TRAPEZE / TRAPEZE ORIGINAL UK 1ST THRESHOLD ZAL 9455P THS 2 RARE 1970 NM LP

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TRAPEZE - TRAPEZE" Original UK THRESHOLD THS 2 ZAL 9456P -1 W - 1970 1ST PRESSING IN SUPERB CONDITION.
MATRIX NUMBERS STAMPED - SIDE 1: ZAL 9455P 1 W  - SIDE 2: ZAL 9456P 1 W
Very well looked after and rarely played condition. Visually clean and glossy. Just a few wispy inner sleeve marks under bright lights. No scratches or faults on both sides. DISC - VISUAL/AURAL: NM
VERY NICE GATEFOLD COVER AND ORIGINAL INNER: in NEAR MINT condition, no writings, no marks, just minimal edge and corners wear, spine is intact and fully legible, hard to find in such a fantastic condition!

Trapeze is the 1970 debut rock album by the band Trapeze. The album was produced by John Lodge, of Moody Blues fame.
TRAPEZE were formed around the nucleus of ex PINKERTONS ASSORTED COLOURS drummer, Dave Holland, ex RED CAPS guitarist, Mel Galley and exTHE HOOKER-LEES/THE INTRUDERS/THE IN PACK/THE NEWSbassist/vocalist, Glenn Hughes. The trio originally came together to formFINDERS KEEPERS with guitarist Alan Clees and vocalist Ian "Sludge" Lees. ..
Hughes, Holland and Galley split to form TRAPEZE with ex THE MONTANAS vocalist Johnny Jones and keyboard player Terry Rowley. With this line up the band appeared on the TV show COLOUR ME POP, scoring interest from Threshold Records. This was a new label set up by MOODY BLUES bassist John Lodge. Terry Rowley took over production duties in order to record the debut 'Trapeze' album in 1969. The album was a noted success, with BBC Radio One actually playing the album in its entirety from start to finish!

.... Wolverhampton, England hard rock outfit Trapeze formed in 1968, teaming lead vocalist John Jones and guitarist/keyboardist Terry Rowley (both ex-members of the Montanas, famed for the hit "You've Got to Be Loved") with singer/guitarist Mel Galley, bassist Glenn Hughes, and drummer Dave Holland. Signing to the Moody Blues' Threshold Records imprint, Trapezeissued its self-titled debut album in 1970; Jones and Rowley returned to the Montanas soon after, and in 1970 the remaining trio resurfaced with Medusa. The group toured extensively both at home and abroad, and although their fusion of rock and funk was cited as a prime influence on bands like ZZ Top, their commercial success was minimal. In the wake of the third Trapezealbum, 1972's You Are the Music...We're Just the Band, Hughes replacedRoger Glover in Deep Purple. Guitarist Rob Kendrick and bassist Pete Wright signed on for Trapeze's 1974 effortHot Wire, followed a year later by a self-titled LP; in 1976, the core trio of Galley, Hughes, and Holland reunited, although no new recordings were forthcoming. Hughes again exited prior to 1978's Hold On, which featured Wright in addition to new guitarist Pete Goalby; Trapeze then disbanded, with Galley joining Whitesnake, while Holland tenured with Judas Priest. Galley, Hughes, and Holland re-formed once more in 1991, with a May 1992 London gig yielding the Welcome to the Real World live album. Biography by Jason Ankeny - Allmusic.com

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