THE ALLUSIONS - SELF TITLED LP - OZ BEAT GARAGE LP - LOOKS UNPLAYED

	A$		194
	$		129

Artist: The Allusions

Title: Self Titled

Format: LP

Label: Green Parlophone Label

Pressing Origin: Australia

Catalogue Number: SPMEO9439

Record Grading: VG+ (has the lightest of marks - record is probably unplayed)

Cover Grading: VG+  (front covers is in real good shape, back cover has some browing). The cover does NOT contain any rips or pen marks.

Description: This truly is a great copy of this record, you would be pressed to find another in this shape for its age.

The Allusions were an Australian band that never made any impression outside of their homeland but left behind some great Merseybeat-style records. The quintet was formed out of the memberships of two previously existing groups, the Leemen and the Delawares. Guitarist Terry Hearne, already a five-year veteran of the music business at age 20, and an ex-member of the surf instrumental groups the Dave Bridge Quartet and Dave Bridge Trio, joined the Leemen in 1964 and began to move away from leader Lonnie Lee's Bakersfield sound country repertory. With rhythm guitarist Michael Morris, who had previously played in an outfit called Dennis Williams & the Delawares, he split off from the Leemen. Hearne's ex-Dave Bridge bandmate Terry Chapman came in on bass, and Kevin Hughes of the Delawares took the drummer spot, with John Shaw, who also doubled in a very limited way on organ, taking the lead vocals on the ballads. The new group's influences and models came from the Beatles but also the early Zombies and the Fortunes, Gerry & the Pacemakers, and other lighter, pop-oriented rock & roll outfits being heard at the time in England.

Below is the track listing

Side 1 - Roundabout, I Gotta Move, Blue Tommorow, Looks Like Trouble, Shop Around, Lady of Leisure, Gypsy Woman

Side 2 - And She's Mine, In My Solitude, I'll be Home, I Believe, Out of Order, Ninety Seven Cigarettes, The Dancer

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Mint (M) Absolutely perfect in every way. Certainly never been played, possibly even still sealed.(More on still sealed under "Other Considerations"). Should be used sparingly as a grade, If at all.

Near Mint (NM or M-) A nearly perfect record. Many dealers won't give a grade higher than this implying (perhaps correctly)that no record is ever truly perfect.

The record should show no obvious signs of wear. A 45 RPM or EP sleeve should have no more than the most minor defects, such as almost invisible ring wear or other signs of slight handling.

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Basically, an LP in near mint condition looks as if you just got it home from a new record store and removed the shrink wrap.

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Very Good Plus (VG+) A Very Good Plus record will show some signs that it was played and otherwise handled by a previous owner who took good care of it.

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The label may have some ring wear or discoloration, but it should be barely noticeable. The center hole will not have been misshapen by repeated play.

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In general, if not for a couple things wrong with it, this would be Near Mint. All but the most mint-crazy collectors will find a Very Good Plus record highly acceptable.

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