SAM GOPAL PROMO EP ESCALATOR LEMMY ORIG 68
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SAM GOPAL: ESCALATOR PROMO EP VERY RARE EARLY LEMMY ( HAWKWIND/ MOTORHEAD ETC)
This 1968 vinyl EP was never released; the promo copies (of which mine is one) have a Stable Records label stuck over the white label.
My thanks to Alan Burridge’s article for the Motorheadbangers Fanclub www.alanburridge.freeuk.com.
“Then, Lemmy helped get another band together, The Sam Gopal Dream, also known as plain Sam Gopal during Lemmy’s time with them. Personnel for this outing was: Lemmy on lead and rhythm guitars, Sam Gopal, Tablas and percussion, Roger D’Elia on backing vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, and Phil Duke on bass.
On December 22, 1967, the Hendrix connection came into play once more when Jimi topped the bill at the Christmas on Earth Continued festival at Olympia in London. An extraordinary support bill consisting of The Who, Eric Burdon and the Animals, The Move, Pink Floyd, Keith West and Tomorrow, Soft Machine, Paper Blitz Tissue, Traffic, The Graham Bond Organisation, and, last but by no means least, Sam Gopal. From this, we can presume that Jimi Hendrix was considerably impressed as he went along to the Sam Gopal gig at the Speakeasy a couple of nights later to jam with them on stage.
The band continued picking up gigs and found themselves snapped up by Stable Records. During October and November 1968, they went into De Lane Lea and Morgan Sound studios to record an album, which led to the release of Escalator on the label during March 1969. Besides Donovan’s Season of the Witch and Angry Faces written by Davidson, all the other songs were written by Lemmy in one night, though he credited some to Group to give everyone a share in the royalties.
Escalator was by no means a major hit album, but it did pull nine original songs from Lemmy. Since that time, two acetate pressings have emerged, both containing the same songs: Horse and Back Door Man, but were different takes and had not appeared on the album. Mainly due to Lemmy’s input and fame, the Escalator album has frequently been bootlegged and pirated on vinyl and CD over the past few years.
A very rare four track EP seems to have been pressed in minor quantities, too. This is somewhat of an odd item to say the least, as it shares the same catalogue number as the original album (SLE 8001). The EP is in fact a white label test pressing with a Stable Records label glued over the top. However, this was a fair move by Stable, as it offered a far more professional looking sampler for the DJ’s, rather than a white label with hand-written titles.”
I HAVE NOT PLAYED THIS RECORD - I ONLY HAVE A JUKEBOX, AND DECIDED NOT TO REMOVE THE CENTRE ON THIS RECORD. The vinyl appears VG/G - there are some visible marks/scratches but none is deep. The label is also VG/G: over time the pasting of one label over another has inevitably produced some minor ruckling. Nevertheless, this is an extremely rare and significant item, especially for those of you who regard Lemmy as a/the God.
I rarely sell records on-line as I do find grading difficult and highly subjective. (Clearly, many of those from whom I’ve bought 45s have the same problems or lack conscience!) I want to keep my 100% Positive Rating, so I’m being as open/ honest as possible.
Thanks for looking. Please see my other items: music programmes ( Zappa; Clapton; Costello; Knebworth ’90); fanzines etc – mostly Zappa tributes and the Billy the Mountain Edition of Society Pages ; Music papers ( including a Disc from October 1962 with a review of The Beatles’ “Love Me Do”!) ; Q magazine –the firstt 11 photo supplements etc; lots of lots of Private Eye; 1/- Commando/ War Picture Library; Modern 1st editions
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