VERY RARE ORIGINAL 1st PRESS UK LP VINYL RECORD PROGRESSIVE

RARE BIRD

" same / self tited "

VERY Rare 1969 self-titled VINYL LP RECORD album released by RARE BIRD , ORIGINAL 1st UK PRESS COVER STEREO on the famous PINK CHARISMA Label [ CAS 1005 ] [B&C RECORDS LTD] made in ENGLAND.

An early British progressive rock band ~ This was the very first album ever released on Charisma, the same label that gave us Genesis, Van der Graaf Generator / Peter Hammill, Lindisfarne, Capability Brown, and even Monty Python. Rare Bird was an odd band, for they had two keyboardists (David Kaffinetti on electric piano, Graham Field on organ), as well as bassist (Steve Gould, who also handled vocals), and drummer (Mark Ashton), but no one on guitar. It's interesting to note that Kaffinetti later appeared on the infamous 1984 movie of a mock heavy metal band, This Is Spinal Tap. By that time, his name was shortened to David Kaff. He played Vic on that film.

CONDITION

Vinyl Lp Record is visually : VG+ [ Thick heavy vinyl has some marks and few light scratches,signs of handling that been played a lot but no jumps or sticks,might have some surface noise,Matrix no.CAS + 1005 + A / B,Labels are EXcellent ].

LAMINATED front Cover sleeve: EX [ VERY NICE GLOSSY front cover with very light wear around the edges and corners on the lamination,NO ring wear or maybe very light starting..,NO seam splits,NO writing,NO promo or delete hole,even corners are still very nice,the soft MAT back sleeve still very clean with very light wear from storaging,mini price sticker on the back maybe from France..]. Original Cover different then the US cover!

STILL SOLID VERY RARE RECORD AFTER 40 YEARS!!!

 biography
RARE BIRD was a progressive rock band founded in 1969. They were formed in England, but had more success in other European countries than they did at home. They are mostly remembered for the haunting, organ based track "Sympathy". It sold one million copies globally.A quartet that relied heavily on keyboards as both Kafinetti and Field played together, the former on piano and synthesizers and the latter on organ - much like PROCOL HARUM and later on GREENSLADE. They had a hit with "Sympathy" in the UK but were more successful in Continental Europe where they became quite popular, their sound often reminding us of BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST. This double keyboard attack held no place for a guitarist until Field left along with the drummer Ashton and another keyboard player Lamb. This change occurred as they switched to Polydor label and they took on a guitar player, and played a harder rock with some funky lines. Nic Potter of VDGG played on two albums of the second line-up and John Wetton guested on one.

Band members include future (in the film) SPINAL TAP keyboardist DAVID KAFFINETTI !

The band's initial line-up was as below, although there would be changes by the time they came to work on their third album. The first two members listed were a constant throughout the lifetime of the band.

Tracklist

SIDE ONE: 1. Iceberg -6:46
2. Times -4:00
3. You Went Away -4:17
4. Melanie -3:27
SIDE TWO: 5. Beautiful Scarket -5:23
6. Sympathy -2:30
7. Nature's Fruit -2:32
8. Bird on a Wing -4:13
9. God of War -5:80

The history of Rare Bird began when Graham Field placed an advertisement for a pianist in a musical periodical. He got thirty replies and formed a group called 'Lunch'. He met Dave Kaffinetti in November 1968, and together they formulated the basic ideas for Rare Bird. In August 1969, they finally found the ideal rhythm section in Steve Gould and Mark Ashton. Two weeks later, they had signed management and agency contracts, and three weeks later, were in the studio recording their debut album. With Van der Graaf Generator and The Nice, they were one of the very first bands that signed to Charisma Records, the record label that Tony Stratton-Smith had founded.

Their late 1969 release "Sympathy" reached #2 in Italy, sold 500,000 copies in France and over one million globally. A 1970 cover version of the track by The Family Dogg, reached number two in the Netherlands.

Later members included Fred Kelly (Nic Potter), Ced Curtis, Paul Holland, and Paul Karas on the Epic Forest album with Andy Curtis and Fred Kelly appearing on the album Somebody's Watching. The band finally split up in the mid 1970s.

Dave Kaffinetti (credited as David Kaff) played the part of Viv Savage in This Is Spinal Tap!

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