RARE WHITE LABEL TEST PRESS JOHN LEES 'A MAJOR FANCY'

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MEGA RARE FIRST TEST PRESSING WHITE LABEL 1973

JOHN LEES - 'A MAJOR FANCY'

ARTIST: JOHN LEES (BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST)

LABEL: HARVEST

NO: SHVL 811 (ON WHITE LABEL RUN-OFF)

COUNTRY: UK

YEAR: 1973 - EVENTUALLY RELEASED IN JULY 1977

RECORDED: ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS AND STRAWBERRY STUDIOS, STOCKPORT

FORMAT: WHITE LABEL TEST PRESSING 12" VINYL

ORIGINAL TRACK LISTING

SIDE ONE: UNTITLED NO. 6 - ALLERGY

CHILD OF THE UNIVERSE

KES (A MAJOR FANCY)

UNTITLED NO. 8 (A LOST AFFAIR)

SIDE TWO: UNTITLED NO. 2 - SWEET FACED JANE

WITBURG NIGHT

UNTITLED NO. 1 - HERITAGE

UNTITLED NO. 4 - HANDS ACROSS THE WATER

THIS WAS JOHN LEES ONLY SOLO ALBUM AND THIS WHITE LABEL WAS ISSUED TO THE LABEL, PRESS OFFICE ETC FOR PRE-LISTENING BEFORE RELEASE AND SOUND QUALITY AND VERY FEW WERE PRODUCED. I WORKED IN THE UK POP PRESS OFFICE OF EMI RECORDS, MANCHESTER SQUARE, LONDON IN THE 1970'S AND THIS IS WHERE I GOT MY COPY FROM.

CONDITION OF RECORD - EXCELLENT (CONSIDERING ITS AGE)

IT STILL RETAINS ITS SHEEN. THERE ARE SOME SURFACE MARKS AND FAINT SCRATHES BUT THIS DOES NOT AFFECT THE SOUND QUALITY AT ALL AND STILL SOUNDS AS GOOD AS WHEN IT WAS PRODUCED.

CONDITION OF LABELS - EXCELLENT

YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PICTURES THAT THE WORDS 'JOHN LEES' WAS STAMPED ONTO THE 'B' SIDE AND 'A' HAND WRITTEN ON THE 'A' SIDE. THE FACTORY ALWAYS SEEMED TO DO THIS AS ALL THE WHITE LABELS I HAVE SEEM TO HAVE THE ARTISTS STAMP ON THE 'B' SIDE.

THERE ARE SOME SPINDLE MARKS BUT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE WHITE LABEL IN THE STRONG LIGHT TO ACTUALLY SEE THEM.

THIS ALBUM RELEASE WAS ACTUALLY SHELVED WHEN BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST LEFT THE HARVEST LABEL AND WAS THEN ISSUED FOUR YEARS LATER UNDER THE HARVEST HERITAGE LABEL. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ORIGINAL TRACKLIST IS IN THE SAME ORDER AS ON THE RELEASED VERSION EVEN THOUGH THE TRACK TITLES WOULD INDICATE OTHERWISE.

A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO OWN AN ORIGINAL FIRST TEST PRESSING OF THE ONLY SOLO ALBUM OF JOHN LEES, A TRULY ICONIC INSPIRING MUSICIAN WHO CONTINUES TO INSPIRE TODAY.

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THANKS SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LOOK AT MY LISTING

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