best musicians from several other notable dissolving bands, that had been playing in the North of London in the late 60s, were to be the contributors in combination. The story behind this group is just as interesting as the music they played itself. This group of musicians recorded their album's worth of material at what was then a 16 track "state of the art" studio facility in London. For somewhat unique and intriguing starters, this British band's only s/t album was released on the US Bell Records label in 1970. The odd thing about the whole thing being that until the group found out quite by accident, they had zero knowledge of their own release! Adrian Miller was the person that claimed the producer's title on the Bell album release in the United States. Unfortunately, he was also the person responsible for stealing this material from the musicians and getting it released without the group's consent or knowledge. Adrian even secretly convinced the group's unsuspecting manager at the time, to suggest to the band to change their name to Orang-Utan. At the time the band were still going by their original name "Hunter" which they had taken from the famous Albert King song. It's a real shame that it all went down this way in the history books because this group really showed promise. Had they been managed with any real degree of integrity & professionalism, they quite possibly would have went on to do bigger & better things as a group. The music itself consists of well played and diversely crafted heavy guitar oriented rock. It is not of a Psychedelic nature, or Acid Rock based as some have claimed. There was only one member that even smoked hash regularly. Several of the songs are nothing short of brilliant and serve to show what incredible talent these young 19-20 year old musicians possessed. Most all of the music was written and composed by Jeff Seopardie who was the drummer [ was later in Pacific Eardrum & Gary Boyle’s post-Isotope jazz-funk fusion band] [ , with the majority of the guitar & bass riffs being developed and played by Mick Clarke & Paul Roberts respectively. There actually was a second guitarist that played on the album,his name Sid Fairman. Another large added benefit to the group's impressive efforts are the powerful and well suited vocals. For having such a seriously strong singing voice with excellent pitch, the vocalist Terry "Nobby" Clark [ formerly of UK Psych legends Jason Crest.](NOT to be confused with the vocalist from the Bay City Rollers with the same name!) only had one lung! It certainly didn't stop him belting out his excellent & energetic voice like the best of the other vocalists that he was in league with at the time.Terry was actually the second vocalist for the band & demos do indeed exist from the band line up that proceeded him.

I have to comment on this remarkable group and their case history in retrospect: It's pretty damn sad that after having paid for the then "State of The Art" recorded studio time that went into making up their excellent early Heavy Rock album, with zero credit whatsoever at the time and now having several subsequent CD reissues since, that these same actual band members of which some are still active musicians today, have yet to receive a single cent for all their early stellar hard work! [From Waxidermy]

related Artists

Pete Atkin, Boys Don't Cry, Jason Crest, The Holy Mackerel, Freddie Mac's Extravaganza, Pacific Eardrum, Sad Café

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(including mailer)   CANADA: QUEBEC: $7.99 (1 LP) - $9.99 (2-6 RECORDS) ONTARIO: $8.99 (1 LP) - $11.99 (2-6 RECORDS) ALL OTHER PROVENCES: $8.99 (1 LP) - $14.99 (2-6 RECORDS)   U.S.     (Air): $8.99 (1 LP - under .500kg) - $14.99 (2-3 RECORDS - under 1kg) Expedited (with Tracking #): $16.99 (1 LP - under .500kg) - $17.99 (2-6 RECORDS 2-3: under 1kg)   INTERNATIONAL   (Air): $14.99 (1 LP - under .500kg) - $33.99 (2-3 RECORDS - under 1kg)   Please note that some heavier vinyl, gate-fold jackets, inserts, etc. may increase weight equivalent to 2 records.        I also use +/- if I feel a record comes between a grade     LP condition GRADING system: M (MINT) : Sealed, never opened or played, new in original package.

NM (NEAR MINT) : Near perfect copy, played only a few times. At worst it may have one or two insignificant flaws. This is the highest grade I give for a non-sealed (used) record.

EX (EXCELLENT) : Clean copy, slight surface marks/hairlines, cover has minor defaults.

VG++ (VERY GOOD++) : More surface marks, minor flaws, or cover wear, minor edge wear (cover). Nothing serious but is not graded EX because of few minor defaults.

VG+ (VERY GOOD +) : Played a lot, will show signs of handling, has marks, possibly few light scratches but no jumps or sticks. Cover wear (light ring wear, heavier corner or edge wear on cover).

VG (VERY GOOD) : Used record, played a lot, has marks, few scratches, some crackling while playing and but no jumps or sticks. Still quite listenable. Cover may have heavy corner, edge wear or split seams.

G (GOOD) : Played a lot and more (but still playable), lot of scratches, crackles a lot while playing, may have jump or sticks and cover is damaged...so not so good ! This record must be very rare to be proposed in this state !!!

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