RATS- FIRST LONG PLAYER RECORD, TEST PRESSING LP-RARE
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Rats, First Long Player Record.
White Rocket label RKL.35265.
The Rats were a UK 70's Glam Rock Band and was the brainchild and creation of one-time Black Sabbath associate Adrian Millar. He paired David Kubinek with a readymade backing band, who were demoing material for a possible album. For all its unconventional origins, First Long Player Record is, in its own way, a strangely engaging album which has hints of T.Rex alongside fellow period icons Mott The Hoople and Ziggy-era Bowie. Pity, then, that The Rats’ story is ultimately a dead end one of a band whose line-up splintered before the album was even released.
Such lack of continuity, or even reality, in those days made it difficult to market a band album. Meaning that this album only ever 'escaped' in few numbers rather than achieve a proper release. A great pity for the efforts of Graham Quinton-Jones ,Chris Bailey and Peter Kirke, as The Rats backing Kubinek, really kick along a storming rock album of the glam era.
This test pressing comes on the white Rocket label which is clean on both sides. The Lp comes in paper sleeve graded G due to wear and tear. The vinyl test pressing is graded Excellent and plays that way. The track listing is as follows: Turtle Dove, LA Highway, Nose Job, Rolling Railroad Wagon, Queen, Glad That You're Not Me, Very Small Child, Oxford Donna, Main Horse Cowboy, Child He Die! A remarkably rare test pressing from 70's UK Glamrock band....Rats!
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